[JimRed]

How about the more recent time period when someone tried to erase male references from the music, maybe because it was thought to be “sexist”? The old standard carol Good Christian Men Rejoice became Good Christian Friends Rejoice, the morphed into Good Christians All Rejoice. I was concerned that the Lord’s Prayer might become “Our Parent which art in Heaven”...

[cuban leaf]

How about the more recent time period when someone tried to erase male references from the music, maybe because it was thought to be “sexist”? The old standard carol Good Christian Men Rejoice became Good Christian Friends Rejoice, the morphed into Good Christians All Rejoice. I was concerned that the Lord’s Prayer might become “Our Parent which art in Heaven”...

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I have no problem with people rewording songs that were written by men. I have a big problem with people rewording the word of God. I see it as two completely different things. On one I am neutral. On the other, I consider it blasphemy.

[Fiji Hill]

How about the more recent time period when someone tried to erase male references from the music, maybe because it was thought to be “sexist”? The old standard carol Good Christian Men Rejoice became Good Christian Friends Rejoice, the morphed into Good Christians All Rejoice. I was concerned that the Lord’s Prayer might become “Our Parent which art in Heaven”...

There's some of that in our Methodist hymnal. For example, "God of Our Fathers" is now "God of the Ages."

A number of great hymns, such as "From Greenland's Icy Mountains," which calls for bringing the Gospel to heathen cultures, "Hold the Fort," inspired by the Battle of Allatoona in 1864, or even "Eternal Father, Strong to Save," the Navy hymn, are now considered politically incorrect and have vanished from many contemporary hymnals.