A Land without Heart

Our realm has become a land without heart
A Godless nation that's falling apart
We don't care for the sick and the needy
We lust for more and we are so greedy

We don't care for those fleeing from dangers
They live with us as unwelcome strangers
We kill our babies; they don't get a choice
Silent and defenseless without a voice

When Jesus returns and the judgment comes
What will we say? That we loved assault guns
More than our children and prayer in our schools?
When will we see, we're a nation of fools?

Our God is waiting for us to return
To the One who made us; His heart does yearn
For His sons and daughters to come inside
Repent and believe; there's nothing to hide

Love your Children More than Guns

Do you love your children more than you do your guns?
Do you love the lives of your daughters and your sons?
The second amendment was written for muskets
Not for AR-15's and gun lobby puppets

If you want to save our children then do something
Politicians make excuses; it's disgusting
Hunters don't need automatic rifles at all
It's time to stand; protect our kids and play hard-ball

Times Apart

Are our times apart any good
And do they improve our sainthood
Jesus was led to be alone
Forty days in an arid zone

Some solitude and time to pray
A place to think that's far away
A pause in life to wait for God
To give a gentle, loving prod

Philanthropy in Secrecy

You can be a showboat
On a TV show
You can blow a big note
On a horn you know

Give to a charity
So you'll be adored
Filled with hypocrisy
You've got your reward

But there's reward above
For philanthropy
That's given in true love
And in secrecy


Pure and Undefiled Religion

He who thinks he is religious
But can't bridle conversation
He deceives his heart a smidgen
Useless is this man's religion

Pure and undefiled religion
And the mark of a true Christian
Help the needy in their trouble
And don't let the world corrupt you

Football

Football! Football! Ev'rywhere!
Bending knees they say a prayer
Men with helmets padded too
Go team! Tackle! Get a clue!

In a pasture men spread out
Some trauma too there's no doubt
Dressed in tights with ball in hand
Cheering fans up in the stand

Why

Why do I preach; does anyone listen?
Do sermons reach the complacent Christian?
Does repentance still exist here today?
Does the entrance to Church cause us to pray?

Why do we sing if we don't mean a word?
Why do we bring a heart that's never stirred?
When will we let God make our hearts anew?
When will we set our hearts on all that's true?

A Sabbatical Year

Take a total year off, a Sabbatical year
I ask please don't you scoff, let me make this quite clear
That in the seventh year, all farmland is to rest
It is a time of cheer, a time that we are blessed

Six years long we should plow, and six years gather fruit
Six years a sweaty brow, six years of farm pursuit
But in the seventh year, just take a solemn rest
A year for God my dear, for family and guest

Why Can't We Just Get Along

Why do we have to believe all the same things to be friends
Why can't we just agree to disagree and make amends
The constant put-downs are wrong
Why can't we just get along!

So you're an atheist and I'm a believer in God
If we're totally honest, don't we both see through a fog
Together we both belong
Why can't we just get along!

If your house burned down I'd be there in a wink to save you
And I know you'd be there in a heartbeat to save me too
Our unity is so strong
Why can't we just get along!

No matter who we vote for when election time comes 'round
We're neighbors in community, who stand on common ground
You know that we both belong
Why can't we just get along!

Partisanship

Partisanship is not for Christians
Don't believe political fictions
Both sides are in evil Babylon
Politicians you can't depend on

One side kills babies the other not
But tells the poor that they can just rot
Immigrants deport; they just don't care
No Christianity anywhere