Sacred Journey reports some startling lyrics on the forthcoming Derek Webb CD Mockingbird. Blow the sanitised CCM gush of the recent years where Christian music has been emasculated from radical revolution to conservative business, these sound more like the incendiary stuff Larry Norman was turning out in the early Seventies:

“there are two great lies that I’ve heard:
‘the day you eat of the fruit of that tree, you will not surely die’
and that Jesus Christ was a white, middle-class republican
and if you wanna be saved you have to learn to be like Him”
-from “A King & A Kingdom”
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“peace by way of war is like purity by way of fornication
it’s like telling someone murder is wrong and then showing them by way of execution”
-from “My Enemies Are Men Like Me”
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“are we defending life when we just pick and choose
lives acceptable to lose and which ones to defend”
-from “Love Is Not Against The Law”
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“don’t teach me about moderation and liberty, i prefer a shot of grape juice”
-from “A New Law”
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“my first allegiance is not to a flag, a country, or a man,
my first allegiance is not to democracy or blood
it’s to a king & a kingdom”
-from “A King & A Kingdom”
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“come on and follow Me, but sell your house, sell your SUV,
sell your stocks, sell your security
and give it to the poor”
-From “Rich Young Ruler”

Sacred Journey reports some startling lyrics on the forthcoming Derek Webb CD Mockingbird. Blow the sanitised CCM gush of the recent years where Christian music has been emasculated from radical revolution to conservative business, these sound more like the incendiary stuff Larry Norman was turning out in the early Seventies:

“there are two great lies that I’ve heard:
‘the day you eat of the fruit of that tree, you will not surely die’
and that Jesus Christ was a white, middle-class republican
and if you wanna be saved you have to learn to be like Him”
-from “A King & A Kingdom”
+ + +

“peace by way of war is like purity by way of fornication
it’s like telling someone murder is wrong and then showing them by way of execution”
-from “My Enemies Are Men Like Me”
+ + +

“are we defending life when we just pick and choose
lives acceptable to lose and which ones to defend”
-from “Love Is Not Against The Law”
+ + +

“don’t teach me about moderation and liberty, i prefer a shot of grape juice”
-from “A New Law”
+ + +

“my first allegiance is not to a flag, a country, or a man,
my first allegiance is not to democracy or blood
it’s to a king & a kingdom”
-from “A King & A Kingdom”
+ + +

“come on and follow Me, but sell your house, sell your SUV,
sell your stocks, sell your security
and give it to the poor”
-From “Rich Young Ruler”