Behind the Captivating Claims
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1. Behind the captivating claims
of shows and movies, sport and news,
are powers and systems, made to serve,
that fail, deceive, enslave, abuse.
The lure of honor, flag, or gun,
unnoticed, like the air we breathe,
pervades and warms our inmost heart,
and bids us worship and believe.
Ref. But Christ, who bore the cross,
will melt the fear of death,
erasing all our sins,
and fooling all the powers
with resurrected love. Alleluia!
2. The ancient gods of lust and greed
have reappeared in new disguise
to woo us into big deceits
with self-deceiving little lies.
The daily domination game
entices with its throbbing sound,
yet empty spins the carousel,
forever going round and round.
Ref. But Christ, who bore the cross,...
3. Who else but Jesus could refuse
to conquer in the name of God,
make selfish bread, or drag to faith
a crowd by wonders shocked and awed?
Who else but Christ could practice peace,
and heal, and teach us to resist
the deadly domination game
without a dagger or a fist?
Ref. For Christ, who bore the cross,...
4. Who else but Christ could face and feel
his body torn like broken bread,
forgive his torturers, and trust
that hope would live, though he were dead?
Who else but Christ can unify
our clashing creeds and warring views
and help us keep our aim and end
embodied in the means we use?
Ref. For Christ, who bore the cross,...
Brian Wren
Poetic Meter: 8.8.8.8.D. (Double Long Meter) Ref.
Words © 2003 Hope Publishing Company
September 2003. With thanks to Chuck Campbell, who preaches the Word “among the Powers.” Sing the
refrain. Rap or speak or sing the verses. V.2: Eph 2:1-3 & 6: 12. V.3: Matt 4: 1-11; Luke 4: 1-13; Matt 5: 7-9
& 38-42; Luke 6: 27-31. V.4: Luke 23:34. Ref: Col 2: 14-15.
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Behind the Captivating Claims
With vigor Sing the Refrain. Rap or speak or sing the verses.
1 Be hind the cap
ti vat ing claims of shows and mov ies,
ap peared in
2 The an cient gods of lust and greed have re
3 Who else but Je
sus could re fuse to con quer in the
4 Who else but Christ could face and feel his bod y torn like
sport and news, are powers
new dis guise to woo
name of God, make self
bro ken bread, for give
and sys tems, made
us in
to big
ish bread, or drag
his tor tur ers,
fail, de ceive, en slave,
a
self
de ceiv ing
lit
tle
crowd by won ders shocked and
hope would live, though he
were
WORDS: Brian Wren
MUSIC: Colin Gibson
Words © 2003 Hope Publishing Company
Music © 2004 Hope Publishing Company
buse.
lies.
awed?
dead?
to serve, that
de ceits with
to faith
a
and trust that
The
The
Who
Who
OAKHURST SESSION
D.L.M.Ref.
lure
dai
else
else
of hon
or, flag,
ly do
mi na
but Christ could prac
but Christ can u
air
we breathe,
throb bing sound,
to
re sist
war ring views
per
yet
the
and
or gun, un no ticed, like
the
tion game en tic
es with
its
tice peace, and heal, and teach us
ni fy
our clash ing creeds and
vades and warms our in
emp ty spins the ca
dead ly dom
i na
help us keep our aim
most heart,
rou sel,
tion game
and end
and
for
with
em
Refrain
bids
ev
out
bod
us wor ship and
er go ing round
a dag ger or
ied in
the means
be
and
a
we
lieve.
round.
fist?
use?
But
But
For
For
(If joined by a choir, the congregation may sing the lower voice)
Christ, who bore the
cross,
will melt
the fear
of
death,
e
ras
ing all
our sins, and fool ing
all the powers with res ur rect ed love.
Al
le
al
lu
le lu
ia,
ia!
al
le lu
ia!
Al le lu ia, al le lu
Al
le
ia!
lu
ia,