Three things happened to me yesterday.
First, I was perusing Rodger Seller’s blog and came across his post Someone Help Me Get This. Rodger was writing about the blogger’s legalistic dismissal of a piece written by Gordon McDonald in Leadership Magazine. (Rodger has a link to McDonald’s excellent article.)
Second, I read an article on the IRD website, IRD Becomes Foil for NCC Fundraising. It is about a National Council of Churches fundraising letter where (IMO) Robert Edgar comes unhinged.
Third, I watched some of the House of Representatives “debate” last night about withdrawing troops from Iraq. I watched the fights last night, and a congressional session broke out to paraphrase an old hockey joke.
All this together brought to mind a Mark Heard song from twenty years ago. I think he was ahead of his time:
Album “Victims of the Age.”
some say that God has approved of their mob
esteeming their purposes alone
choosing sides with a definite pride
and taking their cause for His own
everybody loves a holy war
draw the line and claim divine assistance
slay those who show the most resistance
everybody loves a holy war
many’s the man with the iron hand
supposing his own thoughts to be Divine
he will break any bond – ‘cause the other man’s always wrong
it’s a handy excuse for his crimes
everybody loves a holy war
draw the lines and claim divine protection
kill the ones who show the most objection
everybody loves a holy war
dissident cries are met with cold eyes
and treatment the Devil would get
righteousness and truth can be weapons in the hands of fools
while innocents go to their deaths
everybody loves a holy war
draw the line and claim divine assistance
slay those who show the most resistance
everybody loves a holy war
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