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Nice Little Church

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I wrote the song, Nice Little Church, while out for a walk one afternoon. It wasn’t written on a whim though. The theme of the song is actually something I’ve thought about since the early days of becoming a Christian. As I walked down the street that day, I turned to my left, and saw the church steeple that had marked part of my youth. I couldn’t help but think about how I’d gone there, and yet, never had a clue that I needed to be born again!  I also remembered how religious it seemed; how bored I was with it all.

It’s funny, because I carried a little Gideons Bible with me in my back pocket as a kid. I tried astrology, psychic stuff, and yes, church. I was seeking! And I wondered as I walked that afternoon, how many there were at that very moment, who, just as I was; are seeking, but not finding. And honestly, I also wondered why they’d even want to come to what we so often offer. I was a Christian, and I didn’t even want it! Why would an unbeliever ever find it appealing?  And if they did come, what would they find?

You see, I’d watched through the years as this church had advertised one New Age program after another. And the whole thing just seemed so very sad. It was a moment of clarity for me. How could this just go on year after year? And it’s not just this church; it’s happening all over. We seem not to care or notice that the gospel has been so watered down. We act like this condition is normal!

Everything’s so nice and pleasant. It’s, “Peace, peace, when there is no peace…”, but like God’s Word says, “my people like it that way”!

“The prophets prophesy lies, the priests rule by their own authority, and my people love it this way. But what will you do in the end? Jeremiah 5.31

Keith Green sang, “How can we be so numb, not to care if they come…” God help us! We know the truth of the gospel, but we’re content to play church.

As I walked that day, I realized that this sad condition existed long before I was ever saved, and it wasn’t about to change anytime soon. There I stood years later, and nothing had changed! And so it goes, and so it goes, and so it goes.

And so I wrote this song. I’m not going to just pretend. Don’t we who know the truth, have a responsibility to speak up? We’re talking about heaven and hell, life and death here. This isn’t a game! “How can we be so numb not to care if they come”… to Jesus.

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