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but notice how those lyrics clarify that the Lord is the speaker
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*"Deep Within"<ref>Lyrics by David Haas</ref> - has churchgoers chant the arguably blasphemous line "I will be your God"<ref>Ezekiel 36:28 '''''quotes God''''' -- not people -- as saying, "I will be your God."  [[Christians]] should not be compelled in church to say (or sing) that they will be "your God."</ref>
 
*"Deep Within"<ref>Lyrics by David Haas</ref> - has churchgoers chant the arguably blasphemous line "I will be your God"<ref>Ezekiel 36:28 '''''quotes God''''' -- not people -- as saying, "I will be your God."  [[Christians]] should not be compelled in church to say (or sing) that they will be "your God."</ref>
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**Other common hymns where congregants are expected to sing the words of God are "I Am the Bread of Life" and "Here I Am, Lord." (which includes the lyrics "I, the Lord of sea and sky, I have heard my people cry").
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**Other common hymns where congregants are expected to sing the words of God, but with greater clarity about who the real speaker is, are "I Am the Bread of Life" and "Here I Am, Lord."<ref>"Here I Am, Lord" includes the lyrics "I, the Lord of sea and sky, I have heard my people cry" - but notice how those lyrics clarify that the Lord is the speaker.</ref>
 
*"Let There Be Peace on Earth" - isn't this the opposite of what [[Jesus]] preached?  In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus said "Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God" (Matthew 5:9 NIV).
 
*"Let There Be Peace on Earth" - isn't this the opposite of what [[Jesus]] preached?  In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus said "Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God" (Matthew 5:9 NIV).
 
*"Ashes" - George Weigel criticized the lyrics as promoting Pelagian heresy ("we rise again from ashes to create ourselves anew").
 
*"Ashes" - George Weigel criticized the lyrics as promoting Pelagian heresy ("we rise again from ashes to create ourselves anew").
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