Ditto. Not to take it beyond its scope, but I can definitely see this as a cry from a person giving their all to walk with Jesus while being faced with both persecution and the torturous messages of false teachers. We definitely live in a broken, post-modern country (and world for that matter) where people meet everything in life with an attitude of skepticism, including the love God has for us through Christ Jesus.
Though I'm not real into the punk sound, which the verses at times lend themselves to, I LOVE both the ferocity against the twisted image of Christ and the humility of the ending chorus! The lyrics are simple but amazing. I can almost see this point of view coming from a young teen with angst or even a kid whose walk in faith is so strong, clear and unconfused (why is it that things are always so simple to understand as kids?) that it doesn't waver by the hands of others. It's also cool to think of these words as being exclaimed by 1st century Christians, whose existence among zealous Jews (look at the first verse and think of the scene that unraveled before Pontious Pilate) must have been unbearable.
P.O.D. is and will likely remain my favorite band with a Christian message.
Ditto. Not to take it beyond its scope, but I can definitely see this as a cry from a person giving their all to walk with Jesus while being faced with both persecution and the torturous messages of false teachers. We definitely live in a broken, post-modern country (and world for that matter) where people meet everything in life with an attitude of skepticism, including the love God has for us through Christ Jesus.
Though I'm not real into the punk sound, which the verses at times lend themselves to, I LOVE both the ferocity against the twisted image of Christ and the humility of the ending chorus! The lyrics are simple but amazing. I can almost see this point of view coming from a young teen with angst or even a kid whose walk in faith is so strong, clear and unconfused (why is it that things are always so simple to understand as kids?) that it doesn't waver by the hands of others. It's also cool to think of these words as being exclaimed by 1st century Christians, whose existence among zealous Jews (look at the first verse and think of the scene that unraveled before Pontious Pilate) must have been unbearable.
P.O.D. is and will likely remain my favorite band with a Christian message.