Hymns or Christian songs that are theologically questionable?

Theology
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An old gospel song comes to mind”The Great Speckled Bird” which takes an obscure verse and try’s to make an unclear point.

1.What a beautiful thought I am thinking
Concerning a great speckled bird
Remember her name is recorded
On the pages of God’s Holy Word.

  1. All the other birds are flocking 'round her
    And she is despised by the squad
    But the great speckled bird in the Bible
    Is one with the great church of God.

  2. All the other churches are against her
    They envy her glory and fame
    They hate her because she is chosen
    And has not denied Jesus’ name.

  3. Desiring to lower her standard
    They watch every move that she makes
    They long to find fault with her teachings
    But really they find no mistake.

  4. She is spreading her wings for a journey
    She’s going to leave by and by
    When the trumpet shall sound in the morning
    She’ll rise and go up in the sky.

  5. In the presence of all her despisers
    With a song never uttered before
    She will rise and be gone in a moment
    Till the great tribulation is o’er.

  6. I am glad I have learned of her meekness
    I am proud that my name is on her book
    For I want to be one never fearing
    The face of my Savior to look.

  7. When He cometh descending from heaven
    On the cloud that He writes in His Word
    I’ll be joyfully carried to meet Him
    On the wings of that great speckled bird.

Source: LyricFind

Songwriters: Guy Martin Smith

The Great Speckled Bird lyrics © Universal Music Publishing

Jeremiah 12:9 , "Mine heritage is unto me as a speckled bird, the birds round about are against her; come ye, assemble all the beasts of the field, come to devour KJV

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This article has been one of the most clicked articles I’ve shared on Facebook and usually gets a lot of “hate mail” to our editorial staff.

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Interesting article- Although the rip at Kenswick theology dumps most of the Methodist, Wesleyan, and Nazarene hymnals altogether :grin:

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‘Greater’ MercyMe.

Bridge:
There’ll be days I lose the battle
Grace says that it doesn’t matter
'Cause the cross already won the war

Me:

What happened to ‘working out your salvation with fear and trembling?’
Or ‘the righteous man falls 7 times, and the Lord raises him up?’

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How do we know Jesus was born on a ‘Silent Night’?

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How He Loves. :face_vomiting::face_vomiting::face_vomiting::face_vomiting:

But this is my reaction to most of the repetitive choruses that drone on and on.

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I know right! God’s love is like a sloppy wet kiss? I mean, come on, what is He, a dog?

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Too many songs border on sexualizing Jesus. Much of it born out of the “Jesus is my boyfriend “ trend from 20 years ago. :rage:

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:nauseated_face: :nauseated_face: :face_vomiting: :face_vomiting: how do people come up with this stuff?