Like Jesus Would

In my hometown, there's a church on every block,

sanctified folks who'd much rather pray for you than talk.

They cherry-pick the good Word and hold on to the bad parts,

so they can willfully ignore every lesson Jesus taught.

But in a town I'd never been to before

I saw a church that made me wanna run right through its doors.

I could tell just by the outside I'd be met with open arms,

folks spreading the good news with open minds and open hearts.

Pride flags flyin' for all to see,

"Black Lives Matter" on the church marquis.

Bet they don't just pray when the sick take ill,

or just send thoughts when another gun kills.

I bet they vote like Jesus would,

like the choice they make might do some good

for somebody.

That's my kind, my kind of Christianity.

Somebody said, if Jesus came back now,

half the Christians in this country would try to crucify him somehow.

They'd call him a "liberal," and hurl "woke" like a slur,

they'd take one look at his brown skin, and then probably call him worse.

So this one's for those fishers of men,

not the people putting 'evil' in evangelical again:

"Love one another," his commandment from the start,

so keep spreading the good news with open minds and open hearts.

Pride flags flyin' for all to see,

"Black Lives Matter" on the church marquis.

Bet they don't just pray when the sick take ill,

or just send thoughts when another gun kills.

I bet they vote like Jesus would,

like the choice they make might do some good

for somebody.

That's my kind, my kind of Christianity.

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Pride flags flyin' for all to see,

"Black Lives Matter" on the church marquis.

Bet they don't just pray when the sick take ill,

or just send thoughts when another gun kills.

I bet they vote like Jesus would,

like the choice they make might do some good

for somebody.

Yeah, that's my kind, my kind of Christianity.