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I desperately wanted to find answers to the hypocrisy and lies I saw in the church. The whole nonsense of "asking Jesus into your heart" like some voodoo prayer just didn't sit well with me.

Pastors had told me that I was asking too many questions. Until I met a pastor who truly knew our Lord. He didn't scorn or scoff at me. He encouraged my questions... and boy did I have a lot of them.

We have to be able to ask them if we're going to find the Master.

This song was heavily inspired by the theme of St. Francis stripping bare and leaving it all behind to really find the life of God. It was originally called "Nudity"

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Will we burn for asking all these questions
Because we need You to be much more than a name in a book
or a slogan on our cash
this rash is spreading and it burns so bad that we can't sleep anymore
the pain just won't subside by following a man in a suit and tie

This silence is so loud it's making us numb
we have accepted this tyranny for far too long
we've wasted all of our years
on petty fears
barely alive
take up your crosses
the church will be reborn tonight

The children are begging in the streets
screaming and terrified of the christ they've seen
a christ that turns his back on empty stomachs
turns his back on the troubled mind
a christ that fights for the rights of the unborn
but turns his back on the dying

Something's contradicting here
are you a God of freedom
or a God of fear?
I see two men on the cross
a god of war
and the lamb of my salvation

Walk into the streets and strip yourself down to the bone
let the rain fall down and wash away all the lies you have known
lay naked in the grass
this is your church
your sanctuary
the God of life is crying
"Live your life in peace"

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from "When every breath leads to murder​.​.​.​", released October 26, 2004
John Robert Cullimore

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The Longing Selmer, Tennessee

The Longing is music by John and Yvonne Cullimore.

We seek to bring music that will connect with you both in sound and poetry, melding loops and beats with hammered dulcimer, 12-string guitar and layers of vocals and harmonies.

More importantly is that we enjoy our music, and can use them for worship and prayer. We certainly do hope and pray that you can do the same.
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