Too much doctrine
Not enough love from above
Too many rebukes and chastisements
Not many uplifting advisements

We look for the worst
Too quick to call one accursed
The scripture says, we begin,
And immediately harp about one's sin

A verse here, a verse there,
And inevitably we create another scare
We are so ready to pick up the stones
Feeling justified, blind to our wrongs

We rebuke, we condemn,and flat out condescend
We are righteous and not of their kin
How strong we are in our creeds
How weak we are in meeting another's needs

We forget how far from Him we once were
So now compassion for others is not even a stir
We show the hard side of God
Ever unleashing the fierce lightening rod

We quote it and say, He wrote it
And we must be faithful and tell it
Yet buried behind this wall of defence
Is what God has also said, since

If God is love and condemnation past
Because of a sacrifice that will forever last
Why can't we lighten up on other men's sin
If we would ever their trust to win
And show once again the God of all grace
Who put everything on the line to save the human race