Lyrics
[Chorus]
Doctrine blazing, tempers flare,
Zealots shouting everywhere.
Claiming truth but losing love -
Forgetting the call that comes from above.
In the noise and in the flame,
We forget why Jesus came.
Lay down the pride, step from the throne -
Only His grace can break a heart of stone.
[Verse 1]
What drives the youthful zealot’s quest,
To hunt the heretic with such zest?
Why don’t we see the ladies partake,
In this intellectual blood sport they make?
They claim regeneration as their own,
But hunting heretics is what they’ve sown.
False doctrines and heretics they denounce,
But do they build up or only pronounce?
[Chorus]
Doctrine blazing, tempers flare,
Zealots shouting everywhere.
Claiming truth but losing love -
Forgetting the call that comes from above.
In the noise and in the flame,
We forget why Jesus came.
Lay down the pride, step from the throne -
Only His grace can break a heart of stone.
[Verse 2]
Puffed up in pride and intellectual might,
They display their “kills” as if in sight.
A bigger named individual, a greater prize,
Their theological blood sport they idolize.
But do they truly know the Gospel they defend,
Or is their hunt for heretics just a trend?
I hope they don’t forget, in their quest for knowledge and fame,
To love God’s people and make Christ’s name their aim.
[Chorus]
Doctrine blazing, tempers flare,
Zealots shouting everywhere.
Claiming truth but losing love -
Forgetting the call that comes from above.
In the noise and in the flame,
We forget why Jesus came.
Lay down the pride, step from the throne -
Only His grace can break a heart of stone.
[Breakdown]
All this war, all this noise,
Drowning out the Shepherd’s voice.
Truth without mercy turns to steel -
But grace is the power that makes us heal.
Lay down the fight, let pride depart -
Christ seeks a humble, gentle heart.
[Instrumental - long guitar solo / extended instrumental section]
[Final Chorus]
Doctrine blazing, tempers flare,
Zealots shouting everywhere.
Claiming truth but losing love -
Forgetting the call that comes from above.
In the noise and in the flame,
We forget why Jesus came.
Lay down the pride, step from the throne -
Only His grace can break a heart of stone.
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