My son Jamie and I have been doing newscasts for the Kid’s Club Bible lesson at church on Wednesday evenings. This one is from John 6:1-14. If you have a youngster in your life, bring ‘em out to Rozetta at 6:30 on Wednesday night. We’ve been having a great time, and Marci Meyer makes terrific snacks!
Because of Harold Camping’s false teachings and failed prophecies, we Christians should shut up about the Rapture and Christ’s Return, right? Wrong! We should proclaim it with more urgency and conviction than ever before! A message preached on May 22, 2011 at Rozetta Baptist Church.
There’s a new music video out that you won’t see on Mtv or VH1. It’s a rockin’ anthem. It’s got a good beat, it’s easy to dance to. Yo-yo-yo! Chiggity-check it out here, dawg.
This new group of fly young artists from B. Bernice Young Elementary School in Burlington, N.J. cut the sick fresh jam back in June, but those fools at the record label didn’t see fit to street it until now. Whaddup, yo?!
When I was their age, I was singing God Bless America, but it sounds like they’re singing something that could be entitled America Elected God.
The video starts off with a distinctly hip-hop flavor as a young Eminem begins to kick it old school:
Barack Hussein Obama
He said we all must lend a hand to make this country strong again
Mm-mm-mm
Barack Hussein Obama
He said we must be fair today
Equal work means equal pay
Mm-mm-mm
Barack Hussein Obama
He said that we must take a stand
To make sure everyone gets a chance
Mm-mm- mm
Barack Hussein Obama
He said Red, Yellow, Black or White
All are equal in his sight
Mm-mm- mm
Barack Hussein Obama
Yes, Mmm, mmm, mm!
Barack Hussein Obama
At this point, the whole class joins in to repeat this masterpiece of rap, and then they break into a Puff Daddy-esque re-mix of Battle Hymn of the Republic, and it goes a l’il somethin’ like this:
Hello, Mr. President we honor you today!
For all your great accomplishments, we all do say “Hooray!”
Hooray Mr. President! You’re number one!
The first Black American to lead this great na-TION!
Hooray, Mr. President (The lyrics sung by the children at this point are unintelligible, so I’m not sure what they say. When I played the recording backwards, however, I heard this secret, backmasked message: ”Republicans are Satan! Mommy and Daddy are racist, right-wing extremist terrorists if they criticize the President!”)
Then the big finish:
Hooray Mr. President, we’re really proud of you!
And the same for all Americans under the great Red White and Blue!
(At this point the lyrics are unintelligible again, but when I played it backwards I distinctly heard this secret, backmasked message: “Turn me on, deadman/Take the H1N1 vaccine or face a FEMA internment camp, deadman.”)
Hip, hip hooray!
Okay, where to start? First of all, there’s this line: Barack Hussein Obama/He said Red, Yellow, Black or White/All are equal in his sight/Mm-mm- mm/
Anyone who has been to Sunday School in the last 100 years knows that this particular line is clearly co-opted from Jesus Loves the Little Children, which goes, “Red and yellow, black and white/They are precious in His sight/Jesus Loves the little children of the World”
I… Uh… Um…
Wow.
I simply don’t have the words to respond to that.
Do I need to?
Then there’s the whole Battle Hymn of the Republic connection. Largely identified with the Civil War and the abolitionist cause, the hymn thematically portrays the second coming of Jesus Christ. Perhaps that’s what the teachers think happened on election day.
I’m still struggling to process all this. As a result, I really don’t have a good wrap-up for this article, so I’ll just give you the three links you need now that you have read it.
