The Lord’s Army

Joel Garver blogs: My 4 year old daughter has found herself in several Sunday School contexts where she's been led in singing:
I may never march in the infantry / Ride in the cavalry / Shoot the artillery. / I may never fly o'er the enemy / But I'm in the Lord's army.
Sometimes this has been accompanied by marching and shouts of "Yes, sir!"

What I find somewhat off-putting about the song is, first, it seems to present being "in the Lord's army" as a kind of second best. Really, it would be better if we could all join the military forces of our respective nations but, ding dang it, since we're not all really qualified, I guess we'll have to settle for the next best by being in the Lord's army. That seems to me to send the wrong message to kids, subtlely prioritizing their national citizenship or nascent patriotism over loyalty to King Jesus and his reign. (KEEP READING)

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