If you have been hurt by a Christian, I'm
sorry
If you have been made to feel worthless, I'm
sorry
If your heart burns inside from what somebody
said
of the orientation of life that you've lead
If you feel like your desire to be loved has
no place
and your church and your friends have failed
to embrace
or identify you, too, as one who needs grace,
I'm sorry
Some of you may be jaded by some Christian
figure
who didn't seek you in love but merely to
cure
as if to objectify you and tell you to learn
to go and live like a saint or else you'll
just burn
You see it's teachings like that which Christ
didn't condone
but rather challenged those accusing to cast
the first stone
'cause if they're not teaching in love then
they're standing alone
in trying to orchestrate themselves what only
Christ can atone
Now I love the church and it's institution 
and the way that God has so powerfully used
them
to reach out our communities and out to the
nations
but I am also aware of our past abrasions
Please understand that we are just as depraved
as the next sinner who God so lovingly saved
and accept our apology for the way we've behaved
and let us love on you the way that Christ
would convey
I wish I could stand here and say that your
past is
some kind of a mix up and we could take back
this
hateful demeanor we displayed but the fact
is
there's still perversion out there like Westboro
Baptist
Know this...the true body of Christ knows
that Westboro's corrupted
You tell me Fred Phelps never lied, cheated
or lusted
But he'll hold up his signs and talk of God's
hate
by misinterpreting scripture he helps formulate
the plan of the enemy to come decimate the
truth of God's love
that the real church demonstrates
I hate it when I see Westboro convene 
But I love it when the Patriot Guard intervenes
You see I feel your pain too when their picketing's
seen
having served, myself, as a U.S. Marine
You see they disrespect those who died so
we can be free
Saying God laughs at their death but what
they don't see
is that it was Westboro's sin that put Christ
on the tree
Indeed sacrifice seems more Christlike to
me
This image of a hateful homophobic facade
surely isn't my loving God
Now I affirm the accuracy of God's revelation
I affirm inerrancy and divine inspiration 
and the scriptures are clear that same-sex
relations
are contrary to his intent for Creation. 
But I also know that I have sin too
and whether you're gay or straight the gospel's
still true
and he can restore a hurting broken view into
a new and beautiful design like you  
I've been lost, I've lied, I've slandered,
I've hurt
I've taken God's name and treated it like
dirt
lust, deceit, greed from wealth
all of these things I am guilty of  myself
I have sin...but I've been redeemed
Let me tell you about Jesus and his love for
you
Are you free from the sin that once held you
condemned 
Do you feel like your soul is unclean
Because I know of a cross that has been blood
stained
to ensure that your royalty's seen
I know of a hill that once bore naked
a man who loved those who'd forsake him
enough to bare their sins and take them 
from condemnation to sanctification
You see this man of love who while nailed
to a tree
had his children in mind and he begged this
one plea
that God the Father would show mercy 
even on those of whom Christ's death were
guilty
He pardoned his deity to wander as least
to live, love and die then be raised a high
priest
because of this image he invites us to feast
he is a loving God not a Westboro beast
that which the harlot wiped from Jesus' feet
she then wore in her hair as a crown of defeat
a defeat from dichotomies of pure and impure
now vindicated by Christ because he loved
her
Now I pray that my message begins to take
place and
you can know the joy of this restoration
this manifestation of Christ's affirmation
was made for you
as a new creation
He loves you
I love you
the Church loves you
