The Program - Your First Reformed Church Service

This song was inspired when I was considering how many Churches offer a Program to attendees. This got me thinking about how Calvinists indoctrinate unsuspecting Christians into their systematic, redefining terms and concepts... but also how they believe we're preprgrammed to believe lies (John MacArthur) and how they believe God from all eternity decreed whatsoever comes to pass like we're all just following our programming or some secret script. All of these ideas were swirling around in my head and this is the end result.

I wanted the music to evoke discomfort between the melodic and discordant, reflecting this tension between being greeted so warmly and welcomed in to the group, and that dread and foreboding arising from the realization they're teaching opposes God's self-revelation in Scripture. So I chose post-hardcore and mathrock. Then for the visual styling, I wanted to carry this theme forward, so I presented the lyrics in constantly changing formats so as to maintain this sense of vertigo so frequently experienced by new Christians when they encounter Calvinism.

LYRICS:

Oh, hello there
Let me get the door
Is this your first time here?
Out in the lobby
Grab a muffin and some coffee
Don't forget your program
We're so glad you're here

I like your beard
and your ink is pretty rad
the Pastor has full sleeves
and gauges in his ears
Ever heard of Calvinism?
No? That's okay.
Everyone is welcome

You'll fit right in!

The systematic is beautiful
Nothing less than the Gospel
Don't forget your program
Tulip is the Gospel
Don't question the program!
Just stick to the script!

You'll fit right in!

Give us your children
The nursery's down the hall
Sovereignly indoctrinating
Little tulips on the wall
Turning vipers in diapers
into God's own elect

Everything's predestined, just what did you expect?

Now repeat after me:
"God decreed all sin!
Who are you oh man
To question Calvinism?"
Don't question the program!

You'll fit right in!

#calvinism #music #christianmusic

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[TelosLiving]

James white is jamming to this in his car as I speak.

[TheRedSWO]

"Who are you, oh man, to question Calvinism?"

Bullseye!

[goodshorts]

Adding the "doctrines of grace" to the gospel removes grace from the gospel.

[MasonK]

NGL. I Didn’t expect this to absolutely slap.

[ruthsnively]

A perfect audio and visual representation of Calvinism. It hurts my heart!!!! The skull face of John Calvin is perfect. Breaks my heart. But, it makes me pray with all my heart that the Lord will open the eyes of the blind, and protect unsuspecting Christians from this damnable heresy. Love your work. Thank you.

[JimNunleyJimNunley]

Rad 😎 above all else the devil can't stand to be mocked cs lewis

[reg]

Wow, "spooky good"!!! Don't question the program. You'll fit right in😵‍💫 love that line. Great job!!! I guess that's why I don't fit in😁🌻

[caseyjacobs]

I feel like I'm coming out of seven years of systematic gaslighting. Ministries like yours have been such a blessing to me the last few months. Thank you. I truly love Calvinists; I hate Calvinism.

[historymaker]

Love me some post-hardcore music, hate me some calvinism. This is great!

[John-Christchurch-NZ]

You forgot to mention how humourless they are

[otiscorn]

This is by far the greatest display of sarcasm and mockery yet. Well done sir. Go now and continue in the spirit of Elijah.

[Fireking]

I now have 3 children. My youngest is a week old today.

My child isn't a viper. He has NO CLUE what he's doing. He's essentially in basic survival instincts mode. And that's sinful? Gross.

I think about our current church. They're much, much better than most calvinist churches, but i catch the little glimpses of Calvinism. And it's always contrary to whatever scripture actually says.

[johnknight]

Do what thou will, because God is willing you to will it, shall be the whole of the Law . .

[richardallangarcia]

God decreed this to be off the hook…LIT! Totally 🔥Love the Idol Killer tunes!

[sethjohnson]

THIS! I am amazed that so many vipers in diapers become the elect after listening and learning to Sunday school teachers and Bible school lessons. It truly was determined by God!

[atyt]

I read in First Sovereignty 2, chapter 8, full sleeves is a sign your absolutely unequivocally elect.

Great job as usual Warren

[dronelocations]

I love the music genre and this is predestined to be a hit.🤟

[JT_HGA]

Well done, however I think were due for another hip hop one next time, I loved the James white coogi sweater you did a while ago 😂

[JewandGreek]

If covert Calvinism were an alternative rock tune.

[Andrew_the_Worthy_Shield]

"Grab a muffin..."
This is when I knew the song would be good. That alone reminded me of the Lutheran church I used to attend, and those words felt like a slap. I have not been to a church service or event in over two years for two reasons: the pastor was talking something about mount sinai and McArthur at the last one I remember attending, and I was the only one in a church event to answer differently than everyone else.

Explaining the second one, a pastor I had never seen at the church before (I was already usable to attend many services due to my schedule) was speaking/teaching at the small event for people who attended and who were "neuro-divergent", which I was invited to by one of the people at the church who knew me when I was there more frequently. The subject the pastor (he kinda looked like Piper, but he wasn't) was speaking on was faith, and had two people on the screen, a strong man holding weights above his head and a boy with a small weight in his hand looking at the strong man. (They looked like generic images.) The pastor had already been going through what faith was and asked everyone to raise their hand for who they thought was the greater sign of faith; most of the other people there raised their hand for the strong man. The pastor then moved to the next slide in his presentation, and this time the strong man was standing on a cracking sheet of ice while the boy was standing on a road, and the pastor asked everyone the same question. I looked around the room after I raised my hand for the strong man having changed my response with the image having changed, and I think I was the only hand that was raised because I still remember the pastor looking at me as he said, "Sure, you can think that."

Two things amazed me that day: the people I was grouped with for a couple activities sermed astonished that I was pulling out quotes from the bible without taking it out or remembering the verse/chapter and doing so once again as I stood in front of all of them for a "tallent show-and-tell", and no one asked me why I thought the strong man standing on breaking ice was a greater sign of faith than the boy standing on a road. Before you think of asking me, ask yourself two questions: What was underneath where the two were standing? What happens if the foundation each of them were standing on collapsed and they fell through?