The Church’s One Foundation?

This satirical hymn, sung to the tune of The Church’s One Foundation, was written by Barbara Goodin. It was published at the back of the book, 12 Steps to Destruction: Codependency Recovery Heresies, by Martin and Deidre Bobgan. It pretty much sums up how the Church has come to rely on secular psychology for its problems.

The church’s one foundation

Is co-dependency;

Relationships are in

As is psychotherapy.

We do not read our Bibles

For God is out of date; 

Our self-help books and magazines

Well keep us feeling great.

We each have our addictions,

Like infidelity;

We use our twelve-step programs

To help us feel so free.

We do not follow Jesus,

For narrow is His way;

His rules are much too negative

For Christians to obey.

Our families were dysfunctional

There’s so much help we need;

Like years and years of counseling

Our self-esteem to feed.

We’ve heard the blood of Jesus

Our sins will wash away; 

This doesn’t feel right to us.

The World doesn’t talk this way.

The church is getting better,

More social and more fun;

There’s lots and lots of seminars

To keep us on the run.

The radicals are leaving

And we think that’s just swell;

There’s no more boring preaching

On heaven and on hell.

Oh, yes, it’s getting better

Our image is so nice;

No talk now of a Savior

Or God’s Own Sacrifice.

With warm and fuzzy feelings,

We strive for unity;

And Jesus, our good buddy,

Brings peace and harmony.