A CHRISTIAN DICTIONARY

A CHRISTIAN DICTIONARY


Bigot - One obstinately attached to his own Church, Party, Belief, or Opinion

Lord, I would be a ‘bigot', not soon shaken or removed,
But obstinately standing on your word, though by the world reproved.
Not like a reed that's shaken by every changing wind,
But like a tree that's firmly planted, let me, solid, stand.

Fanatic - A person affected by excessive enthusiasm, especially on religious subjects.

A ‘fanatic' in the eyes of man, is what I want to be;
They thought my Lord a fanatic too, yet He died to set me free.
I need a zeal, an inner fire, to always spur me on,
Lest I not be ‘fanatic', and find enthusiasm gone.

Prejudice - Preconceived judgment or opinion

Prejudice, Lord, is what I need, to close my ears and mind
‘Gainst Satan's subtle reasoning, and only Your will find.
All my judgment ‘preconceived', to never heed the call
When Satan says "Let's reason", and for his tricks not fall.

Let men call me ‘narrow-minded' or, ‘a strict old-fashioned fool',
Or even call me silly to keep the golden rule.
The world is filled with critics, and they're never satisfied;
You're either a ‘fanatic' or a ‘hypocrite', So, by the Lord be justified.

I care not what men may call me as through this world I go,
If someday You call me ‘Faithful' for work done here below.

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