FLAME - Know The Times lyrics

As American culture is secularizing
We have an opportunity for this to
Become much easier for us
The church is being disestablished from
The rest of the community
It's already happened in some
Parts of the country it's happening now

The world is crazy
It's all a sign of the times
They think we crazy
They say we're out of our minds

There's something we're facing i'm
Hoping you notice and we can't escape it
It's everywhere, everytime, man
That I look over shoulders
Some people are searching, they hurting
Their looking for purpose but not in religion
They say it don't work in particular
Christians are using the church as a business
They tired of the silence
They're turning to violence
Some people just don't wanna talk no more
The culture has shifted since Ferguson
Eric Garner in New York and then Baltimore
Look at Chicago with Drill
Music youngins they
Gunnin' and dying by the minute
Shout out to churches that
Deep in the trenches
Being a witness and making a difference
Let's switch for minute remember the case
With Governor Pence in Indiana
They challenged religious liberty
Ventually putting our faith in the slammer
The LGBT community collectively said it
Was said it was discrimination
Over their sexual orientation
We can't afford to ignore what we facing

The world is crazy
It's all a sign of the times
They think we crazy
They say we're out of our minds
5150, 51/50 The worlds going 51/50
Can I get a witness deep in the trenches
5150, 51/50 The worlds going 51/50
Can I get a witness deep in the trenches

They're applying the pressure but
Keep in perspective
That we do not wrestle with people but
Demons are scheming to reject the message
The Kingdom of Heaven progresses
So Satan's regime it
Extremely feels threatened
But for God and His wisdom to put us in
This position we should think
It's a blessing
We're tired of the statement that "this
Is a Christian nation" Finally
That cultural wall will fall
And the Gospel will flourish
Authentic conversion all as a result
Of the culture war
That's why we connect with the people and
Help restrain evil through policy shifting
Christians who get it it's socially driven
All cause we know it's a holistic mission
Now lets switch for a minute we gotta
Consider that this is a post-Christian nation
Or a pre-Christian nation the point is to say
That the people don't know where we stand
So we just can't be positive gotta give
Gospel reasons we believe in the faith
The biblical way that our
Conscience is shaped with
A kindness that backs up our articulation

The world is crazy
It's all a sign of the times
They think we crazy
They say we're out of our minds
51/50, 51/50 The worlds going 51/50
Can I get a witness deep in the trenches
51/50, 51/50 The worlds going 51/50
Can I get a witness deep in the trenches

We have the opportunity
As the culture secularizes around us and
As the church becomes increasingly
Strange, to question ongoingly
"How are we not reflecting the
Kingdom on God within
Our church structures?" and then
For our church
Structures to form the sort of
Consciouses that are able
To speak outside about questions
Of the common good and public justice in a
Way that doesn't lead
Us inward, and it doesn't lead us outward
But it leads us forward
That gives us the opportunity
To maintain distinctiveness
And engagement at the same time