More Retro Passion

After finding the articles by Leonard Sweet and Gordon Aeschliman in my old Bible the other day, I got to pondering what writings really grabbed my heart-strings even farther back, say around 1980 or so, when I was still a fairly new believer and had first felt a call to step into something deeper than the typically comfortable middle-class evangelicalism of the day.

These lyrics by Keith Green came to mind:

Well, I pledge my head to heaven for the gospel
And I ask no man on earth to fill my needs
Like the sparrow up above, I am enveloped in His love
And I trust Him like those little ones, he feeds

Well I pledge my wife to heaven, for the gospel
Though our love each passing day just seems to grow
As I told her when we wed, I'd surely rather be found dead
Than to love her more than the One who saved my soul

I'm Your child, and I want to be in Your family forever
I'm Your child, and I'm going to follow You
No matter whatever the cost, I'm gonna count all things loss

Well I pledge my son to heaven for the gospel
Though he's kicked and beaten, ridiculed and scorned
I will teach him to rejoice, and life a thankful, praising voice
And to be like Him who bore the nails and crown of thorns

Well I've had the chance to gain the world
And to live just like a king
But without Your love, it doesn't mean a thing

Well I pledge my son, I pledge my wife,
I pledge my head to heaven, for the gospel

("Pledge My Head To Heaven", from the album "So You Want To Go Back To Egypt?", by Keith Green, released 1980)