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Posted by: David Bunch

I've been listening to the Newsboys latest album, Go, and I find the song Secret Kingdom to be particularly inspiring. It features the fun, quirky lyrics that the Newsboys are known for, but it also brings a fresh look at Kingdom relevance by comparing "this here" (the Biblical model of living our faith) to "that there" (the cookie cutter, less effective approach).

Something will be lost in reading the lyrics without hearing the melody, but I post them here because I think they make for inspiring reading on their own merits.

Thanks to Jesus Freak Hideout for providing the lyrics. There's also a link to hear a sample from the song.

This here comes breakin’ in
Like brick to glass
Like grace to sin
Gonna kick down walls like West Berlin
Shout an amen
Hug it out, then
This here’s gonna light a fire
Gonna pink slip preaching to the choir
Gonna send us hobbits outta the shire
Here’s the theme song
Get your ring on
That there’s still propagating, waiting on a rooftop
Our journey’s just begun...

COME HERE, A LITTLE BIT CLOSER
I WANNA TAKE YOU TO A SECRET KINGDOM
IT’S HERE SPINNING OUR WORLD AROUND
TURN IT UPSIDE DOWN
THIS HERE IS BIGGER THAN SHOW BIZ
IT’S GONNA SHOW US WHAT THE GOOD NEWS REALLY IS
THIS HERE IS SPINNING OUR WORLD AROUND‘TIL WE’VE GOT NO FEAR

This here won’t be contained
By culture, wars and trendy names
Been there, done that, wore out the t-shirts
Don’t need free perks
Don’t need knee jerks
This here still wakes the dead
Still gets God’s people Spirit-led
Gonna put in action all we’ve read
Not all enraged, just all engaged
‘Cause that there’s still fabricating kingdoms out of boxes
We’re gonna leave that slum