My god is a great and loving god....

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5. Oh, he's an AWESOME god...

Of all the puke-inducing, non-rhyming, tuneless, groveling, butt-kissing, generally loathsome songs in the "Xian Rock" genre, this Cleveland Steamer has to be one of the worst.

Rich Mullins apparently wrote it in about 5 minutes. Probably during an exorcism gone bad when the exorcisee had cleft Rich's skull open with a large crucifix and his few remaining brain cells fell out.

Which, of course, means that it's now a standard in the genre. Well, it does have the obligatory reference to Sodom. But other than that, it makes the Awesome God sound like a cranky pro wrestler on a losing streak.

Ladies and germs, I give you "Awesome God." Take it away, Rich! Far away, preferably some place like the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone:

When He rolls up His sleeves
He ain't just puttin' on the Ritz
(our God is an Awesome God)
There is thunder in His footsteps
And lightning in His fists
(our God is an Awesome God)
Well the Lord He wasn't jokin'
when He kicked 'em out of Eden
It wasn't for no reason that He shed His blood
His return is very close and so you better be believin'
That our God is an Awesome God

Our God (our god) is an Awesome God
He Reigns (he reigns) from heaven above
With Wisdom (with wisdom) pow'r and love
Our God is an Awesome God

When the sky was starless in the void of the night
(our god is an awesome god)
He spoke into the darkness and created the light
(our god is an awesome god)
Judgement and wrath He poured out on Sodom
Mercy and grace He gave us at the cross
I hope that we have not too quickly forgotten that
Our God is an Awesome God