Lauren Daigle
2 songs checked against the passages they lean on. Each one was graded on its own, against what that song does with the text.
How the 2 checks landed
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This is a count, not a verdict. We grade songs, one at a time, against what each one does with the text. A tally of those checks describes a catalogue. It is not a judgment of the people who wrote or sang it, and no number here puts anyone on or off The List. Most drift is craft pressure, not deception. Read the proofs, not the arithmetic.
The songs
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“You Say”
Lauren Daigle
Yes, you can sing it. It is testimony, not a quotation. The things it reports God saying can be matched to scripture. The song names none of them, so read one alongside it.✓ The song's move is one this passage makes. God tells a hearer who he is in verse 9, and takes his right hand and says not to fear in verse 13
⚠ The “You” is identified just once. A published review says that single reference sets the whole song's context, and nothing else in the words points to God overtly or subtly
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“Rescue”
Lauren Daigle
Sing it as comfort, not as a quotation. What it promises, Psalm 34 says God does. The psalm says it about Him. The song says it as Him, and never names its speaker.✓ Every promise the song voices has a counterpart in this passage. Psalm 34:17-18 says the LORD hears the cry, delivers from all troubles, stays near the brokenhearted and saves the contrite in spirit
⚠ The song is sung in God's first person throughout, and Psalm 34:17-18 speaks about the LORD in the third person. The one first-person voice in the chapter is David's at verse 11, teaching the fear of the LORD