Matt Maher
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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“Your Grace Is Enough”
Matt Maher
Sing it. Nothing here is quoting scripture, and nothing it says of God is untrue. Just know the verse behind it is God's answer to Paul, not a line Paul sang to God.✓ Never says it is quoting at all: no reference, no translation named, nothing framed or introduced as scripture
⚠ The direction of the sentence is reversed. God's word to Paul becomes the singer's word to God, which is true to say and is a different act from what the verse records
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“Lord, I Need You”
Matt Maher
Sing it. It is an honest confession of need, not a quotation, and nothing in it is false. Just know that the verse behind the credit says why you may come, and the song does not.✓ Never says it is quoting: no reference in the lyric, no verse framing, nothing presented as scripture
⚠ The verse's terms for how God is approached, the throne, confidence and mercy, do not appear in the lyric. Only grace does