Iron Butterfly: "Slower Than Guns"

This song decries the pollution we end up breathing. Back in 1970, when it was recorded, pollutants were a real concern. These days, emission standards are much higher in North America and Europe.

Listen to this environmentally-conscious song here:

 What we who follow Christ need to be aware of is spiritual pollution. One form of that is a complaining attitude when we serve him. As Malachi 1:7 (Bible in Basic English) explains, "You put unclean bread on my altar. And you say, 'How have we made it unclean?' By your saying, 'The table of the Lord is of no value.'"

Furthermore, defecting from the faith is a form of pollution. As we read in 2 Chronicles 36:14 (BBE), Zedekiah's bad example infected all of Israel. "And more than this, all the great men of Judah and the priests and the people made their sin great, turning to all the disgusting ways of the nations; and they made unclean the house of the Lord which he had made holy in Jerusalem."

Disobedience is likewise a form of spiritual vileness. As Psalms 106:34 (BBE) witnesses against Israel, "They did not put an end to the peoples, as the Lord had said; But they were joined to the nations, learning their works."

Sexual sin is likewise a pollution which is worse than any toxin we might ingest. As Paul warned in 1 Corinthians 6:18 and 19 (BBE), "Keep away from the desires of the flesh. Every sin which a man does is outside of the body; but he who goes after the desires of the flesh does evil to his body. Or are you not conscious that your body is a house for the Holy Spirit which is in you, and which has been given to you by God? and you are not the owners of yourselves;:

One stern warning to fake Christians in Hebrews 6:4-6 (BBE) should make all of us nervous. "As for those who at one time saw the light, tasting the good things from heaven, and having their part in the Holy Spirit, With knowledge of the good word of God, and of the powers of the coming time, And then let themselves be turned away, it is not possible for their hearts to be made new a second time; because they themselves put the Son of God on the cross again, openly shaming him."

So if Christ hasn't come for us, his true disciples, by Thursday, I hope to post about a funny song regarding a battle.