Why would I
Claim to fly
To a place in the sky when I die?

Why not just reason
And try to accept
That whatever is here is all that I get?

Why not just wake up
And live for today
And forget about God and the hard, narrow way?

Well, it's history,
And it's faith,
And hope and belief
That all point to a man who promised relief
From an empty and selfish life that is wasted;
He spoke of tomorrow as if He could taste it.
He talked about sin—and how it enslaves us
And promised us life—then died—to save us.

He told us to love
And find our life through it
Then gave us His Spirit to help us do it.
So I won't just sit back,
And take life as it comes,
'Cause there's more to living
Than having more fun.
Love isn't easy and love isn't free
And life without God's love is not life to me.

A Christian,
At least the kind that I am,
Is a person, who knows that love is the plan.
That God loved the world
So much that it hurt,
That He came to hang out with us
Here, in the dirt.

And while He was hanging,
Alone, on the cross,
He said "Father forgive them
'Cause they are so lost."
I know its just history—another man dead…
But there's something about
Those rare words He said.

And history went on,
For 2000 years, counting…
His body's still gone.
New evidence mounting…
When Jesus is Lord your life turns around.
When a Christian is born,
A new Spirit is found.

“He said I left my place
To come to your place
To take your place
So we could go to My place”*

And that's why I say to your face
I am a Christian, alive in this place.
I live for tomorrow 'cause now I can taste it.
And life is too good to just play and waste it.

I know for sure too—that love is the plan.
And today is for loving—both God and man.

So yes,
I'm a Christian.
I hope you see why.
I try to live now as if I'll never die.
This hope for tomorrow
Gives new life today,
It's real and it's working
It won't go away.

You still have a question for why I believe?
Well, here's a straight answer,
No tricks up my sleeve.
I've got no apology for my theology.
There's more to this life than simple biology.

I am a Christian 'cause Jesus is living.
I know that it's true
From the life He is giving.
It's more than just words
As you hear me now tell it.
The Spirit of God is so close
I can smell Him, but real or imagined,
You still have to choose.
And the life you might find,
Is the one you must lose.

So I listened a moment
As I made my choice
Until I could hear
That still, small, voice
That won't let me settle
For less than the best
'Cause I know that the Spirit
Is deeper than flesh.

* Quote taken from a speech by Dick Foth