PLACENTIA, CA — In a move lauded by progressive Christians, a local worship pastor revealed that he had made praise songs more accessible by removing all references to God and Jesus.

Fearing that theologically-focused worship music was filled with too much "Christianese" to be understood by people unfamiliar with the faith, Brennan Harper took it upon himself to get rid of any mention of God, Jesus, sin, and the Gospel in the new songs.

"I figured worship music can be easier to understand without all of that ‘God' stuff," Harper said. "When people come to a church, maybe for the first time in their lives, the last thing they need ot hear is a bunch of Bible lingo. They might be put off by people singing about Jesus and what He did by dying on the cross for the sins of the world and all t

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