#289. Christian Cheers!! Christian Cheers!!

A long time ago, I went to a Rage Against the Machine concert. I was in the pit, throwing around my massive 160 pound frame, when someone much larger and much angrier punched me in the side of the head. I stumbled a few feet away from the fray, gathered my senses and then jumped back in.

This is the kind of stupid stuff I used to do at concerts. I think Christian concerts are lot safer but there is one very dangerous thing that can occur. No, I am not talking about someone ending the concert with Michael W. Smith’s “Friends are Friends Forever.” As I’ve said before, ending retreats, camp weeks and concerts with that song is practically a Christian law. It’s like the 11th commandment. No, the danger I am referring to is the Christian cheer.

The only one I know about is the one I think is probably the most popular. Before a concert starts or when you’re eating something unidentifiable in the camp cafeteria, one side of the crowd says,

“We love Jesus, yes we do, we love Jesus, how about you?”

And then the other side answers and then well, you’ve found yourself smack down in the middle of a Christian cheer. But when I sat down to write this post, I realized that maybe Stuff Christians Like needs one too. Here are my suggestions, although I would bet my life that yours are going to be funnier. (The links take you to the post I wrote that each cheer references.)

Cheer 1
“We give side hugs, yes we do, we give side hugs, how about you?”

Cheer 2
“My youth leader has a goatee, yes he do, he has a goatee, how about you?”

Cheer 3
“I keep my butt word free, yes I do, I keep my butt word free, how about you?”

Cheer 4
“We sing ‘Our God is an Awesome God,’ yes we do, we sing ‘Our God is an awesome God,’ how about you?”

Cheer 5
“We give leg drops, yes we do, we give leg drops, how about you?”