What's Missing from "The First Hymn"?

And why is it a metaphor for evangelicalism?

Album cover for “The First Hymn”

Earlier this spring, a new-to-us worship song called “The First Hymn” hit the airwaves. The lyrics were gleaned from a 1800-year-old scrap of papyrus that had been discovered 100 years ago and kept sealed away until recently. John Dickson, a professor at Wheaton College, tagged Chris Tomlin and Ben Fielding—both prolific …