Ah, Catspaw, WWVA was the absolute classic of the gospel radio stations, and they could be heard all over the Eastern U.S. when I was a kid. I often think those radio preachers target audiences far away from home, and I'm sure most of those contributions to the preachers came from outside West Virginia, maybe from my neighbors in the Midwest.
I also think that the people who compose things like "Deck of Cards" do it with an interesting sense of humor. Same with a lot of gospel songs - they're so much fun to sing, they MUST be sinful. "Power in the Blood" is one of my favorites, although I think it stinks from a theological standpoint.
As a graduate of a rather liberal Catholic seminary, I guess my initial tendency is to look down my nose at fundamentalism. As I've grown older, I've learned that maybe I didn't learn all the answers with my theology training, and maybe the folks with the simple, old-time religion have a better understanding of what is profound. Old-time religion sure beats buzzword-laden "mainstream" liberal Christianity in some ways.
Still and all, despite my hardest attempts to be open-minded and generous, I get a good chuckle when I read stuff like "Deck of Cards." And I am more than a bit cynical of radio preachers.
-Joe Offer-