Song Talks

From Allen: "I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world." - John 16:33 Resurrecting is a song that (spoiler alert) sings about the resurrection of Christ and the trials he endured. In this song we sing of the humble servant attitude Christ had on earth, and how he is now crowned Lord of all. "The head that once was crowned with thorns is crowned with glory now. The Savior knelt to wash our feet, now at His feet we bow." Because of this we sing "Your name, Your name is victory. All praise will rise to Christ our King!" At the beginning of this we read John 16 telling us that even though there are troubles on this earth for us, we can hold fast to the ultimate victory we have through the powerful name of Christ Jesus. Life is never easy or simple, but the truth is that we have been redeemed and brought out of darkness to declare the praise of His name ...

From Allen - The first time I heard "Almighty God" was at the 2018 Passion Conference in Atlanta. This conference was designed specifically for college students, and there were roughly 30,000 people in attendance. It is impossible not to be moved by that many people singing "Almighty God, forever You reign, we worship You, for even the grave You overcome". This is such a wonderfully grounded lyric to sing congregationally. We read in 1 Chronicles 16:23-24 to "Sing to the Lord, all the earth; proclaim his salvation day after day. Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous deeds among all peoples." We declare His glory and marvelous deeds clearly in this very song. The chorus continues saying "We magnify, your people rejoice with hands held high, forever we sing You overcome." It just keeps getting better and better doesn't it!? Psalm 34:2-3 beautifully sings "My soul shall make her boast in the Lord: the humble shall hear ...

Sunday, May 20 T he focus of this week's "Song Talks" is Man of Sorrows and Great I Am .  Man of Sorrows is from Hillsong's 2013 worship album offering entitled "Glorious Ruin". This song is a walk through the purpose of Jesus on this earth for mankind. Wrought with Biblical references, the title stems from Isaiah 53 and takes us on a journey through the New Testament gospels. The verses exclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ in traditional hymn like form, using old English sentence structure and the occasional "Thee"!  The chorus is a wonderful proclamation of the salvation that God has graciously poured out over us on the "rugged cross" and our response of praise and honor to our Lord. The final verse looks to John 20 when Mary Magdalene is at the tomb, the stone has been rolled away and the sepulcher is empty. The apostle Paul reminds us in 1 Corinthians 15 that if Christ is not raised then our preaching and faith are in vai...