Awaken – Natalie Grant

Sometimes I feel like I’m just existing
I’m not really living
I’m only watching the time slip away
I’ve forgotten who I am in you
I’m not who I’m meant to be
I’m drifting farther away from my destiny

Awaken my heart, awaken my soul
Awaken your power and take control
Awaken the passion to live for you, lord
Awaken me

My soul is longing, [...]

Undo – Rush of Fools

I’ve been here before, now here I am again
Standing at the door, praying You’ll let me back in
To label me a prodigal would be
Only scratching the surface of who I’ve been known to be
Turn me around pick me up
Undo what I’ve become
Bring me back to the place
Of forgiveness and grace
I need You, need Your help
I [...]

Praise You in This Storm

I was sure by now
God You would have reached down
And wiped our tears away
Stepped in and saved the day
But once again, I say “Amen”, and it’s still raining
As the thunder rolls
I barely hear Your whisper through the rain
“I’m with you”
And as Your mercy falls
I raise my hands and praise the God who gives
And takes away
And [...]

The Torture of Jesus

“There are some churches which say ‘for us the cross is empty’ and I think they may be saying more than they mean to”
-Craig Keen
The torture of Jesus, as considered over the years, has become about as important to me as his death. Although placing Jesus’ death in the realm of abstract thought [...]

The Invitations to the Kingdom

“Jesus spoke to them again in parables, saying, ‘The kingdom of heaven is like a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son.’” Most of us are familiar with the story found in Matthew 22, right? We went over it in Sunday School on (you guessed it!) Sunday. But so many new ideas started [...]

Chris Tomlin – Made to Worship

At this particular point in the series, we are looking at our first song called Made to Worship, a song written by Chris Tomlin. Please read the song and mediate on it before reading the rest of the post.

This song suggests that before creation God “stepped into time” and “wrote [...]

What it Means – Jeremy Camp

Jeremy Camp comes from a Calvary Chapel background (probably the largest nondenominational denomination in America) so his lyrics usually keep pretty close to Calvary Chapel’s very conservative theology. Whatever your opinion of Calvary Chapel may be, this is a good thing. His theology is often very clearly stated and is in close correlation to [...]

Analysis of Contemporary Christian Music

Over the next few weeks, a team of us is taking time to slow down and analyze the theological significance of the contemporary Christian music from WOW 2008. This page will be updated as more and more posts come about. After we have finished analyzing the songs, we plan to write a cohesive [...]

Hold Fast – MercyMe

To everyone who’s hurting
To those who’ve had enough
To all the undeserving
That should cover all of us
Please do not let go
I promise there is hope
Hold fast
Help is on the way
Hold fast
He’s come to save the day
What I’ve learned in my life
One thing greater than my strife
Is His grasp
So hold fast
Will this season ever pass?
Can we stop [...]

Hermeneutic of Poverty

Poverty is the single most addressed issue in Scripture. Some have begun to claim that evangelism is more important than social action against poverty. Ecclesiologically, evangelism is geared toward the rich— namely, white Americans—who have time and money to think about theology. But Biblically, evangelism itself is framed within poverty. Evangelism in the early church [...]