Archive for the ‘Lyrical Commentary’ Category
Monday, June 23rd, 2008
How many of you have sung the song Trading My Sorrows at church or youth group or camp or some conference somewhere?
I was thinking about it today, and I believe this is one of the most confused, potentially damaging songs that Christians use in corporate worship.
Why? It's teaching bad theology. ...
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Friday, June 13th, 2008
For the last few months, I've been pushing Christian Hip Hop using a purely intellectual argument. That is, it makes sense to listen to it. Or, you should want to want to listen to it. My reasons:
Song Length - Hip Hop tends to have very long verses. With a lot ...
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Friday, November 23rd, 2007
For some of you, this song is infamous - I play it every Friday afternoon at the beginning of our sound check for Crusade’s Real Life meeting. Here’s the beginning:
Does it have to start with a broken heart
Broken dreams and bleeding parts
We were young and world was clear
Young ambition ...
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