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God of Justice song

I have a new friend named Jason, who is an amazing worship leader. I like him because he knows cool stuff and tells me. I would have never known that David Crowder Band released an early EP with 3 songs from their new cd coming out Tuesday on ITunes this past week. It actually made the top 10 downloaded albums on ITunes, which is very cool.

He also led an amazing worship song called God of Justice we must go. It's by Tim Hughes, and you can download the free mp3 of it here (Tim Hughes mp3) .  Posted below are the lyrics. It resonates with me a ton, b/c I think the American church has placed far too high of an emphasis on worship as only music and singing, and not enough on actually doing something outside of the church in your normal life as worship. This tune is definately headed in the right direction.

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God of Justice, Saviour to all
Came to rescue the weak and the poor
Chose to serve and not be served

Jesus, You have called us
Freely we’ve received
Now freely we will give

We must go
Live to feed the hungry
Stand beside the broken
We must go

Stepping forward
Keep us from just singing
Move us into action
We must go

To act justly everyday
Loving mercy in everyway
Walking humbly before You God

You have shown us, what You require
Freely we’ve received
Now freely we will give

We must go
Live to feed the hungry
Stand beside the broken
We must go

Fill us up and send us out
Fill us up and send us out
Fill us up and send us out Lord"

Paper Jesus

Staind just released their lastest cd called Chapter V . Check out these lyrics from someone on the outside of Christianity looking in:

"You take this all for granted
All the things they choose to feed you.
By keeping you distracted
Just long enough to bleed you... dry.

A reason for your anger
It's what I need
To recognize the truth
It's what I need
So burn your paper Jesus
And own the things you do
It's what I need

You never question what they sell you
And they've made a corporation
Out of desperate people's feelings... of fear.

Somebody chose these words for you,
Interpretations of the truth.
Somewhere behind your fear they hide
To fill the holes inside.

So burn your paper Jesus
And own the things you do
It's what I need"

Hymns: Ancient and Modern

I just discovered late Saturday night that the passion group has released a new cd: HYMNS: Ancient and Modern. I picked up a copy today. It has the usual crew on it: Crowder, Tomlin, Hall and Redman.

What really got me (besides the music) was the inside cover. Louie G. penned this:

"Though it might seem a bit odd for a hymns project to be coming from one the so-called leaders of the modern worship movement, to us at Passion it makes perfect sense. The inclusion of hymns is not just a token nod to our forefathers' tastes, but rather humble recognition that we are standing on their faith. There is meaningful connectivity in knowing our worship is a continuation of theirs.

The church is at its best telling the unrivaled story of God in language contemporary culture can relate to and absorb, while embracing the heritage of faith which has anchored believers through all generations. Fresh from the past, "Passion: Hymns Ancient and Modern", seeks to do just that—celebrating 14 historic confessions of the Church—each wrapped in modern musical skin, yet echoing the anthem of centuries of worshippers gone before. Merging both old and new, the heartbeat is to steer both traditional and modern worshippers from the danger of discarding rich treasures that have guided the Church through ages past or being bound by tradition in a way that robs us of the privilege of passing our faith to the emerging generation."