DC*B Church Music

As most of you know I am David Crowder Band fan…(They will be leading the music for the entire new earth)…and they just came out with a new album entitled Church Music.  Here are my thoughts–

The album lyrically is theologically based on Jesus as our ever present King whose love for us is eternal and our great privilege to worship Him (maybe a few too many angelic references for me). The only exception to this might be the song How He Loves, which is  a little over the top.  The chorus is great but the verses are too much for me.  For example, the song states, “We are His portion”…no, actually He is our portion (Ps 73.26; 108.7).  Further, the way we know how much He loves is that He died for us (Rom 5.8), which is entirely absent in the song.  On a good note, they changed some of the lyrics from the original, which is a definite plus (no big wet, sloppy kisses)!

The style of the music takes a little to get used to, but his happens with everyone of their new albums, for me anyways.  I always listen to their new albums couple of times and think, “Yeah, not as good as the last one,” but a week later I think, “Wow, this is wicked good.”  So give it a couple of run throughs before you trash it!

One of the most encouraging songs for me so far is Shadows…Here are the lyrics.

Life is full of light and shadow
O the joy and O the sorrow
O the sorrow

And yet will He bring
Dark to light
And yet will He bring
Day from night

When shadows fall on us
We will not fear
We will remember

When darkness falls on us
We will not fear
We will remember

When all seems lost
When we’re thrown and we’re tossed
We remember the cost
We rest in Him
Shadow of the cross

So just some random thoughts…