Hosanna Hosanna is one of my favourite worship words. It started out it's life meaning 'save us God'. But by the time we see it used in Matthew 21 it has come to mean 'praise you God'. Paul and I tried to get those two meanings into the chorus... 'you are
Chris Tomlin We tremble under the weight of news reports. We shudder as cultural pillars appear to be crumbling. Yet God's commitment to all life remains unshakable. Rain washes dry roots. The sick experience healing. This is life's resurrection by the hand of
Glory - It's What You're Talking About Nobody likes exams. At least I never have. They stress us out, make us cram and cause us to be anxious when it's time to see the results. Why? Because tests show us, and unfortunately those around us, what's true about you and me.
Robbie Seay Band Houston's Ecclesia Church sits on the edge of downtown like a frontier outpost. During the week, it's a community outreach center, farmer's market, art gallery, coffeehouse, and recording studio. But on Sunday, its space becomes sanctuary to the
Jesus Freak American worship leader Chris Tomlin has been capturing the attention of British young people since he's been visiting events like Soul Survivor. Sue Hatfield and Clive Price explain how he became part of the new wave of worship sweeping the States.
Coming Back To The Heart Of Worship We were challenged to ask ourselves individually, 'When I come through the door of the church, what am I bringing as my contribution to the worship?'
Where Angels Fear To Tread If I'm honest I find it pretty hard to write up-tempo celebratory songs. Slow songs come easier for me - you sit in your room just singing out your tender thoughts to God and it all flows pretty naturally. But for me, up-tempo songs take a little
Worship as Radical Amazement For the past several weeks I have been working as a pastor alongside a close friend and fellow worship leader Chris Tomlin. They are presently recording their next worship project. Like any other songwriter or lead worshipper, Chris wants songs that
Beautiful One: The Story Behind The Song I wrote Beautiful One while I was on holiday. We had been ministering in Australia and had a few days off at the Great Barrier Reef. I read that passage in Isaiah that talks about the Messiah as having no beauty that would attract us to Him; nothing
I Could Sing of Your Love Forever Musical trends can come and go as quickly as a celebrity's 15 minutes of fame. But it seems Delirious' "I Could Sing of Your Love Forever," from 1997's Cutting Edge, has conquered the hurdles presented by normally fickle music buyers.
The Glorious Unseen In an oversaturated and jaded music industry, Ben Crist's The Glorious Unseen embodies a refreshing take on the strength of song simplicity and heart felt authenticity. Produced by studio veterans Steve Hindalong and Marc Byrd (Leeland, Jeremy Camp)