Previewing a new Hillsong CD is always a war of two desires. Hillsong's guitar work has been top notch in worship, spanning blarring licks, or soft dreamy atmospheric peace for slower songs. Unfortunately the cadence and the lyrics have been... original. I am thankful that these austrailian authors are paving new musical ground, but it still feels rather awkward.
Much of the music is singer centric. There is a lot of I's or "grace given to ME". A song might start with praising Jesus or Christ, but all the good stuff seems to always dribble back to "me" or "I".
It is inevitible I suppose, how do we see light? By seeing darkness also. Everything in life and in the bible is a contrast, and how do we know the greatness of the power of God? By having a world with rules, and incomplete people, that his power might go beyond the system that is in place. Again, without the system of expectations, there can be no miracles, there can be no amazing power shown.
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