Comments on: Before the Throne of God Above

By: fundyreformed

fundyreformed — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:38:58 +0000

No Sam, I haven’t. But I’ll have to check it out. Thanks.

By: Sam P

Sam P — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 18:22:11 +0000

Have you heard the Shane and Shane version of this song? It’s on their album Pages. Awe-inspiring. I love the lyrics.

By: The Rise of Modern Hymns « Seminarian

The Rise of Modern Hymns « Seminarian — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 19:00:48 +0000

[...] verses, additional verses, or additions of a chorus) along with new music for older hymns {Before the Throne of God Above; O God, Our Help in Ages Past; Rock of Ages, Cleft for Me; The Look} , as well as writing some [...]

By: fundyreformed

fundyreformed — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 23:46:39 +0000

Bnonn,

That’s great. In Australia they were using that song. It is by far one of my favorites.

By: Dominic Bnonn Tennant

Dominic Bnonn Tennant — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 23:15:15 +0000

This was one of the first hymns I learned after I was converted, and its simple distillation of key aspects of the gospel was a great help in bringing me to the realization that I did not have to be able to grasp the enormity of what Christ had done for me in order to be saved—I just had to believe he had done it! It reflects the gospel wonderfully, and was a great encouragement to me; I also chose it as one of the hymns at my baptism. Definitely a favorite.

In Christ,
Bnonn

By: “Here Is Love” by Steve & Vikki Cook « Fundamentally Reformed

Fri, 03 Aug 2007 12:44:07 +0000

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By: Music Series: Part 6 » Nathan’s Blog

Music Series: Part 6 » Nathan’s Blog — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 21:33:31 +0000

[...] as good as the old hymns!”. Some people, I fear, just don’t get it. Thankfully, some do get it. I’m glad to know I’m not the only one who takes seriously the challenge of the [...]

By: The Rise of the Modern Hymn Movement « Fundamentally Reformed

The Rise of the Modern Hymn Movement « Fundamentally Reformed — Sat, 30 Sep 2006 12:22:24 +0000

[...] Sovereign Grace Music specializes in writing modern praise and worship songs. They also, however, have given us new melodies/arrangements of older hymns {Alas and Did My Savior Bleed; Hallelujah, What a Savior; Like a River Glorious}, additional lyrics (reworded verses, additional verses, or additions of a chorus) along with new music for older hymns {Before the Throne of God Above; O God, Our Help in Ages Past; Rock of Ages, Cleft for Me; The Look} , as well as writing some songs that would pass as new hymns {I Will Glory in My Redeemer; Mercies Anew; The Glory of the Cross; Receive the Glory}. Also, they recently produced Upward: the Bob Kauflin Hymns Project, which showcases much of their excellent work with regard to hymns. Many of these alternate versions of older hymns are being used in contemporary churches. This is why I include Sovereign Grace Music as contributing to the modern hymn movement. [...]

By: fundyreformed

fundyreformed — Thu, 24 Aug 2006 14:57:42 +0000

Good comments, Jay. Thanks for stopping by.

The comments here are more than six months old now, so don’t expect a response from “Anonymous”. But thanks for sharing your insights.

God bless,

Bob Hayton

By: jay

jay — Thu, 24 Aug 2006 00:12:50 +0000

Music in and of itself is not the problem. It seems some posters here are fixated with rythm and beats as the core of why pop culture music is harmful to a believer. The reason it is harmful is the hollow message and lack of hope it has. A finding flaw with rythm argument chases it’s own tail and when compared to smoking you see that one is harmful to the body, a direct violation of scripture, and the other is not. Music is actually encouraged by the scripture as a means of joyous praise.

Music of all types can be addicting if one finds pleasure in it. So can anything that brings pleasure. But it is all in the mind of a person to distinguish what level to take that pleasure. When it ceases to become the joy of praise and becomes glorification of self you find the problem. And the problem with today’s music. It glorifies self and not God. Which has nothing to do with beat. If you dance for joy of salvation and the Lord it doesn’t matter what you dance to. But how can you dance to the Lord if the words you sing echo falsities and selfishness.

Any beat can be praise no matter how rythmic. The only lack of discernment I see here is that you don’t realize the difference between music of self and music of soul. When put to the glorification of God rock, rap, country and all these are good. When put to the common use of self they go wrong. Maybe the only one that by itself words or not would be the gyrating pulse of techno beats. But even here if one uses God given talents for such music it can become an instrument of God.

Don’t think of yourself here, the arguments made are dull. If one comes to know the Lord through one of these venue’s I would venture to guess that the angels in heaven would still sing. And if not for that music would have gone astray no thanks to people arguing the merits of the beats involved.