I understand that many people are not used to this genre of music. It would make a really bad hymn or poem, but artistically it was a pretty good Christian rock song.

I think the lyrics may have said too much especially with the “grape juice” line. But they were intended to get us thinking, and I think it worked.

I agree about the never ending “do not be afraid”. I still don’t “get” that aspect to many CCM songs.

In days to come, I hope to start posting more about the CCM songs that I personally really like. This one is okay, but its message was dead on to those posts of mine earlier, so I wanted to post it. There are some really great CCM songs, that people unfamiliar with CCM would probably even like! I hope to showcase those kinds of songs soon.

Thanks for still reading! One of the things about blogging is you get to fellowship with people of many different backgrounds. You find you can agree with them on some things and strongly disagree on others and yet still enjoy Christian fellowship! I think that this glorifies Christ in that our union in Him and around His Word is more important to us than letting minor differences separate us to the degree that we do not fellowship at all!

God bless you richly in Christ, Joe,

Your brother,

Bob Hayton

Honestly, I didn’t like the song. I think different lyrics would’ve conveyed the message better. (I didn’t care for the insinuation that those who have “shots of grape juice” don’t teach liberty and moderation – I’m assuming that was a jab at the teetotalers).

The lyrics were quite elementary, and they didn’t even rhyme!

Also, I found the melody really annoying, and it seemed that the “do not be afraid” ending would never end.

Nevertheless, this is still one of my favorite blogs!

My favorite line is “Don’t teach me about moderation and liberty, I prefer a shot of grape juice.” Of course you might have guessed that would be the case with me!