Comments on: "Still the Cross" — FFH

By: On My Cross — FFH « Fundamentally Reformed

On My Cross — FFH « Fundamentally Reformed — Sun, 08 Apr 2007 05:33:23 +0000

[...] song is by the group that also gave us another great song about the cross: “Still the Cross”. If you click on that link, you will see my post about that equally good song. May you be blessed [...]

By: fundyreformed

fundyreformed — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 21:23:34 +0000

I agree with Pitchford, and actually told William as such by email. Still the Cross is the only really good song on that CD, in my opinion. Their earlier CDs are more like that song, from what I have read. They also have a good song from their 2001 CD (forgot the name) entiteled “On My Cross”. It is really good, too. I personally like the large “power anthem” or “power ballad” type songs. I thing “I Can Only Imagine” by MercyMe, is another good example of that kind of song.

I agree too, with Larry’s assessment that many CCM songs are not “worship music” quality. However, many of them are. And beyond that, many of them are good for personal reflection and worship, but just would not work in a church gathering context.

By: Larry Lawton

Larry Lawton — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 12:24:08 +0000

Here in SW Florida, we have three Christian radio stations that play ‘contemporary’ Christian music (a fourth station is owned by a fundamental Baptist church, and they play a lot of hokey Southern Gospel music). One station that I like the best is LIFE FM 89.1, run by Northwestern College Radio, and they play this song by FFH often. It’s a great Contemporary Worship song, and it’s sad that fundamentalists still hold to a rigid ’standard’ of music that won’t allow them to eclectically review music on its own merits. This one song, “Still The Cross”, is by far one of the best from this Christian group. I would tend to agree with some that much of Contemporary Christian Music is still below what I’d consider worthy worship music.

By: Pitchford

Pitchford — Mon, 23 Oct 2006 23:50:40 +0000

William,

Just a quick tip — “Still the Cross” is absolutely phenomenal, but unfortunately, the rest of the cd doesn’t meet the same standard. That’s the only really excellent song on the album (at least in my opinion). But happy hunting anyway…

By: William Dudding

William Dudding — Mon, 23 Oct 2006 18:42:25 +0000

Next time I’m at the Christian bookstore, I’ll check out that group. I can listen to the songs before I buy the albums! Great feature. This weekend I just bought the new CD by Philips Craig and Dean called “At the top of my lungs”. I have been having a great worship time in my car on the way to work every day! My favorite song is “That’s My Lord”. It’s just beautiful. So far, I havn’t really found a CCM group that sings the caliber of songs and sounds as good or better than PCD. I’m still looking.