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Album Review: Tim Hughes - Holding Nothing Back

September 7th, 2008 · 1 Comment

If you’re a Christian who likes rock music you can jump up and down to, “Holding Nothing Back” by Tim Hughes is the album for you. Tim Hughes first shot to super-stardom about 5 years ago with “Here I Am to Worship”. If you’re anything like me, just reading the title of that song is [...]

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Tags: Christian music · Tim Hughes · brooke fraser · holding nothing back

Rich words - Rich love

June 22nd, 2008 · 8 Comments

There are plenty of reasons why our church will always sing old hymns. It’s not just so that those among us whose hair has a ‘grey tinge’ can reminisce about the days of old - it’s for all of us.
For starters, it’d be such a shame to turn our backs on the musical and lyrical [...]

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Tags: Christian music · christian lyrics · ephesians · hannah kinton · hymns · keith getty · love · matt redman · rich · richness · stuart townend · william rees

Holding Nothing Back… from what?

June 9th, 2008 · 5 Comments

Every now and again, we change the words to a song before singing it as a church family. “Holding Nothing Back”, by Tim Hughes, is one of them.
Sometimes it’s downright heresy that needs to be cut out of a song. Sometimes it’s changing tenses - changing “I” to “we”, or “me” to “us” - to [...]

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Tags: Christ · Christian music · Tim Hughes · christian lyrics · hebrews · holding nothing back · romans

Album Review: Leeland - Sound of Melodies

April 2nd, 2008 · No Comments

It’s unfortunately rare to come across a Christian CD that not only sounds good, but has fantastic words as well. So much of the time it’s either one or the other – good words, ordinary music; bad words, excellent music. But Leeland’s album “Sound of Melodies” is one of those exceptions where you’ll find [...]

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Tags: .mp3 · Christian music · ally bell · hannah kinton · leeland · sound of melodies

Meditating on the Richness of Christ

March 26th, 2008 · 1 Comment

The ‘classic’ Bible verse when it comes to Music Ministry is
“Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God.”
Colossians 3:16
It’s a great, jam-packed verse we’ve all heard before. But [...]

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Tags: Christian music · Colossians · music ministry · sing · singing · word of Christ