Hillsong - This Is Our God

I went to Soul Survivor this summer and, as is the cliche, was blown away by the worship music. Of course, the difficulty with Soul Survivor music is finding a CD with all the best worship songs on it, which is a good CD in its own right.And this is the wonderful thing with this CD - it has THE song of Soul Survivor 2008: Your Name High, which I can remember the audience humming like a memetic mantra & yet somehow has yet to get nauseating. There are also other amazing songs that really grow on you, such as the title track and songs such as Run & Stronger, which are profoundly powerful & are on a par with anything that bands such as Kings of Leon or Coldplay have done lately...Of course, not all of it is perfect, and the CD suffers from two major weaknesses. The first is that the good songs up to track 10, rather eclipse the songs later on the CD, which become slightly run-of-the-mill.The second weakness is not the fault of Hillsong, but is related to the whole 'Guglielmucci' scandal that broke at the end of August 2008. Track 8 (Healer) is an awesome track, but is marred by its writer having lied about his having cancer. It is almost as if every single note of its powerful resonance became poison in the ear overnight. Of course, it is forgivable, but that doesn't mean the song is absolved of its jarred, twisted nature.However, these weaknesses are only 1) because the first few tracks are SO good and 2) because of track 8, which is still a very moving song (even if for false motives). Furthermore, in the words of Francis Bacon "There is nothing that is beautiful that does not have an aspect of ugliness about its proportion". As with the church, the beauty of these songs is made somehow more manifest by the fact that humans are flawed, rather than less. Maybe this is why Hillsong is so appealing - it is raw, human & soulful and I'm positive that its influence in Christianity can only be a good thing, in spite of supposed shortcomings...

I was looking for a CD with new Christian songs on it and found this one. Very inspirational and easy to listen to at any time, at home or in the car... I recommend it!

Another Hillsong range of positive, upbeat songs.

Great , thanks .

Very happy with this wonderful DVD. Highly recommended.

Bought it for my wife and she loves it

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Brilliant worship