Tuesday, May 22, 2007

Word themes in Worship songs

Can you guess what is probably the biggest word theme right now in new worship songs?
How about everlasting. The song Everlasting God is recorded by Tomlin, Lincoln Brewster and authored by Brenton Brown. Name this song 'Everlasting, your light will shine when all else fades. Neverending your glory goes beyond...... the song...... Inside Out by Joel Houston of Hillsong fame. Yesterday, Today and Forever is a great song by Vicky Beeching. It begins
" EVERLASTING GOD, The years go by but You're unchanging.In this fragile world,You are the only firm foundation. Always loving,always true, Always merciful and good, so good. "

These things come and go. Previous seasons of song writing have included themes like: Shout, Glorious, etc. Something to be aware of. God's character is so big that fortunately; we'll never run out of creative ways to express our worship. bc

2 comments:

kd said...

do you have any idea why that is the word of the "day"? Is it because life seems so non-everlasting, or that truth is so fleeting, or people wanna live forever? clues?
and - what a crowder video...

Bobby Crum said...

My hunch is that it's a collective insight from the word. Everlasting is there but it hasn't really been brought out in songs until recently.
Sometimes a fresh concept inspires similiar wording in other worship songs. Everlasting also a word of mystery.