Posted on 10/12/2014 9:42:31 AM PDT by daniel1212
2nd Chapter Of Acts Nightlight
2nd Chapter Of Acts Consider The Lilys
2nd Chapter of Acts Live -Mansion Builder
2nd Chapter Of Acts Taking The Easy Way
2nd Chapter Of Acts Spin Your Light
2nd Chapter Of Acts Easter Song
2nd Chapter Of Acts Heartstrings
Not long after I became truly born again I heard and loved some of the music of 2nd Chapter of Acts, which would have meant nothing to me as a lost soul before (raised devout Catholic, a believer in God, but spiritually dead) .
I do not like heavy rock-type "Christian" music, and the old time hymns are irreplaceable and primary, and enduring testimonies to the reality of Christ, but there has been some good contemporary music amid much chaff, and 2nd Chapter Of Acts is still my favorite contemporary group, with quite a story of their journey (worth reading ).
"He said we were like three small streams, and when we came together we would be a river. God promised He would use that river to go through people's hearts and through their lives. In the same way rushing water uproots things, cleans things out and opens things up, He photopromised to use us. And that's exactly what He has done."
Tom Hollingsworth, who was their choir director at First Assembly of God, North Hollywood, remembers their talent: "Singing was so natural for them. But they were very low-key about it, never pushy, never asking if they could sing in a service-just making themselves available. It was very obvious that the Lord has His hand on their lives."
Additional commentary:
I assume these videos are legal and likely took place in California judging from the dress (shorts, which i think is too casual for women), and is part of the music that flowed out of the Jesus movement of the 60's, which rescued many who were seeking a realty found in Christ which they tried to obtain thru drugs.
Many others were seeking a fantasy fostered with the help of drugs, and who later became part of the government in seeking to implement it, a Garden of Eden without God and moral laws, where the liberal elite reign as gods by convincing the people to support them as they are their saviors to rescue them from their oppressors, who have more because they believe in sound principals and rewards being merited.
Thus mercy is mercy, not a right, and is to promote betterment towards helping others, not a perpetual welfare state ruled by the elite, who climbed to power another way, by deceit and in rebellion to God, as their master is the devil, the originator of the first "occupy movement" (God's throne) and the victim entitlement mentality. (Is. 14; Gn. 3)
Anyway, may the music glorify God and lift up the hearts of saints to do that same.
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Wow! Thanks for posting. I remember seeing them when I was in college in the early ‘80s. I’ve loved their music ever since. It has stood the test of time and I truly believe God has blessed their talents.
You have made my morning. Thank you.
I always liked those guys. Their “How Great Thou Art” is one of the best I ever heard. Thanks for the post.
Amen!
Thank you! Their music really takes me back. I graduated from a Southern Baptist university and saw lots of Christian singers and groups on campus, including 2nd Chapter of Acts. I remember them fondly, along with Keith Green, Dallas Holm, Michael Card, and a few others of that era.
Very pretty but the music drowned out the words so could not figure what they were singing about.
Not sure which one that was, as i can hear the words quite clear on most, but that is a valid objection that applies to most contemporary music, while in older hymns "spiritual songs" (Eph. 5:19; Col. 3:16) the music Iif any) is subservient to the words.
And the Bible is like a wind orchestra, each instrument having its own distinctive sound, yet all having one Breath, making harmonious sounds unto the Lord under the direction of the Conductor.
Praise God, but for whom the world has no heart for (unlike santa). Notice that it is only a remnant of believers even at the concert, but that is the norm, and God enabled them to be shared. Easter Song has almost 300,000 plays.
Glory to God. I see the scope and depth of classic Christian hymns and music as a distinctive testimony the Lord being the living God, not some theological construct or distant deity. A comparison with the kind of hymns of Islam etc. would be interesting.
Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord; (Ephesians 5:19)
I have an old Baptist hymnal of classics, and if said if you had to bring two books with you to a desolate place it should be the Bible and such a hymnal.
All of their music is available on Amazon for download as MP3 digital files or you can buy the CDs, but most are out of print and are very expensive. Mansion Builder is my favorite album, along with The Roar of Love, which was inspired by CS Lewis’ The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.
God has made your morning (and day)!. Bless Him! (smile)
One of the best worship songs. I prefer hymns for worship but their music is truly anointed and it touches my heart every time. Praise God for their obedience to His word through music.
All of their music is available on Amazon for download
You will not be disappointed.
Not sure which one that was, as i can hear the words quite clear on most,
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