In Christ alone, who took on flesh Fullness of God in helpless babe This gift of love and righteousness. I know in my own life I need reminding continually not to live by my feelings or my circumstances, but by the unchanging truth of the gospel. Video clip and lyrics In Christ Alone by MercyMe.
Townend continued: "The lyric excites me because it places our hope, our assurance, our eternal destiny in the right place-on the solid foundation of Christ. So the theme of the life, death, resurrection of Christ, and the implications of that for us just began to tumble out, and when we got together later on to fine tune it, we felt we had encapsulated what we wanted to say." A few weeks later Keith sent some melody ideas, and the first one on the CD was a magnificent, haunting melody that I loved, and immediately started writing down some lyrical ideas on what I felt should be a timeless theme commensurate with the melody. Keith and I met in the autumn of 2000 at a worship event, and we resolved to try to work together on some songs. He told Crosswalk the story of the song: "The song came about in an unusual way. As I understand the Bible, it was because 'God so loved the world' that He was willing 'to crush Him and cause Him to suffer."In Christ Alone" was Townend's first collaboration with any other songwriter.
I conclude with lyrics from Hillsong's song, Christ is Enough. At the end of the day, the cross itself is the stumbling block, and that is why the PCUSA cannot abide by this hymn." Meanwhile, Bob Terry of The Alabama Baptist wrote that he agreed with satisfaction theory, but "if the meaning of 'wrath' is that God is vindictive and took joy in punishing His Son then that is not how I find God described in the Bible. claimed that salvation was in Christ alone by grace alone through faith alone. The cross is not an instrument of God's wrath." Timothy George, the dean of Beeson Divinity School, criticized the decision in an online column titled "No Squishy Love" and claimed that it "fits into a wider pattern of downplaying parts of Christian doctrine that are offensive." Boyce College professor Denny Burk took a view similar to George, stating that "When wrath goes, so does the central meaning of the atonement of God: penal substitution. PCUSA minister Chris Joiner of First said that while many in his congregation liked the hymn, he agreed with the decision because "that lyric comes close to saying that God killed Jesus. The committee's decision to exclude the song triggered a larger debate across denominations and within the Presbyterian Church USA itself. Oh, I could stop and count successes like diamonds in my hands. Though I could pride myself in battles won. Critics of the committee's decision pointed out that the hymnal included other hymns endorsing satisfaction theory and the penal substitution model of atonement, including "O Sacred Head Now Wounded." According to committee chair Mary Louise Bringle, the decision to exclude "In Christ Alone" centered not on the word "wrath" but rather on "satisfied." In Christ Alone (Michael English Version) VERSE 1: In Christ alone will I glory. In 2013, a 15-member committee of the Presbyterian Church (USA) voted to exclude the song from a new church hymnal after Townend and Getty refused permission to alter the controversial line to "the love of God was magnified." Members of the committee to compile the hymnal had discovered the alternate lyrics in a Baptist hymnal from 2010, causing them to assume that the change had been authorized by the copyright holders.
This line has hence made the song a subject of criticism by opponents of satisfaction theory. The second verse of the hymn contains the line, "Till on that cross as Jesus died, the wrath of God was satisfied," which adheres to the satisfaction theory of atonement. Song Lyrics - In Christ alone my hope is found He is my light, my strength, my song This Cornerstone, this solid ground Firm through the fiercest drought. Mannbradmusic I suspect this explains it (excerpt from Wiki):
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