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"Baptism", also known as "Down with the Old Man (Up with the New)", is a song written by Mickey Cates, depicting a believer's baptism down in an East Tennessee river. In 1999, the song was recorded by Kenny Chesney and Randy Travis on the album Everywhere We Go [ 1 ] and in 2000, Randy Travis recorded it on the album Inspirational Journey . [ 2 ]
The song is told through the eyes of a promiscuous young man who has had many sexual experiences, and plays upon the double-meaning of the word "heaven." He first recalls his baptism and how the preacher asked the protagonist (then a young boy), "Do you want to go to Heaven," referring to the religious concept of the afterlife (where good people go after their death).
In Australia this song was the seventh most used song by the beginning of 2007 [3] There have been many interpretations of the song by many artists in all styles: gospel, R&B, soul, rock, dance, reggae, hip hop, rap, soca, ska, punk, a cappella amongst others and has been translated to a number of languages and recorded in a number of countries.
"Here Comes Heaven" is a song performed by American contemporary worship band Elevation Worship. On November 30, 2018, the song was released as the fifth single from their eleventh live album, Hallelujah Here Below (2018), to Christian radio stations in the United States. [1] The song was written by Aaron Robertson, Chris Brown, and Steven ...
Catholic commentator John F. McHugh notes, "Rebirth, and the commencement of this new life, are said to come about ἐξ ὕδατος καὶ πνεύματος, of water and spirit. This phrase (without the article) refers to a rebirth which the early Church regarded as taking place through baptism."
The reformer Martin Luther, a prolific hymnodist, regarded music and especially hymns in German as important means for the development of faith.. Luther wrote songs for occasions of the liturgical year (Advent, Christmas, Purification, Epiphany, Easter, Pentecost, Trinity), hymns on topics of the catechism (Ten Commandments, Lord's Prayer, creed, baptism, confession, Eucharist), paraphrases of ...
Gundry notes the emphasis the author of Matthew gives to how quickly Jesus gets out of water of the Jordan.An emphasis not found in Mark or Luke. Gundry believes this is because the baptism would traditionally have been followed by a confessing of sins and the author of Matthew wanted to be clear that Jesus, who had no sins, did not undergo this part of the ritual.
For several months, he struggled with the chorus and even put the song aside for about six months before finally finishing it. [3] However, he was still not confident in the chorus. It was not until he played this song at his home church Soul Survivor, and his pastor told him to play the song more often, that he realized the potential the song ...