tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5999077.post8701537354187772343..comments2009-11-11T10:34:41.538-06:00geoffrey holsclawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16942897589753864521noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5999077.post-84056164095405293962009-11-11T10:34:41.538-06:002009-11-11T10:34:41.538-06:00You know something that makes his chosen affiliation a moot point? Christ can work through anyone and anything. The man being Catholic does not mean the Lord will not work through him to bring people to Christ. Thre are many things about the Catholic Church that I disagree with but what he is saying in his song still ring true. Christ is Risen from the dead is a great song and its story is true. The mans background does not change this.Kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07791975124915441417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5999077.post-11503116893914651212009-10-30T19:20:34.635-05:002009-10-30T19:20:34.635-05:00I love this song regardless of whether the man is Catholic, Baptist, Presbyterian, and so on. He is loving our Lord through this beautiful song. I, like Eric, am proud to call Matt my brother in Christ regardless of the religious traditions he follows. We need to come together as brothers and sisters in Christ and be united. The kind of fighting we have seen in the past and today between demoninations needs to stop and we need to simply love each other as Christ instructed. I have Catholic, Baptist, Pentacostal, and evangelist brothers that I love and communicate with frequently. We don&#39;t judge each other&#39;s traditions, we just love each other, and it is powerful. <br /><br />Thanks for the comment on the other song you like Ben! I&#39;m going to have to check it out and everything else this guy has done. <br /><br />Praise God.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5999077.post-17553945151210683132009-10-11T03:55:39.209-05:002009-10-11T03:55:39.209-05:00Hey, I grew up Baptist (in churches that taught that Catholicism was of the devil) and switched to Presbyterian (first PCA and now EPC) a few years ago; yet I fell in love with Matt&#39;s music from the very first time I heard his radio version of &quot;Your Grace Is Enough.&quot; I still don&#39;t think I could be a full-fledged Roman Catholic, but I&#39;m proud to call Matt my brother.Erichttp://www.wbfj.fmnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5999077.post-32736893246288056692009-10-09T12:21:32.050-05:002009-10-09T12:21:32.050-05:00There is another song by this guy that I really liked, the chorus pairs quotations from Chrysostom and Paul (Eph 5:14):<br /><br />Christ is risen from the dead<br />Trampling over death by death<br />Come awake, come awake<br />Come and rise up from the grave<br />Christ is risen from the dead<br />We are one with Him again<br />Come awake, come awake<br />Come and rise up from the grave<br /><br />and the bridge is pretty good too:<br /><br />O death, where is your sting?<br />O hell, where is your victory?<br />O church, come stand in the light<br />The glory of God has defeated the nightBen Sternkehttp://bensternke.comnoreply@blogger.com