Chris aims to rectify a belief that we may sometimes have about dancing, and for the most part, the song invites us to dance, because of how ‘…You never stop loving us, no matter how far we run, You never give up on us, all the heavens shout, let the future begin…’ The introduction of the saxophone in the instrumental bridge is a great treat, and together with the great emphasis on electric guitar solos and crowd participation as Chris stirs up the crowd to dance during the song’s 7 minute duration, we are met with an anthem destined to be one of our favourite dance worship songs for months and years to come, and certainly one of my personal favourite rousing anthems since Kristian Stanfill’s ‘Not Ashamed’.Ĭhris also gives us a humble rendition of ‘Whom Shall I Fear (God of Angel Armies)’, also from his album Burning Lights and the first radio single that has received a great amount of airplay since when it released late last year.
#CHRIS TOMLIN TORRENT FREE#
Dancing has always been associated with nightclubs and discos, but as Christians, we ought to be free and dance before the Lord, one of the great many expressions that we have to give to the Lord, alongside prayer, singing and just being still and knowing that God is our Father. Sometimes during this time in society, we can fall prey to the notion that dancing in church is limited (or even prohibited)- just like how during the 1970s many Christians thought that the drums and guitars were the devil’s music. Appearing as the first track on the 2013 Passion album, Chris presents to us a song that does a great job in encouraging people to dance before the Lord.
‘God’s Great Dance Floor’ is perhaps one of my favourite worship songs of late, being initially recorded as a tag to the Martin Smith song ‘Back to the Start’ and then later on Chris Tomlin’s album Burning Lights and then later on Martin’s last EP God’s Great Dance Floor Vol. have produced a solid record (with as many highs as lows) to give listeners songs to sing in churches both now and into the future. While I do prefer White Flag over this 2013 album, Chris Tomlin and co. Despite a lack of promotional songs from Matt, Christy and David Crowder (songs from Give Us Rest or 10,000 Reasons?- provided they sung them on the night…) as well as artists missing out altogether (where is Colton Dixon, Lecrae or even Jesus Culture who also sang songs during the conference?) Let the Future Begin is a great album to purchase if you love songs from Chris or Kristian. Nevertheless, a glance through the album gives us great songs from Chris and Kristian (even if around two thirds of the album is sung by them), from the Martin Smith penned ‘God’s Great Dance Floor’ to the modern hymn ‘In Christ Alone’ and the Brett Younker written Kristian Stanfill sung ‘Come to the Water’. Not that Chris’s work isn’t good, it just seems like there is a slight favouritism when it comes to which artists to place on the album. It is sad to say that over the last few years, the Passion song choices on each of the albums has been leaning and leaning more to promoting Chris Tomlin and his songs rather than anyone else. However, the album that was a result of this annual Passion event seemed to be more heavily promoted towards Kristian Stanfill and Chris Tomlin and each of their promoted songs, with 9 out of the 14 songs sung between the two of them, when other artists Kari Jobe, Matt Redman, Crowder, Christy Nockels and Brett Younker each contributing only one song to the album (even Charlie Hall who I assumed was going to offer a few songs within the 14 track lineup was only included as a deluxe bonus track). With 2013 being the first year where I was to watch a fair amount of the conference footage in January 2013 live online via their Passion Live Link stream, I was very impressed with the vast amount of artists and speakers involved- I think this was the first time that they had a rap section during the conference, with hip-hop/rap artist Lecrae offering some songs during the time of January 1-4 th 2013. Passion has always been a great annual album to listen to, with their conferences led by pastor and excellent communicator Louie Giglio, and worship leaders Chris Tomlin, Kristian Stanfill, Christy Nockels and Matt Redman promoting a message of passion and purpose as they gear every year to influence the youth and young adults of America and others around the world.
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