вЂњThe NewsboysвЂ™ version is really fresh and exciting, and the one done by Alan Asbury is superb,вЂќ Townsend says. вЂњI've heard some wonderful recordings of it. several versions of вЂњIn Christ AloneвЂќ have been recorded by artists around the world, and Townsend admits to having a few favorites.

Than I do with that rifle and pistol.Debra Atkins of вЂњвЂќ writes in 2004: Since its initial creation.

No power of hell, no scheme of man can ever pluck me from his hand till he returns or calls me homequot I can tell you that I feel more secure in claiming the promise quot As I drive down the highway with my M-16 pointed out the window and my 9MM pistol tucked in my flak jacket pocket. The picture of Christ standing in victory, the image of sin's grip being broken and the promise that I am his and knowing that he in fact is mine brings him incredibly close to me. Till on that cross as Jesus diedThe wrath of God was satisfied -For every sin on Him was laid Here in the death of Christ I liveNo matter how many times I hear that verse, I get chills up my spine. To know that Christ purposefully gave his life for us helps me to understand that he knows that soldiers are dying and that he is in control. We are losing soldiers here everyday to people that we are trying to help. It moves immediately to Christ's burden for those who scorned him. It has been an inspiration to me because in each of it verses it reminds me of fundamental principles.

I have listened to it almost every night and even tend to sing/reflect on its words on my trips across. It is a new hymn written, I believe, a year or two ago but it has the feel of the traditional hymns. He quotes: I wanted to share a song that has been a real inspiration to me. Getty goes on to quote a particular moving story written in a letter he and Townsend had received from a soldier at war. No guilt in life, no fear in death, this is the power of Christ in mequot As well as being a creedal song, it fires people with hope that here is the God who even death cannot hold,В quot Stuart penned a quite incredible lyric, which the two of us edited, developed and rewrote for a couple of weeks until it became quot Something that could teach people the foundations of what we believed in Christ, the God who changed all of history and who wants a relationship with each us. I wanted it to become a hymn that would declare the whole life of Christ and what it meant. Ironically, it is the first hymn we ever penned together I had a strong very Irish melody that I could imagine a large crowd singing. The story of the songWords and Music by Keith Getty & Stuart TownsendCopyright В© 2001 Kingsway Thankyou MusicOf this modern hymn, the composer, Keith Getty states:Of all the hymns we have written, this hymn is the most popular wherever we go.

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