These songs were given a new birth during the shelter in place evening livestream concerts. Listen to these amazing voices of people from around the world - separate and together in quarantine.
One thing is clear about this group of guys - we all love each other and we miss seeing each other - and playing music together. We are heading back to Germany for our fifth time and back to South Dakota for our thousandth. Please come out and sing with us! Imago Amor Bundles. CDs and Vinyl. Apparel - Made By survivors. State of the art screens to project lyrics that say, "let justice and praise become my embrace. I'd love to see that. I real really want to see that. It was potentially dangerous to help that man that was lying in the ditch in Jesus' parable.
And a couple of religious people walked by. They had their worship service to get to. They had their robes to keep clean. They had priorities. But the third guy The second reason I think we're apathetic is related, but it's a much easier fix. I think most of us have a belief-and I try to turn from this belief daily-that our contribution is insignificant. It's just five loaves and two fish you might say.
It's just one talent, maybe I should bury it in the ground. It's just two pennies. It's just one relatively obscure rock band. I'm just a songwriter from Nebraska. I'm just a student from Michigan, you might say. I'm just a domestic engineer from Colorado. And yet the Kingdom is among us. The work of the Kingdom is being accomplished through the seemingly insignificant actions of a rising tide of ordinary people who are not content looking the other way.
We are not content to hide behind a theology that breeds apathy. We rise up in the face of seemingly insurmountable odds to keep the darkness at bay. We stand on the edge of the abyss knowing that the skies are alive with chariots on fire. That's so inspiring, isn't it? That's the kind of thing that turns a cynic into a believer.
Look at the power of that Gospel. The transformative power of a life laid down. The corruption that facilitates sex trafficking will rust and turn to powder someday. But the selflessness of those who engage in righteous actions will outlive the very stars. There is an enduring quality to the good works that were prepared for me since before the foundations of the planet were fastened. These actions are eternal. And if we can convince others to join us in laying our lives down, we will shine like the very stars we're going to outlive.
That's what the prophet Daniel promises. I want to move you with these songs. I want to move you towards righteous actions. Polaris, another name for The North Star, is a star in the night sky that is used to navigate. Slaves in America used coded lyrics in their melodies to help them find The North Star.
They would operate the Underground Railroad using the star for guidance to head north towards freedom. Frederick Douglass, an abolitionist hero of mine, had a newspaper for the abolition called "The North Star. I imagine a freedom fighter like Harriette Tubman humming those tunes during dangerous nights. I imagine a runaway prince under ancient stars, with the memory of a melody his slave mother would sing to him as a child so many years earlier.
He went on to lead a million slaves to their freedom. Maybe the fires on Polaris burned above the desert the night Moses saw the fire on the hillside. I think it's the same fire that burns in the hearts of all of us who have joined the abolition. Similar to some of the slave songs during the era of the transatlantic slave trade, this song has always moved me. Rock music has always been a voice of defiance against systems of control and injustice.
There are melodies that carry a weight to them- a lament, a hope, an urgency. This song is one of those melodies. We left record deals to record these songs. They said "no one wants to hear about boy soldiers in Africa and slaves in Southeast Asia.
They just want something safe and positive in their minivans on the way to drop the kids off at school. And it turns out there are people who want to be challenged by the music they listen to. But we needed the help of the Remedy Drive nation to record these songs. Since , lead singer, David Zach, has been actively involved in modern-day abolition as an operative with The Exodus Road in multiple countries around the world. The album, inspired by the courage of ordinary people in history today fighting against injustice, contains songs of freedom, hope and refuge.
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