Enfield is the name of the city in Massachusetts where Jonathan Edwards first delivered his sermon: "Sinners In The Hands Of An Angry God." It is also the new moniker for the band that plays at the Edwards-inspired Resolved Conference, with whom I was fortunate enough to play with over Father's Day weekend in Palm Springs.
Enfield's debut album: "O For That Day" is a strong 12-song effort that echoes the theme of the 2008 conference: Heaven and Hell. As Christians, we are often guilty of imagining heaven as a boring place where we float around as disembodied spirits from cloud to cloud, singing all day, or strumming harps 'round the clock. We are quick to say that we look forward to the hope of heaven, but when it comes down to it, we lack any true joy and anticipation about what awaits us there.
If you want a great book to help you think more about this, I highly recommend Randy Alcorn's "Heaven."
"O For That Day" helps to draw our hope towards the promise of joy and sinless perfection of heaven, and the dwelling of God with his people on the resurrected earth.
My friends Ryan Foglesong and David Zimmer penned the majority of these songs, and they did so with amazing artistry and creativity. These songs combine poetic language and meter reminiscent of great hymns, with the sonic fullness and musical urgency of today's powerful indie rock styles.
Here are a few of my favorite lyrics from the album:
"Your steadfast love will lead us through the tempest; grace and strength are ours!
Your faithfulness will see us through the storm, and give us hope to carry on!"
"O for that day when our journey has ended; all of our hope found in heaven's reward!
When we will have the Messiah forever, and we will dwell in the house of the Lord!"
"O praise the Lamb for sinners slain, who wrote with blood our eternal praise,
Let the nations of the earth proclaim: Hallelujah!"
"We are pilgrims on earth, and we long to be home
we were exiled in birth, and wandered alone
until Jesus, the Lamb who was slain in our place,
redeemed us, claimed us, his own!"
Check out the album at www.resolved.org, or search for it on iTunes.
1 comment:
OK, so I went and bought it and I too am encouraged and really enjoying their music. That said, is there a place online where I can access their lyrics? I've done a google search and nothing's come up. Any ideas, since you seem to know these guys?
I'll be featuring them on an upcoming blogpost, I think.
Thanks!
Jess
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