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Arriving
Chris Tomlin, Steven Curtis Chapman
Retail Price (not our price): $17.98
Release Date: 2004-09-21
Manufacturer: Six Step Records
Format: Audio CD
Discs: 1

Track List
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Disc 1

Editorial Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):

1) Album Description
Leaders make the indescribable visible. Isaiah's words, for instance, brought comfort to a defeated nation and transformed a people's imagination, empowering them to mount up with wings like eagles. Those words bear fruits today, capturing a post-modern visionary's heart, urging Chris Tomlin to call together God's people for life-renewing worship. "I feel as though we're like this landing strip in the desert for our great, incredible God to arrive on; a way for Him to come into people's lives," Tomlin says of the album's metaphorical moniker inspired in part by Isaiah 40. Tomlin's third studio record and first in two years, Arriving demonstrates a Christian's glad surrender meeting God's welcoming arms. Tomlin's undeniable energy is charismatic and contagious. Avoiding the trappings of public performance, Chris stands beside the people he serves, raising his voice to God with them so that they share God's presence together. Credited with venerable church choruses such as "Forever," "We Fall Down," and "The Wonderful Cross," Tomlin is considered one of this era's top songwriters for the church with five songs in CCLI's Top 60 and four more in the service's Top 500. With millions singing his songs weekly, Chris is recognized as a pivotal voice of today's modern expression of Christian worship.Arriving rocks with inspiring, guitar-driven pop melodies reflecting the roots traditions of Austin, Texas, where it was recorded and home to the church Tomlin co-founded, Austin Stone Community Church. The project's raw, straightforward lyrics are knotted tight with hooks as big and broad as the Lone Star state sky. Producer Ed Cash (Caedmon's Call, Kathy Mattea, Bebo Norman) brings his signature touch to the tracks, revealing that the talent pool is deeper than even the artist knew.

Customer Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):
Average Customer Rating: 5.0 out of 5

1) Very moving, pure and simple worship music   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
I am not an evangelical, and I have not listened to very much contemporary Christian music. I am Catholic, and I was raised with the idea that proper worship music is J.S. Bach on a big church organ. Frankly, what I have heard within the Catholic Church of efforts to bring guitars into church instead of organs has largely repulsed me; the quality of the music has usually been low, and it seems to be part and parcel of the whole liberal attack on the traditions of the Faith. And I should also add that as a Catholic, I was always raised with the idea that evangelicals in general are illiterates who know nothing about theology or larger culture.In this context, Chris Tomlin's music has been a revelation to me. The musical style is clearly contemporary. He uses the ordinary instruments of a soft rock band. What makes the music electrifying is its power, directness and passion. Virtually every song on this album is like a clear mountain spring. I find it hard to say which of the songs I like best. "Mighty is the Power of the Cross" is perhaps my favorite. Very simple, very powerful. And while I have not done an analysis of the theology involved, I heard nothing that in any way troubled me as a question of doctrine. On the contrary, other than the absence of any worship of the Virgin or the saints, Tomlin's understanding of the Faith seemed very orthodox to me.I think that Tomlin's music could be a very powerful instrument in the ecumenical movement for Christian unity. When I hear the power of this music, I could care less about the theological differences between evangelicals and the Church; it just fills me with a sense of the joy and majesty of our common faith.

2) Grace is enough   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
This is a wonderful CD for a christian music lover. Chris Tomlin is a wonderful Christian singer!! I enjoy singing his songs

3) awesome!   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
I love this cd. I could listen to this all day long, you can't help but sing to the songs.

4) Great music, songs with a scriptural basis, total worship   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
I just want to add a one point that you might not I find in other reviews: that most of Chris Tomlin's songs are solidly scripturally based. Read through the book of Psalms and you'll find a lot of lines from Chris' lyrics. I don't want to listen to songs filled with pop psychology, the health and wealth Gospel, or someone's warped theology. If you are going to be walking around singing tunes in your head, let it come from the source of all truth - scripture. Make no mistake about it - this is a worship CD and we sing many of these songs in my church, but there is also a lot of variety here. There is direct worship (How Great is our God, Holy is the Lord, King of Glory), humility (Your grace is enough, Unfailing Love), introspection (The way I was made), fantastic homages to Christ on the cross (Mighty is the Power of the Cross) and God as creator (Indescribable, You do all things well). One more point - the music is so good, it sometimes is distracting - I sometimes need to make a special effort to let the words sink in. I highly recommend Arriving as well as Chris' latest, See the Morning.

5) Awesome   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
I was at a retreat singing these oh-so-familiar songs when I noticed the composer's name. "Hey! I know these songs and they're all by Chris Tomlin". Loaded this CD onto my iPod and can't stop listening to it! It's not your grandma's worship music anymore.Peace!