--WORSHIP / GROUNDED IN GOD'S WORD~~
--[Mark Hall/ Casting Crowns]

~~According to Mark Hall, "Worship is the thing that you're doing when you're doing what you were created to do." From his first solo in a church musical to forming the highly acclaimed Christian band Casting Crowns, Mark was created to make music.

His songs such as "If We Are the Body" and "Does Anybody Hear Her?" encourage the church to be Christ's hands and feet, reaching the lost world. But his songs also frequently call believers to a Biblical understanding of God's gracious nature, such as in "Praise You in This Storm," "East to West," and "The Voice of Truth."

Mark's ability to write and sing such powerful songs stems from an accurate view of God's nature, starting with God as Creator. "For a believer, [Genesis] has to be a settled topic in your mind. If your Genesis isn't settled, then you're not settled. Everything builds out of the book of Genesis because that's where our story started. You can't ignore it, and you can't not deal with it. It's the foundation that God's Word is written on."

Early in college, Mark was exposed to several apologetics speakers, including Ken Ham. "Most believers believe the Bible, but we don't know why. But someone is going to stump you one day, and when they stump you, then you're going to have some serious sand under you, and you can't walk on sand. You gotta know what you believe. And for me, Ken Ham and teachers like that helped me stand in what I believe."

Mark's sound faith in God's Word allows him to write and sing songs such as "The Word Is Alive," which celebrates the inerrancy of Scripture.
The word is alive, and it cuts like a sword through the darkness with the message of life to the hopeless and afraid, breathing life into all who believe. The word is alive, and the world and its glories will fade, but His truth, it will not pass away. It remains yesterday and forever the same.

"Worship is prayer. When you're singing those worship songs, you're praying without asking for things. God gave us worship as a way to love Him back and to tell Him that we love Him."
"Songs are used for worship, but the songs themselves aren't worship. They are praise. Worship is a lifestyle."--[Nicole C. Mullen]
--[Answers In Genesis]-'Where sin leaves a canyon, Your loves builds a bridge.'
----"The Bridge"//Casting Crowns //<https://youtu.be/GTkYZUZ4B2s>
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