Has anybody heard of Anberlin? I am starting to become a big fan the more I hear from them. They are very impressive.
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I like Anberlin a lot. Their new album is great. I like it a lot better than "Blueprints for the Black Market".
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Not extremely, I mean they are sorta almost secular, which I don't have a problem with, but my mom was sorta annoyed...
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I like there first one better than their new one. Though I am a fan of them. My favorite song by them is Glass to the Arson.
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Macewindu77815 said:
I see what you're saying, they do kinda mask what they are singing about. I think maybe that is what they are trying to do, I wasn't sure they were a Christian band for a while till I really listened to some of the lyrics. I think that it could be a cool way to witness to someone, maybe. It is also just a good alternative to some of the stuff that is out there.
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Great band. One of the few bands that I actually care about the lyrics. They're great writers. I think I LIKE NTFP better than BFTBM, but I'm still trying to decide which one is better as they're both great.
As far as their spirituality is concerned, they've said in the past that they want to spead the gospel through who they are, not through their music. I think that's quite respectable, and the right approach to being a Christian band.
As far as their spirituality is concerned, they've said in the past that they want to spead the gospel through who they are, not through their music. I think that's quite respectable, and the right approach to being a Christian band.
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The guys in Anberlin are actually strong in their faith from everything I've heard and read of them. They do try to spread the word.
There was an interview done with the lead singer and the drummer from Anberlin that I found today. Here's an excerpt:
"Im just wondering what you would tell someone whos struggling in faith. How do we know Christianity is the one true religion?
Stephen: Well, Mahatma Gandhi once said, I would be a Christian if it weren't for the Christians." The problem is, sometimes American culture has seen people that are Christians, fail. Sometimes they look at them and think Man, I would never because a Christian because theyre all so judgmental. If you strip down the Christians, we all fail to look at another person and judge them based on their belief system, you could not get from Point A to Point B through them. Honestly, you need to go back and strip away your biased-ness, and go read about it, even if you take Jesus as a philosopher, read his philosophy.
Heres how I came to the conclusion: I didnt because a Christian until I was 18 years old. I was raised in the church, it was more of a social life type of thing for me, I never believed any of it, it was just someplace to hang out on Wednesday and Sunday nights - my parents made me go. So at age 17 and 18, I started looking around at different religions. I started off with Buddhism because it seemed most attractive, then Hinduism, then Confucism, which led to Muslim, and eventually it led me back to Christianity. These religions are the ones that have stood the test of time.
Buddhism seems peaceful, theres so much in it. Buddhism seems so profound. But heres the thing, with all of those religions of the world, except for Christianity, they are all egocentric, theyre all egoist, its all about me. Think about Buddhism, its all about enlightment, its all about yourself, and you need to get yourself in tune. You need to become one, and its not until you become enlightened that you can experience reincarnation, and you can start serving other people, you can teach them, but you can not minister them, theyre not even on your level until after you become enlightened.
With Muslim, its all about rules and restrictions, you know, you have to this or that, three times a day, everyday, etc etc. You earn your salvation, or the way to your god. So its all about me, me, me.
But then when you come to Christianity, heres a man who walked on the earth, and every principle he said was for everyone else, give and it shall be given. Someone asked Jesus, What is the greatest of these commandments? Jesus said, You know what, love God, and secondly love your neighbor as yourself. Where in there does it say find yourself, or become yourself, or grow. For Christianity, its always humbling yourself so you can make other people look better than you.
There was a parable about a rich man who put on a banquet and he said Always sit at the last seat so people can go before you, everything was just about external. I was just like Wow. If I were to come up with my own religion, it would be so selfish, it would be about myself, money, drugs, drink alcohol, just because it feels good. Nowhere in my rules would there be anyone else because were human and were automatically greedy and selfish. So, being a human, if I were to set up a religion, it would be all egocentric. All of those world religions are so egocentric, and yet Christianity is the only one that is giving out.
Youve got Muslims, and theyre all about rules, rules, rules, regulations and earning your way. During CS Lewiss time, they were having a big debate in his cellar about world religion and what sets Christianity apart from every other religion. CS Lewis came down to get a drink of water, or something along those lines and as he was walking back upstairs.. keep in mind that these guys have been debating for 4 or 5 hours already, they ask him, What sets Christianity apart from all other religions? CS replied, Thats what youve been debating about all this time? Its simple, grace.
Grace. Heres God saying I dont care who you are, what youve done in the past, who youve murdered, if you sincerely want to turn your life around and give it to Jesus Christ, you can do that by grace. Thats all you have to do. And now, whats the first step after becoming a Christian? Give to everyone else. Jesus Christ once said, This is pure religion, he didnt say, This is pure religion, you HAVE to give 10%, you HAVE to give away all your possessions, me, me me, rules, rules, rules
Pure religion lets break it down. Its to help the widows and orphans. How much more of an amazing religion do you want? Thats it?! Thats what you want God? Just to love you above all, and secondly help others in need?"
http://www.camera-kid.com/interviews/anberlin.html
There was an interview done with the lead singer and the drummer from Anberlin that I found today. Here's an excerpt:
"Im just wondering what you would tell someone whos struggling in faith. How do we know Christianity is the one true religion?
Stephen: Well, Mahatma Gandhi once said, I would be a Christian if it weren't for the Christians." The problem is, sometimes American culture has seen people that are Christians, fail. Sometimes they look at them and think Man, I would never because a Christian because theyre all so judgmental. If you strip down the Christians, we all fail to look at another person and judge them based on their belief system, you could not get from Point A to Point B through them. Honestly, you need to go back and strip away your biased-ness, and go read about it, even if you take Jesus as a philosopher, read his philosophy.
Heres how I came to the conclusion: I didnt because a Christian until I was 18 years old. I was raised in the church, it was more of a social life type of thing for me, I never believed any of it, it was just someplace to hang out on Wednesday and Sunday nights - my parents made me go. So at age 17 and 18, I started looking around at different religions. I started off with Buddhism because it seemed most attractive, then Hinduism, then Confucism, which led to Muslim, and eventually it led me back to Christianity. These religions are the ones that have stood the test of time.
Buddhism seems peaceful, theres so much in it. Buddhism seems so profound. But heres the thing, with all of those religions of the world, except for Christianity, they are all egocentric, theyre all egoist, its all about me. Think about Buddhism, its all about enlightment, its all about yourself, and you need to get yourself in tune. You need to become one, and its not until you become enlightened that you can experience reincarnation, and you can start serving other people, you can teach them, but you can not minister them, theyre not even on your level until after you become enlightened.
With Muslim, its all about rules and restrictions, you know, you have to this or that, three times a day, everyday, etc etc. You earn your salvation, or the way to your god. So its all about me, me, me.
But then when you come to Christianity, heres a man who walked on the earth, and every principle he said was for everyone else, give and it shall be given. Someone asked Jesus, What is the greatest of these commandments? Jesus said, You know what, love God, and secondly love your neighbor as yourself. Where in there does it say find yourself, or become yourself, or grow. For Christianity, its always humbling yourself so you can make other people look better than you.
There was a parable about a rich man who put on a banquet and he said Always sit at the last seat so people can go before you, everything was just about external. I was just like Wow. If I were to come up with my own religion, it would be so selfish, it would be about myself, money, drugs, drink alcohol, just because it feels good. Nowhere in my rules would there be anyone else because were human and were automatically greedy and selfish. So, being a human, if I were to set up a religion, it would be all egocentric. All of those world religions are so egocentric, and yet Christianity is the only one that is giving out.
Youve got Muslims, and theyre all about rules, rules, rules, regulations and earning your way. During CS Lewiss time, they were having a big debate in his cellar about world religion and what sets Christianity apart from every other religion. CS Lewis came down to get a drink of water, or something along those lines and as he was walking back upstairs.. keep in mind that these guys have been debating for 4 or 5 hours already, they ask him, What sets Christianity apart from all other religions? CS replied, Thats what youve been debating about all this time? Its simple, grace.
Grace. Heres God saying I dont care who you are, what youve done in the past, who youve murdered, if you sincerely want to turn your life around and give it to Jesus Christ, you can do that by grace. Thats all you have to do. And now, whats the first step after becoming a Christian? Give to everyone else. Jesus Christ once said, This is pure religion, he didnt say, This is pure religion, you HAVE to give 10%, you HAVE to give away all your possessions, me, me me, rules, rules, rules
Pure religion lets break it down. Its to help the widows and orphans. How much more of an amazing religion do you want? Thats it?! Thats what you want God? Just to love you above all, and secondly help others in need?"
http://www.camera-kid.com/interviews/anberlin.html
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Just picked up "Never Take Friendship Personal". I like it, but I've only heard it once. I'll be back with updates once I analyze it more. I may seem them live this spring. We'll see. But, just a question for any Anberlin fans. What in the world does the song "Paperthin Hymns" mean?
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