The Power of the Cross

The Power of the Cross by the California Baptist University Choir and Orchestra - Live Concert at Campus Hill Church January 16, 2010

[@welshchristian]

All praise be to Jesus who gave Himself for me on the cross.

[@mccartherable]

This choir is AMAZING. They smile, move, put themselves 100% into it and it SHOWS. What a blessing these songs are to me. God Bless you all.

[@joanleckie2609]

Exactly!!! Let noone forget the power of the CROSS

[@avuncular300]

A great performance by the choir and orchestra. I do like the joy that radiates on the singers' faces, and the uniformity of dress is most attractive too.

[@Hazley787]

"Finnished the victory cry!" I love this line because it shows us Jesus realy did die! Amen!

[@ILoveOldTWC]

Yes, He did. Read John 19:30. But He didn't stay dead!

[@JimBobEdsel]

This is a very powerful song and I love the arrangement and performance by the choir. All praise and glory to the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

[@luciansunset1]

Well done young people. Praise God

[@jorges1390]

This arrangement is by Gary Rhodes and the orchestration is by Dave Williamson. The composers are Keith Getty and Stuart Townend

[@samuelmutebi6484]

Thank you beautiful young ladies for using your beauty to serve God. Your so beautiful sisters in the chair.b

[@paneethaameresekere1615]

Thank you from Sri Lanka

[@ethlyncreightney2500]

Beautiful..love this song..ministers to my SOUL each night I listen to it..the cross still has POWER

[@bobareebop]

"Oh to see my name, written in the wounds..."...wow.

[@richardthomas6523]

As much as I love this song, I also appreciate that there are no songbooks hiding faces.

[@71259mark]

In all fairness, the singers do an excellent job.

[@AmandaRS91]

I just saw them at Del Cerro Baptist Church. They are incredible. I am considering going to this school and taking part in the music program!!!

[@Rob73428]

I had to listen to this several times...I got the message the first time, but needed to get the same wonderful feelings and blessings again and again each time I heard it.

[@annatucker3692]

Beautiful..❤️ths k you Lord for the cross ✝️

[@navewife]

Maybe we should let you know that Doc knows MANY of the composers that he chooses music from personally. A lot of them have heard his groups sing their songs and LOVE the way they do them.

[@othelocaceres8138]

Thanks for the powerful messages and the Lord of Wonders will be appreciated for the nice video. From the Philippines.

[@71259mark]

There are is so much richness and subtlety in this arrangement that is simply lost and covered up by the pounding of the drummer and pianist.

[@jeremiahlyleseditor437]

This is a great arrangement. Another good song from this now retired man

[@selvagemlatino7050]

Ooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!! Só de ouvir fico "voando nas nuvens" da santidade !!!!! Ouvir isso é fantástico.

[@ndrennan749]

This video is very good - loved the choir and the orchestra was brilliant! lovely song.

[@juanchristofeladventthio6061]

Beautiful voice and orchestra 🤩

[@jorges1390]

"complete my joy by being of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind" Phillipians 2:2

[@mummikinsUK]

Utterly beautiful!!

[@Pastorernieb]

Good arrangement of a very great song.

[@Flgatorbee]

Beautiful song and true!!!! Ty Lord Jesus Christ, my Savior and Lord....

[@RqReb91]

The best song I've heard in my life.

[@salzwell25]

This is so wonderful, it touched my soul💜

[@elizabethhackman3678]

Gorgeous!

[@thelog4038]

This made me Cry.

[@jorges1390]

You are right about the arrangement, it is Mark Hayes. And I believe this is an INCREDIBLE interpretation. Dr. Gary Bonner did a wonderful job of conducting this fine group of students!

[@benjamin3731]

This is one of the great songs we sang in the FBC Eugene choir for Easter this year. Awesome song.

[@antropophil]

Beautiful and very uplifting!

[@jholder1966]

WOW Beautiful ..AMEN AMEN

[@JaredAbongo]

I can't stop loving this song

[@carmemsarkovas]

wonderful!!!!

[@ispaul69]

Amen,amen,amen...

[@IrresistibleGrace777]

I love this song, it brings glory to the One who undeservingly bore my sin and shame on the cross, Christ Jesus it is He. God poured out His wrath upon His Holy, blameless and Righteous Son, for a sinful wretch such as me. Grace, grace, grace, grace, grace 🌷

[@ILoveOldTWC]

I don't like your username. Grace is NOT irresistible! You are completely wrong! Your theology is heresy! Calvinism is BOGUS and unbiblical! So is Arminianism. I am neither one, as you would assume! I believe once saved, always saved. I do think you need to make sure you are saved, instead of assuming you were irresistibly drawn. You CAN reject His calling. God is sovereign but not in the way you think. He is so sovereign that He did give man free will. He chose to give us a choice. We are not robots or zombies. You better make sure you have accepted Jesus Christ as your personal Savior.

[@edwaldocamargo4387]

Uma igreja avivada em Deus

[@jtsbluegrass]

had trouble singing without breaking down.

[@acricucci6188]

“Jesus tilted His head back, pulled up one last time to draw breath and cried, "Tetelestai!" It was a Greek expression most everyone present would have understood. It was an accounting term. Archaeologists have found papyrus tax receipts with "Tetelestai" written across them, meaning "paid in full." With Jesus' last breath on the cross, He declared the debt of sin cancelled, completely satisfied. Nothing else required. Not good deeds. Not generous donations. Not penance or confession or baptism or...or...nothing. The penalty for sin is death, and we were all born hopelessly in debt. Jesus paid our debt in full by giving His life so that we might live forever with Him.” ― Charles R. Swindoll

[@MattGerhard]

"Excessive ad libbing by the pianist" I think it's safe to say that most directors would love to have a pianist who could play like that, myself included. The drummer is one of the most tasteful drummers I've heard, not your typical "constantly ride the cymbals" drummer.

[@DanielSemsen]

@Treblemaker09 you absolutely should--it's an amazing music program.

[@jorgesam90]

The Choir and orchestra will be at Loma Linda again on the 29 of this month. 2011

[@brooklyn5466]

Nice.

[@maartjemj]

zo mooi echt kippenvel

[@bobareebop]

Dr, Gary Bonner, directing.

[@elioenebarros1447]

Maravilha

[@71259mark]

This arrangement is published by Lorenz, Catalog #10/3805L

[@geoffgilliansloss]

Fantastic. So uplifting. Anyone know where I could buy/download this arrangement/backing

[@pennywise7777]

I love the black faces :D

[@cheesein951]

@geoffgilliansloss The UCO cover of this track can be found at calbaptist. edu/music on the album Power and Peace!

[@ILoveOldTWC]

Keith and Kristyn Getty wrote this one.

[@71259mark]

This arrangement is by Mark Hayes.

[@71259mark]

I couldn't help but get a chuckle from your response about observing the composer’s intent. You gleefully pointed out that Mark Hayes was not the original composer, but was ‘merely’ the arranger of this particular composition. It seemed as if your point (if there was one) was that since it’s ONLY an arrangement, one needn’t adhere to the directions in the score (tempo markings, dynamics, etc.). What the heck, let’s make it a free for all, since it’s not the original composition, right? Haha

[@puialelhchhun3019]

I want the lyrics... Please

[@71259mark]

Catalog #: 10/3805L by Lorenz

[@lanaedavelaar5907]

could you please share who this arrangement is by? I know the words are by Gettys but i would love to know the arrangement composer?

[@kcksboy]

composer / arranger?

[@navewife]

Do you actually KNOW Mark Hayes? If not then you don't know what he would like for a choir of this magnitude to do with this piece.

[@71259mark]

'Tasteful' (I don't find it so) or not, there is no part for a drum set written in this arrangement, nor is what the pianist is doing a part of what Mark Haye's wrote either. The tempo is a bit (not a lot) faster then what is marked. As I tried to explain to Mr. Samaniego, this was not written as a 'high energy' kind of piece. There are so many lovely and subtle things that happen in the orchestra that are completely covered up here by the pounding of the drums.

[@71259mark]

As I mentioned before, this isn't an "excitement, energy, and fanfare" kind of arrangement, as Mark Hayes wrote it, which is exactly why he DIDN'T include a drum set in his orchestration. In this presentation, they took a great many liberties with a very moving and contemplative piece of music and turned it into "The Hey Song".

[@geraldmooney6461]

do toy have to be pretty or handsome to join this choir?

[@RClayton998]

Someone didn't tune their french horn

[@canyoubelievethis220]

Love the song, but the swaying ruins it.

[@abouthim11]

Doesn't take much to bother you.

[@canyoubelievethis220]

Thats my opinion. Maybe you need to get off the cross in case we need the wood.

[@abigaildellosa266]

Same here. the formation, the song and pretty much everything was good except for the swaying

[@daveb.4460]

They sway on purpose - it is something they choose to do. So we're not going to change it.

[@canyoubelievethis220]

I understand they chose to do it and I wouldn't want to change it. Just don't care for it. The Mormon Tabernacle Choir doesn't, nor does any other choir I've seen, so must not be that popular.

[@71259mark]

No this arrangement is by Mark Hayes, and published by Lorenz. I'm quite familiar with it as I have conducted it several times.. This was not a good interpretation however. Too fast from beginning to end.

[@MattGerhard]

Too fast? You've got to be kidding.

[@jorges1390]

I'm embarrassed by your attitude. This is a sad witness to the Gospel of Jesus Christ. This is where I stand: the conductor took some liberties and did not follow the arrangement exactly as it was written. The end result was a new interpretation of a beautiful song, the message of salvation was communicated, and the performers connected with their audience in a very special way. There need not be more arguments in regards to this performance. We can agree to have different opinions.

[@71259mark]

You said nothing in the rambling diatribe you privately 'messaged' me. Mark Hayes supposed friendship with Gary Bonner is rrelevant to my point, as is the fact that Keith and Kristyn Getty are the original composers. In fact, pretty much everything you said was irrelevant and unrelated to my point. I was talking about artistic integrity, something about which you are evidently unfamiliar, and seem intent to remain so.

[@71259mark]

We? Who is we? I know Mark Hayes too. So what? Most of these arrangers (Mark included) are quite gracious and just appreciate having their music performed. That doesn’t mean they necessarily agree with the interpretation.

[@71259mark]

t's not an "Energy" kind of song. The pitch shouldn't drop no matter how fast or slow the tempo. They are experienced singers, aren't they? ALSO The drum set is an unwelcome addition, and not part of the original orchestration.. At 2:17 it sounds like 'war drums' pounding, and completely covers up the beautiful line that the strings and woodwinds have. Excessive ad libbing by the pianist This piece was written to be sung with finesse and feeling, not pound the listener over the head.

[@71259mark]

And I’m embarrassed by your attitude. So am I to understand, one need not have integrity if one is singing a religious song, or if, as you put it, ‘the message of salvation is communicated’? I just want to get this right. Taking excessive liberties is OK if the ‘performers connect with their audience in a very special way’? Is that how it works? Where was the harp? Where were the chimes? Of course, they probably wouldn’t have been heard anyway.

[@roncrawford7128]

This is coming very late, and I'll probably get roasted for this, but it is just my opinion that all that movement that the choir is making is a huge distraction. It is a powerful song, but all of the swaying, head bobbing, bending of knees and popping back up distracts from the music and the words. The choir has a beautiful sound, however I believe that a choir should not be moving and bobbing around. I also believe they should have a neutral expression. The focus should be on the words and the music. Anything that takes away from that is a negative. Take a look at the Mormon Tabernacle Choir as an example of how a choir should perform. Anyway, just my opinion.

[@71259mark]

It would appear that Mr. Jorge Samaniego is 'taking his ball and going home' as opposed to defending some of his naive & illogical comments. Everyone, say bye bye Jorge.