acapella--the old rugged cross

[KITTYKAT1100101]

even though i have read the many praises of the ALMIGHTY increating such a beautiful hymn. has anybody stopped to consider that he gave all people the power to sing if they would just open their mouth because the LORD says " i don't care how you sound because i don't listen to the voice singing io listen to the heart that powers the voice"

[kashanna96]

i absoulutely love this song and this version is the best this was my nan's favourite hymm and my mum's now it's mine must be a family thing

[ingridpeguero]

AMEN GLORY TO GOD I LOVE THIS SONG ...

[femto2]

eu não sabia que uma parte era cantada em Português.

Muito bonita.

[swagmastre]

You're guys have been outstanding.......... I wish there could be some re-union of the older acapella company guys. Influential, Outstanding and Inspirational

[grandpa0071]

the message is the gospel and that is unmistakeable! when we get to heaven we'll see the names added to the lambs book of Life because they stopped long enough for the Spirit to speak between the do wa's! keep it up!!! pray for those who don't get it...interesting what people think that God likes..humm

[priscamolotsi]

UGH! I love the old, slow version. Leave well enough alone!

[LPtxgranna]

Thanks be to God He is not limited by our finite humanity! God WILL use anything to reach the lost. He led me back through a country music song. (God used a donkey to talk to a prophet !) Paul writes in 1st Timothy 1, Now the purpose of the commandment is love from a pure heart, from a good conscience, and from sincere faith, from which some, having strayed, have turned aside to idle talk, desiring to be teachers of the law, understanding neither what they say nor the things which they affirm.

[MathlinBros]

<3 +

[goodguymar]

I dont think this is the kind of singing that God desires to hear, this glorifies the singers as some are saying," I love this group!" i don't thin these guys are church of Christ members? We are to sing with understanding and not with mumbo jumbo added to our words of the heart!

[1955thekeeper]

@goodguymar God hears it all as a joyous noise. If it is described as joyous then it MUST be pleasing to Him. Think of it this way, the lyrics are the boat laden with the glorious message of God and His Precious Son Jesus Christ while the rhythm of the counter beat vocals is the water upon which it floats. Its all good, its all good. All of it is intended to Glorify God. After a really anointed sermon, I have heard parishioners also state, " I love Pastor Ted." So what if they do?

[sklaft]

Making sounds like a mechanical instrument with the mouth is the same as making the same sounds with the instrument.

Sounds that cannot cause "understanding" cannot build anyone up. That's the point of why people are not to "speak in [other languages]" when there is no interpreter. "...I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also" (1Cor 14:15). Without 'love' we "become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal" (1Cor 13:1), - meaningless. Its wrong. They should repent.

[Thehuskarl]

@sklaft Are you saying that the harmonic and rhythmic parts are inherently bad because they aren't words?

I think you are wrong, if they were singing the words along with the others it wouldn't add any more words to the music. We are already hearing the words. If they sang other words to try and fit more words into the song then it would sound bad. Also music can be a language of it's own. These sounds aren't words but they communicate joyfulness anyways.

[sklaft]

@Thehuskarl - If I'd meant to say "inherently", I would have used the word. Non-sensible sounds are not inherently sinful. Dishonoring God by paying no attention to what He specified as acceptable under NT authority is inherently sinful. It is offering "strange fire", and a failure sanctify God when coming near to Him.

[Thehuskarl]

@sklaft Also, there are many verses in the Bible that encourage using instruments to praise the LORD. I would agree with your first statement, but I think that can be a good thing.

Psalm 147:7 Sing to the Lord with thanksgiving;

make melody to our God on the lyre!

Psalm 150:3-5

3 Praise him with trumpet sound;

praise him with lute and harp!

4 Praise him with tambourine and dance;

praise him with strings and pipe!

5 Praise him with sounding cymbals;

praise him with loud clashing cymbals!

[mcasteel1996]

@Thehuskarl // The passages you have referenced are psalms of David and not instructional passages on how er are to worship the Lord God as New Testament Christians. David penned these words long before Christ was born and befrore the introduction of Christianity in the world. Colossians 3:16 and Ephesians 5:19 tell us that we are to sing and make melody in our hearts. As we are singing we are teaching one another, how can we teach someone making sounds like mechanical insturments?

[Thehuskarl]

@mcasteel1996 First off I would agree that this isn't something to sing in public worship because it is performance oriented rather than the whole congregation singing.

Second, how does making melody in our hearts instruct people either, it is only the private worship of God.

Third, what do you think about intros? This song has an eight second intro, does God think it's useless even though it is musically pleasant?

[sklaft]

@Thehuskarl - Justify your manner of worship by the Old Testament, and you have left the authority of Christ. Galatians 5:4 "Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace."

The truth is, you are just cherry picking what you like from what you don't like from the OT since you don't do everything else that can be found in the Psalms. That's a dishonest method of interpretation.

[qwinkly]

@sklaft I totally disagree. Making vocal sounds to effect a beat is not words in any language, even a heavenly language & is understood universally (except by you, apparently) as the musical part. If ur going to be so militant about the text, u may also want to rule out "ooo" "la la la" & even go so far as to limit words to ONLY their syllabic lengths - no stretching out of words over several notes in slurs! Can't have that, can we? Might change mere speech into music! 86 the pitches, too !

[mcasteel1996]

@sklaft // Amen, I agree with you 100% if this is being used in the worship assembly. This type of music is not what God requires from us as His children when they come together to worship Him. Eph 5:19 and Col 3:16. However, I do struggle with the question of, in our private worship/devotion/meditation, are we bound by the same requirements as in the public assembly on Sunday? If I chose to listen to this group in my personal/private meditation is it a sin?

[sklaft]

@mcasteel1996 - Look to the context of those passages. There is nothing in the context that would limit them to the assembly for worship. That means they apply to every part of your life when "psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs" are sung. Therefore, any time a song fits that description, what is accepted by God is a-ccapella expressions of the heart. Common sense tells us if falling short of what is acceptable to God is a sin.

[ltkpyroboys9395]

i was lucky enough for this particular group to perform at my congregation

[vmlnc]

dear god...I bow down ***** so, so great !!!

[tavaresmusicson]

Lindo! Que Deus abençoe este grupo e continue a levar a bela musica a milhões de pessoas que precisam conhecer a verdadeira mensagem da cruz!

No Brasil gostamos muito do Acapella!

[normanlorenz07]

wow...i really love this hymn...

[maloneronald]

inveca go ye and preach yhe gospel through singing.keep it up God bless you

[Lovelypkl18]

This group is awesome in every song that they sing

[Ggdivhjkjl]

Well this is certainly distinctive!

Beautiful rendition if with somewhat of a different feel to earlier versions.

[msegur01]

God bless you! Praise God!!!!!!

[SingJazzWithSoul18]

Wow i have never heard anything like this in my entire life!

IT was AMAZING to say the least!

God bless everyone!

[guyontheend]

may their personal efforts to improve continue to make them succeed. here's to hard work.

[aotearoachik]

Lovely acappella! Blessed be x :)

[sisbyrd09]

May God continue to bless this group as they bless us through song. This is true praise and worship-- acappella style!!!!!

[nortonroad]

LOved the music. But this is youtube - anybody got any video of this group? Please upload.

[TheMrBlackCrow]

Amazing how the LORD made the human vocal chords to give such beautiful praise and worship to HIM..Love this

[MrRunningwolfe]

This is great---Baruch Hashem Adonai !

[79jamo]

yes its this group that i hae been looking for ... how great thou art

[emt1605]

I belive most of them are members of The Church of Christ.Seen them preform.They are great.

[MrMuchix]

what is the religion of this group????

[Saxement]

They're Christians

[toammyb]

They're christians

[kkkkkkatherine]

I Love You Jesus Christ !!!

Philippians 2:7-9 (King James Version) 7 But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: 8 And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.

[UTubeAdminRuslan]

Hallo all!!! Please, who knows some links for downloading free songs or even the whole albums of this group, answer me. Thank you!!!

[char4him99]

amazon should have some of their music. As far as I know this group has existed since the 70's. This particular group of people is amazing..

[w3tua]

Acappella was started by Keith Lancaster in 1982.

[danielbatman88]

if you give me your e-mail i can sent to you more of thier songs........they are called sweet fellowship

[char4him99]

I have loved this group for such a long time. The people have changed from time to time, but each group brings it's own unique gifts and is a blessing.

[Shakie4u]

I love this

[fernandoeredia]

muito, muito bom esse grupo... D+++++++

[trevorb6]

Sometimes, it takes a long time to actually "cherish" The Old Rugged Cross.

[inuyasha61995]

AMEN

[felltone3353]

I've always love the this group... Wait a great way to give thanks to our Almighty God...

[jes009pol]

Wow - this was awsome. Have not heard of this group before. Loved it. Thanks for sharing. God bless

[w3tua]

When the harmony begins around 1:20 it is SUBLIME!!!!!! I saw Acappella live in 1989 and they blew me away!

[Godsloveabounds]

WOW, Praise the Lord! God is so good, God Bless the singers for sharing their gifts:) He uses us for His Glory, You are so awesome God! His grace is sufficient!! God Bless You All

[scsesc]

Whoa, awesome. I grew up with the hymn in 3/4 but this really hooked me so I want to try it in 4/4 myself.

Peace...

[poblwc]

Who are these guys, they are absolutley superb and probably the best ACAPELLA ever.

[Djaysound]

Salutt sister and brother!

Ce cantique est trop trop jolies.

Gloire a Dieu notre Père.

Djay de la Nouvelle-Calédonie...

Holy Spirit for all of us!

[emmalana]

The old rugged cross!!!!!! Thank u Jesus!!!!

[abilicious4u]

omg whr r u guys located, i cant keep this 2 myself ma family gotta hrd u guys

[Hamoonga]

praise God he who was who is and who is still to come. God God forgive us for the sins we committed knowingly and unknowingly, bless my family and every one in the world

[obi347]

great, Praise God!

[jpjjja]

i love you jesus!!

[sarahcon1865]

this is freakin awesome.

[sparky88uk]

Thank God for the Cross and the Lord Jesus He died for me a sinner, and one day He will give me a crown, pray for my brother Eric the last one of us who needs to be saved.

Iasiah 1:18

[stevenrayanderson]

@sparky88uk Hey, I'll pray for Eric. You can pray for my Eric.

[missionarygirl0153]

@sparky88uk just curious what do you believe saves someone?

[jack5505]

this is what praise and worship should sound like. this is exellent.

[BassmanD]

That was excellent! Thanks for sharing this with us! God Bless!

[Cassandralee07]

OMG OMG I LOVE THIS GROUP1! is the group from ARK.?

[jmmcguire1980]

Paris, TN.

[Lordlako]

wow this was really good clean beautiful harmonies! Me likes, alot!

[canunotg]

best!!!!!!!!

[djboy114]

wonderful song! that's great! really touchers my heart~! will use this song for our prayer groups here in New zealand keep it up all of you , you have all been blessed with the blessings an anointing of Jesus christ!...wow mad as!

[YueYukito7]

it was great!Praise God!

[myronkelly67]

awesome!

[7246a]

Great praise!

[jiemse]

THE best I've ever heard.

[StormyMondayChick]

This is one of the best acapella groups EVER. They have an awesome talent for singing praises to God.

[rougestar]

i love it omg omg