him, but I didn't know he'd be one of my most favorite christian artists! And, with throat surgery, Dan Fogelberg lost that high ,beautiful voice, but Michael Card has retained it, along with becoming a better musician for so long, now! Thanks for posting this, because I didn't even know it existed! I must get a copy as soon as possible! In Christ's Love, BobbyK
Michael Card is one of the best contemporary christian artists in the world for the last 30 years or so! Early in my christian life, an older friend gave me a christian-secular chart that lined up the christian artist to the secular artist! Well, Michael Card lined up to Dan Fogelberg, my favorite secular artist, so I know I'd like
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@KhronosWolf1 If you like this kind of music, the kind of music that makes one think, I would aslo suggest Keith Green. "Asleep in the Light", "Lies", and "Soften Your Heart" are all very good songs. "So You Wanna Go Back to Egypt" is a very fun song too! You are allowed to think what you want but I take this poetic verse literally. @SamWiseGingy I am very curious. Why do you say Christians are irrational? I will admit some are. They do not know why they believe what they believe. I do. :)
I'm not a christian -- very far from it -- but I can appreciate the poetic flow and inspiration displayed in this song.
That said, the people in the comments who are too busy looking for an excuse to self-righteously attack someone else to recognize that 1) poetic verse is not meant to be taken literally and 2) their own holy book uses extremely similar imagery -- such people are, indeed, rather amusing.
Ah the songwriter is saying that to us, Christ seems like a fool. Jesus was only too happy , in his HUMILITY, to play the fool and show us the work of God... Thanks....
Thats what is so great about people,God gave us all a certain measure of common sense and its up to us to use it,these were annointed and God given lyrics,yet people can't read between the lines and use a little common sense to figure them out,dont take everything so literally,stop,pray,and open up your spiritual eyes and close your carnal minds!!!!!
Something is very wrong about this. How could anyone even suggest that Christ was a "madman who died for a dream" without adding "supposed" or "believed to be"? Where is the fear of God?! Hymns for me thanks!!!
@talkingfortruth - I absolutely love the hymns as well, but I think you've missed the message. Too often we use songs as our own worship where we have to recognize them as the worship or offering of the writer or performer. That being said, he is proclaiming his amazement that what others thought was a madman has had a profound effect on his life. I first heard it about 20 years ago and it bolstered my faith.
@talkingfortruth when Michael Card calls Christ a "Madman who died for a dream" he is revisiting statements made earlier in the work, i.e. He must have seemed out of His mind/For even His family said He was mad . . ./Could not have seemed perfectly sane.
While you may say this is all idle speculation (that you seem to find irreverent) I think his point is we need to challenge our pat and/or trite concepts about how we view God to create a deeper relationship.
Well personally, even for the insinuation, I would not want to be at the judgment seat of Christ for having referred to him as a "madman who died for a dream". The lyrics are very deceptive and it plants seeds of doubt in the minds of believers. Good godly hymns never make such a statement. Why would anyone ever emphasize the views of the scoffers? We see enough of that, especially today.
@talkingfortruth: Would you speak similarly of Lewis for saying that Christ must be a lair, a lunatic or our lord? If you take >anything< out of context, you can draw the wrong conclusions. Say, Ecclesiates 10:19: "A feast is made for laughter, and wine makes life merry, but money is the answer for everything."
It's the lack of respect of the Lord Jesus Christ that bothers me, and it should bother you too.
P.S. Lewis denied the inspiration of the Psalms, Denied literal Hell, had a Roman Catholic priest at his deathbed. Yes, I'd absolutely question everything Lewis said and did!
@talkingfortruth Card brilliantly provides the key to this song and it interests me how many people commenting here have missed it. "For the power of paradox opens your eyes, but blinds those who say they can see." The power of this paradox opened my eyes. What about you?
@yippyskippyful albeit that there is a paradox (Hebrews calls Christ dying for the ones who killed him a contradiction) at play in Christ's work - he delivered the goods. He didn't just go around making claims - he "Taught as one having authority" and actually raised the dead, healed the maimed, gave the blind sight - Christ could not be called a fool by an honest observer!!! So why would a professing Christian like Card make such a loose statement? Again I say, where is the fear of God?
@talkingfortruth The miracles and all were undeniably amazing, but at the same point His message in many ways flew in the face of the Judaism of the day. Personal relationship with God to a people steeped in ritual based worship, the overwhelming of the sacrificial system of forgiveness, salvation through relationship rather than through the law. As much as people flocked to hear what He said, there were as many cases where people tried to kill him rather than listen to His message.
It's all so AWESOME....miracles every minute of every day...AMEN?, snakes and donkeys speaking...OH GLORY...gays magically "cured" to become tithing, republican husbands.....AMEN and AMEN again.....Just so AWESOME
So you think politics has anything to do with true Christianity?
God's people can be found amongst all political structures certainly also Democrats, even Communists), races, countries, even....religions! One has to accept Christ's love not being part of an certain system and yes....God accepts all people, sinners Christ died for to pay for their sins!
1 Corinthians 3:19 explains it all my friends in CHRIST...we live, just the opposite way that GOD wants us to live our life and moreover you will not do one thing better in your life than by accepting JESUS as the LORD and SAVIOUR of your life (a free gift from GOD) ..thats y they say the best things in life are free...hope this helps :) PRAISE JESUS
1 corinthians 1 explains it all too. 1:21 "for since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not know him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save those who believe."
Perhaps Bonza because you're using it as a quick fix & substitute for going to the source of the living water that inspired Michael to write it? *Soft smile* Don't be afraid, human beings emotional states are up & down like yo yo's naturally & they're always in a state of flux. Talk to Jesus, get to know Him in the active relationship that He's opened up for you & don't go by your feelings. God bless you profoundly this week & always. : )
actually... i was talking about my computer not being able to play it. but yes, i do go to the source. i just think that this song is the perfect description of the christian life from the world's eyes.
Michael is such an amazing lyricist! Would that more musicians could put such profound truths into such simple and melodic packaging. Less milk, more meat!
I ask what would be different today? Would we SEE Christ if He walked the earth now? Just as when He came, would WE demand what WE think we need ... or what God knows we need?
They called St. Francis of Assisi "God's Fool", as he strove to live the Gospel Life. I love Michael Card and his ministry...without it, I believe my soul would have suffered greatly--perhaps been lost to sin. God reward you, Michael!
How clearly he explains the paradox of Jesus' life! It is this paradoxical life that points out how followers of Jesus must also live against the grain of popular society.
I cannot get enough of this man's music, or his offerings of Biblical teachings.
For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. For it is written: "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise; the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate." Where is the wise man? Where is the scholar? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?
This is neither rubbish or silly. It is true. Yeshua's death and resurrection is foolishness to the wise of this world. The song clearly states that we are the fools and Yeshua became a simple, common man who had neither glory or honor. He was utterly rejected by His own people because His words were foolish to them. The people demanded a King but they needed a lamb. God's plans and ways are foolish to the World.
This is rubbish and silly, i will never dare to call god a fool or jesus "god's own fool" thats is just insulting to my christian religion. And i know he doesnt mean it but come on guys, would you dare to call the one who died on the cross, with nails in the palms on his hands a fool.
I agree unfortunately. This was one of my favorite songs of Card's until I remembered that 'a fool says in his heart there is no God' (somewhere in psalms) but at the same time he's trying to address the fact that we can't understand God's wisdom and so to us it seems like foolishness. I know that you probably understood this when you wrote your comment, I just felt I should expand on it for others who may not know.
The first few lines of song explain what he's talking about, also the last few lines of the chorus go deeper into what he's saying. In 1 Corinthians we see how Paul is trying to get it through their (our) heads that man's wisdom is foolishness to God, since the church there were having so many members claiming to know God but "living in the world" even rejecting the resurrection.
1of7000 hits it on the head. How Jesus saved the world seems completely foolish if God really is all powerful.
He's not saying that Jesus is a fool. But according to how the world saw Jesus at the time and how the world sees us who are following him as foolish, is a very true statement. If you have ever been persecuted as a follower of Jesus then you would understand the message that Michael is conveying in the song. It is the world who considers Jesus as a fool because the world is self-centered where as Jesus is and taught his followers to be self-giving. A concept that not understood by unbelievers.
Can't you all see that by arguing your viewpoint (assuming that you're right) is just proving the point Michael Card was trying to make. Of course there will be people that are going to argue that Christianity is utter foolishness... because it is! (in the eyes of the world)
"So surrender the hunger to say you must know
Have the courage to say I believe
For the power of paradox opens your eyes
And blinds those who say they can see"
To questions, there need be no answers. Faith > Knowledge
Yeah, remember that the next time you get sick. You'd better not run to a doctor (science). Instead, do what the book of James says and pray to God. But no, you'll be the hypocrite you are.
You have an interesting point in saying Christians are hypocrites. The basis on this argument is that actions are the center of the Christian belief. Quite to the contrary:
"For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast."
hypocrite: say one thing but do another. he said faith > knowledge but when it hits the fan, will he run to science and all their knowledge or just have FAITH that God will cure him? Hypocrites.
excuse me..Christians never said that Science is leaving faith.Science actually proves that God exists..unless you decide to exercise a different faith, evolution. There is NO evidence for evolution yet many believe it. There is a TON of evidence for creation yet few believe. let me say one thing, what if you're wrong?what if there is a God? If there isn't a God, then we will have lost nothing and have found peace in a world of chaos, but if there IS a God, you will have lost EVERYTHING!
what god do you fear? There is no god at all so the best thing to do is life YOUR life and not one someone tells you is true (ie, your friends, parents, pastor, etc). But like the book says, the path is narrow and not everyone will find it. I got lucky.
Well, most of the things God commands us to do are for our good and the good of those around us, so if we go against God's commandments, we are only hurting ourselves and those around us
Well then we got nothing to lose, but if your're wrong, ur in trouble. Even if God doesn't exist, well we'd be better of with a God such as we describe
This is one of my favorite Michael Card songs. It admits and glorifies the fact that depraved human reason is blind to the truth. Human reason will always see the truth as foolishness. It will always see Jesus, the living Truth, as a madman.
This is by far my favorite song by him. I love it. There is only one thing I can't recall being in the Bible that he says. "Even His family said he was mad". If someone can show me where that is please do tell.
You have to understand that an English Bible is a translation. Most words don't have exact meanings. The original Greek txt says literally, 'the ones who were about Him'. The translators just added a comment to explain who it was. Also the other issues below - you bring up lots of questions. We have to determine if God changes ontologically, as a being, or change His decisions? God always promises condemnation for evil, however He allows mercy for those who repent and trust in Jesus.
Your point is merely an attempt to say that YOUR belief is the truth and any others is false. No True Scotsman fallacy. It wasn't about CHRISTIANITY, it was about JESUS! weeeeeee
Please. Go read your Bible starting at Genesis and see how barbaric and contradictory it is. Please?
I beg to differ. The Bible has no fallacy in it. I could point out quite a few that do, but the true Bible, one not written by the Alexandreans who hated God, has no fallacy, in fact, as science progresses they are finding that it states many things before it was told to be true. What previous works do you claim they derive from? I have read Genesis through Revelation several times. I see no wrong in the King James version.
No wrong? Is it right for God to drown a week old baby in a worldwide flood - for something its parents did? Is it right for god to kill every Amalekite because of what their ancestors did 400 years earlier? That contradicts the idea of the person who sins pays the price, not someone else. I'll post another example of the incredibly harmonious Bible.
So you wanted God to kill just the parents and have the child starve to death? There is one, and I repeat, one human that has been sinless. For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God.
God thought by killing people it would remove sin from the world? Not a smart god, eh? Let's noah live only to ... sin? No, the only logical thing is if God really exists, he should have never put the tree in the garden to tempt them to sin. etc.
Let's see... the choice he gives is a) worship him or b) roast forever in hell. Some choice. What about just live and let live? Your entire belief system is not only illogical but barbaric and cruel. You believe that a God (named... God! hahah) impregnated a virgin (engaged, no less) so he could kill himself to appease himself so he wouldn't have to roast everyone for all eternity because... he loves us so much. Please, wake up.
Well Prof. Greibowitz, you are paying too much attention to the comments and not the song, otherwise you would have your answer. Believing in God is foolishness, the Bible even says so. But it is foolish because the world will never understand of the great love God has given. Why would God sacrifice His very being to save some disobedient creatures. That is what is illogical.
He didn't. What sacrifice was it? Jesus didn't stay dead. In fact, he rose from the "dead" and became Lord of the universe. Some sacrifice, eh? Did you know that the resurrection account isn't present in the earliest copies of Mark?
The sacrifice wasn't that He stayed dead, the sacrifice was that He died. The amazing thing is that He rose again. It is some sacrifice! :) Even the work of the sacrifice could not stop God. And just because the earliest manuscripts of Mark don't mention resurrection, it doesn't mean that it didn't happen. Every NT letter mentions it. The evidence of the texts point to it, including when Jesus says He will die and rise which is in Mark, even if one early manuscript did not detail it all.
Christ couldn't stay dead...because he was sinless. this is the mystery of the Gospel. God is the initiator of life, so how could he die? But He died, but because he is sinless, death could not hold him. it's like killing two birds with one stone. He saves the sinners and then comes back to life.
PS - good thing the other Gospels have an account of Christ's resurrection, or all the Christians would have been in grave trouble
Martha, quick question... if Jesus didn't stay dead, um, then, where is the sacrifice? Jesus didn't give up his life and God didn't lose his son. In fact, Jesus GAINED from the death by becoming glorified and the judge of the entire world, yes?
Please explain to a poor, lost atheist how Jesus' death was a sacrifice.
Did He not sacrifice when he gave up his sovereign throne and was born as a dependent baby? Did he not sacrifice when the Lord of Lords, creator of the Universe before whom all creation trembles, humbled himself and instead of being served, he served others letting himself be mocked? Did he not sacrifice when he died on the cross bearing sins that were not his own, so that the sinner could be forgiven? regardless of whether he rose from the dead, at one point he died and THAT'S what matters
You are cleverly changing the question. Jesus' death on the cross is considered his sacrifice. I'll ask one more time. How is his death a sacrifice when he did not stay dead?
I talked about death in my other answer too. Nevertheless, if you need more proof, here is more on Christ's sacrifice. "He made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him." --2-Cor 5:21 Is it not a sacrifice when somebody takes on the blame of another person, so that they would be saved? at one point in time, Christ died for somebody else, which makes it a sacrifice. He just couldn't help but rise from the dead
but let me tell you something. you are not looking for the truth because it'd evident. after reading what i said you are going to find every possible way to rebut me. people don't believe in God not necessarily b/c there is not enough evidence but b/c belief in God makes the human lose superiority...and humans will do much to fight for power
But if you really understand the fact that you are a lost and poor atheist looking for a way out, go read the gospels...
You are not looking for truth because it's evident. Truth doesn't need someone to apologize for it. As for the gospels, they contradict each other on every other page and are, therefore, not trustworthy sources of information.
Bro,go back and do ur research.Da Gospels have been proven as a credible historical source.many things are confusing though.How can Christ be 100% God and 100%man at da same time?Well never grasp it in this lifetime,but da essence of the Gospel is evident.1God is Holy,hates sin 2punishment for sin-death 3ur a sinner 4u deserve death 5 but b/c Christ died for u on the cross,u can be saved from death. for further reference, i suggest you read the book, "I Don't Have Enough faith to be an atheist"
It was a great sacrifice because he was the living God and He died. There is no greater love than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. He died a bloody painful horrible death. Even for you who sees no value in it.
The Old Testament reveals what humans deserve, but the New Testament, New Covenant, reveals the heart of God; giving us a second chance. Think about it. His own creation turn it's back on God. He's kind enough to give us the power of "choosing", but we didn't chose wisely. His love and mercy made it possible for us to be restored. We don't have the mind of God so somethings appear to be foolish to us when really his foolishness is still greater than all of man's wisdom.
No wrong? Is it right for God to drown a week old baby in a worldwide flood - for something its parents did? Is it right for god to kill every Amalekite because of what their ancestors did 400 years earlier? That contradicts the idea of the person who sins pays the price, not someone else. I'll post another example of the incredibly harmonious Bible.
No wrong? Is it right for God to drown a week old baby in a worldwide flood - for something its parents did? Is it right for god to kill every Amalekite because of what their ancestors did 400 years earlier? That contradicts the idea of the person who sins pays the price, not someone else. I'll post another example of the incredibly harmonious Bible.
1) Sin is an inheritance from yor parents; therefore, all men are sinners. -- I know, I don't quite like this myself :P
2) Not all things God permits/does are referring to a single person. Remember Sodoma and Gomora, when God wanted to kill all; in the end, he saved Lot, but that after a long talk... The whole cities would have to pay for the sins, including Lot, initially.
14 So the LORD sent a plague on Israel, and seventy thousand men of Israel fell dead. 15 And God sent an angel to destroy Jerusalem. But as the angel was doing so, the LORD saw it and was grieved because of the calamity and said to the angel who was destroying the people, "Enough! Withdraw your hand."
Clearly, God is depicted as intending to destroy but changed his original plan after seeing the carnage.
The Bible is the single most contradictory work on the planet. The gospels derive from previous literary works and there is no evidence for Jesus outside of the Bible. I could go on but basically, I discovered it was false.
I beg to differ. The Bible has no fallacy in it. I could point out quite a few that do, but the true Bible, one not written by the Alexandreans who hated God, has no fallacy, in fact, as science progresses they are finding that it states many things before it was told to be true. What previous works do you claim they derive from? I have read Genesis through Revelation several times. I see no wrong in the King James version.
The thing that sets Michael apart from so many other artists is the sound Bibilcal foudation for most of his music. I really feel edified and uplifted by his songs.
My husband and his friends in the Joyful Noise would always include this song when they traveled from church to church. It has always been my favorite and I appreciate being able to see Michael Card preform it. We don't often think of Jesus in this way and it is so true! What He did for us is foolish by human standards. It really helped me as a young adult to understand the paradox of Jesus in the Bible. Praise God!
Nope it was and I guess still is the Joyful Noise from First Presbyterian Church in Madisonville, KY. The only gospel Presbyterian singing group we know of! LOL It was formed in the mid to late 1970's They were first named the 4 Mikes and then as they got members that were not named Mike they changed it to the Joyful Noise. I'm sure there are many groups called the Joyful Noise. God Bless, Mommybugz
him, but I didn't know he'd be one of my most favorite christian artists! And, with throat surgery, Dan Fogelberg lost that high ,beautiful voice, but Michael Card has retained it, along with becoming a better musician for so long, now! Thanks for posting this, because I didn't even know it existed! I must get a copy as soon as possible! In Christ's Love, BobbyK
bobby7771117 1 week ago
Michael Card is one of the best contemporary christian artists in the world for the last 30 years or so! Early in my christian life, an older friend gave me a christian-secular chart that lined up the christian artist to the secular artist! Well, Michael Card lined up to Dan Fogelberg, my favorite secular artist, so I know I'd like
bobby7771117 1 week ago
One of THE BEST Michael Card songs...
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thank you very much for posting this song!
Danuytzu 1 month ago
This WAS ONE OF THE FIRST contemporary christian SONGS I EVER HEARD
AT FIRST I DIDN'T COMPREHEND IT'S MEANING,BUT ONCE I DID, THOUGHT IT WAS terrific!
A FEW YEARS LATER I SHARED IT acapella AT MY POP'S WEDDING.A FEW MORE YEARS I LEGALLY CHANGED MY NAME TO THAT TITLE.
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TheMrsme22 6 months ago
@KhronosWolf1 If you like this kind of music, the kind of music that makes one think, I would aslo suggest Keith Green. "Asleep in the Light", "Lies", and "Soften Your Heart" are all very good songs. "So You Wanna Go Back to Egypt" is a very fun song too! You are allowed to think what you want but I take this poetic verse literally. @SamWiseGingy I am very curious. Why do you say Christians are irrational? I will admit some are. They do not know why they believe what they believe. I do. :)
FlyHighFlyBC 7 months ago
I'm not a christian -- very far from it -- but I can appreciate the poetic flow and inspiration displayed in this song.
That said, the people in the comments who are too busy looking for an excuse to self-righteously attack someone else to recognize that 1) poetic verse is not meant to be taken literally and 2) their own holy book uses extremely similar imagery -- such people are, indeed, rather amusing.
KhronosWolf1 7 months ago
5 people went on believing they were wise.
Mithrandir1776 7 months ago 4
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jpark959 9 months ago
Thank you so much Michael Card!
I am 19 and most people my age don't listen to this kind of music but I can clearly see the redemptive power of GOD through this song.
-come be a fool as well-
jpark959 9 months ago 5
Ah the songwriter is saying that to us, Christ seems like a fool. Jesus was only too happy , in his HUMILITY, to play the fool and show us the work of God... Thanks....
TrunkMonkey3000 10 months ago 2
File under evidence that Christians are irrational.
SamWiseGingy 11 months ago
Really love your songs
suriadit 11 months ago
םי ךםרג ךקא צק נק ש כםםך דקךשי
Lord let become a fool Amen
Selah.
ThePrayerGarden 11 months ago
thanks for posting this ive heard him my whole life but never saw him play live
frodog19 11 months ago 2
I'm so blessed by this music. He was man of God. I can feel God present in his songs. Thank You God for him!
goodliveonly 11 months ago
Thanks for putting this playlist togeher
menomonee56 11 months ago
Thanks. It's so cool to see him perform it live.
StevieB1362 1 year ago
Thats what is so great about people,God gave us all a certain measure of common sense and its up to us to use it,these were annointed and God given lyrics,yet people can't read between the lines and use a little common sense to figure them out,dont take everything so literally,stop,pray,and open up your spiritual eyes and close your carnal minds!!!!!
bluebuzzardcod4 1 year ago
Something is very wrong about this. How could anyone even suggest that Christ was a "madman who died for a dream" without adding "supposed" or "believed to be"? Where is the fear of God?! Hymns for me thanks!!!
talkingfortruth 1 year ago
@talkingfortruth - I absolutely love the hymns as well, but I think you've missed the message. Too often we use songs as our own worship where we have to recognize them as the worship or offering of the writer or performer. That being said, he is proclaiming his amazement that what others thought was a madman has had a profound effect on his life. I first heard it about 20 years ago and it bolstered my faith.
ballbrecker 1 year ago
@talkingfortruth when Michael Card calls Christ a "Madman who died for a dream" he is revisiting statements made earlier in the work, i.e. He must have seemed out of His mind/For even His family said He was mad . . ./Could not have seemed perfectly sane.
While you may say this is all idle speculation (that you seem to find irreverent) I think his point is we need to challenge our pat and/or trite concepts about how we view God to create a deeper relationship.
siliquin 1 year ago
@siliquin :
Well personally, even for the insinuation, I would not want to be at the judgment seat of Christ for having referred to him as a "madman who died for a dream". The lyrics are very deceptive and it plants seeds of doubt in the minds of believers. Good godly hymns never make such a statement. Why would anyone ever emphasize the views of the scoffers? We see enough of that, especially today.
talkingfortruth 1 year ago
@talkingfortruth: Would you speak similarly of Lewis for saying that Christ must be a lair, a lunatic or our lord? If you take >anything< out of context, you can draw the wrong conclusions. Say, Ecclesiates 10:19: "A feast is made for laughter, and wine makes life merry, but money is the answer for everything."
LordOregano 1 year ago
@LordOregano:
It's the lack of respect of the Lord Jesus Christ that bothers me, and it should bother you too.
P.S. Lewis denied the inspiration of the Psalms, Denied literal Hell, had a Roman Catholic priest at his deathbed. Yes, I'd absolutely question everything Lewis said and did!
talkingfortruth 1 year ago
@talkingfortruth Card brilliantly provides the key to this song and it interests me how many people commenting here have missed it. "For the power of paradox opens your eyes, but blinds those who say they can see." The power of this paradox opened my eyes. What about you?
yippyskippyful 10 months ago 2
@yippyskippyful albeit that there is a paradox (Hebrews calls Christ dying for the ones who killed him a contradiction) at play in Christ's work - he delivered the goods. He didn't just go around making claims - he "Taught as one having authority" and actually raised the dead, healed the maimed, gave the blind sight - Christ could not be called a fool by an honest observer!!! So why would a professing Christian like Card make such a loose statement? Again I say, where is the fear of God?
talkingfortruth 10 months ago
@talkingfortruth The miracles and all were undeniably amazing, but at the same point His message in many ways flew in the face of the Judaism of the day. Personal relationship with God to a people steeped in ritual based worship, the overwhelming of the sacrificial system of forgiveness, salvation through relationship rather than through the law. As much as people flocked to hear what He said, there were as many cases where people tried to kill him rather than listen to His message.
DuffTerrall 5 months ago
Not always easy but glad I am following that fool!
thebaggott 1 year ago
Each time I hear "...trouble over the years."
I try to fill in the blank,
this time with
Bedouin dolphin fishing.
(the Bedouins use dolphins to hunt fish.
Patternpop 1 year ago
what a powerful song intelligent yet spritual
dan9327watts 1 year ago
I love Michael Card,s songs they are very scriptured based and so uplifting to the heart.
TheDukeyboy 1 year ago
beautiful song, Haven't heard this in such a long time. What a talented songwriter.
x001m69 1 year ago
superb m8.
mickwillie1 1 year ago
The words are Christ inspired....
2gointruth 1 year ago
I think I'd actually prefer it without the drum...
wbasc 1 year ago
thank you for putting these up, this musician has done a great deal of work for the Lord. God bless you.
mdchiesi 1 year ago
so true. everyone calls me a fool for beleaving in god
Bikertothemax1 1 year ago 2
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Me to were fools together God bless.
Patternpop 1 year ago
Only Michael Card can call Jesus a fool, and get away with it.
1minidisco 1 year ago
Where did this recording come from ? This is neat!
jdenicol 1 year ago
heart touching,i had it for the first time during the surmon can not just stopping listening
mafabixela 1 year ago
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wow i this song is so touching
RUTH442 1 year ago
wow i this song is so touching
RUTH442 1 year ago
My favourite :) Anytime I hear this song I regret I have no talent in singing.
GreyGreenEyes 1 year ago
@GreyGreenEyes
My eyes are the same color! :)
Patternpop 1 year ago
@Patternpop :)
GreyGreenEyes 1 year ago
I am not doing well... please pray.
Patternpop 1 year ago
I do not know your struggle, but Jesus does. You are in my prayers and my heart.
folkchick3 1 year ago
@folkchick3 Thank you!
Patternpop 1 year ago
best song ever
DrGustafsonJ 1 year ago
I have always loved this song
SoniaRose71 1 year ago
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whatasillyid 2 years ago
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It's all so AWESOME....miracles every minute of every day...AMEN?, snakes and donkeys speaking...OH GLORY...gays magically "cured" to become tithing, republican husbands.....AMEN and AMEN again.....Just so AWESOME
coolspindrift 2 years ago
So you think politics has anything to do with true Christianity?
God's people can be found amongst all political structures certainly also Democrats, even Communists), races, countries, even....religions! One has to accept Christ's love not being part of an certain system and yes....God accepts all people, sinners Christ died for to pay for their sins!
No politics in Gods Kingdom, Hallelujah!
OSXlover 2 years ago 5
he's the coolest nerd, big props
sicandbored 2 years ago
Fools and fanatics are always certain of themselves, but wiser people are full of doubts
kookaburra123456 2 years ago
great song Michael ..May GOD bless u ever..
1 Corinthians 3:19 explains it all my friends in CHRIST...we live, just the opposite way that GOD wants us to live our life and moreover you will not do one thing better in your life than by accepting JESUS as the LORD and SAVIOUR of your life (a free gift from GOD) ..thats y they say the best things in life are free...hope this helps :) PRAISE JESUS
kookaburra123456 2 years ago 2
1 corinthians 1 explains it all too. 1:21 "for since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not know him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save those who believe."
bonanzafreak101 2 years ago 4
the way its written and played sounds like laughter
sicandbored 2 years ago 2
"When we in our foolishness thought we were wise
He played the fool and He opened our eyes.
When we in our weakness believed we were strong,
He became helpless to show we were wrong"
That really hit me hard.. :)
He has given us so much and I have to say I'm glad to be counted among the 'foolish' for believing in Him.
Hallelujah! :) Thank you, Lord!
invisibleally 2 years ago 35
Psalm 33 - "Play skillfully" -Thanks Michael for the way you continue the ongoing work of glorifying God in music.
psalmblues 2 years ago 14
This song is so awesome... I could listen to it over and over again.
inhymnilive 2 years ago 3
it works on and off for me...
bonanzafreak101 2 years ago
hey, um, this song isn't working anymore when i try to listen to it... :( do you know what's going on?
bonanzafreak101 2 years ago
I just listened it....actualy Im listening to it now..
kadiekerr 2 years ago
Perhaps Bonza because you're using it as a quick fix & substitute for going to the source of the living water that inspired Michael to write it? *Soft smile* Don't be afraid, human beings emotional states are up & down like yo yo's naturally & they're always in a state of flux. Talk to Jesus, get to know Him in the active relationship that He's opened up for you & don't go by your feelings. God bless you profoundly this week & always. : )
WLinesman 2 years ago 2
actually... i was talking about my computer not being able to play it. but yes, i do go to the source. i just think that this song is the perfect description of the christian life from the world's eyes.
bonanzafreak101 2 years ago
Then please forgive me for reading too much into your words dear Bonanza & God bless you profoundly. : )
WLinesman 2 years ago
that's okay! :) thank you for trying to spread Godly wisdom around
bonanzafreak101 2 years ago
I love this song.....I've been looking for it for so long on YT....
Praise God!!
kadiekerr 2 years ago
Michael is such an amazing lyricist! Would that more musicians could put such profound truths into such simple and melodic packaging. Less milk, more meat!
oneloved1 2 years ago 3
I want to sing this song at my church
MGrace94 2 years ago
I've played it for offertory a ton of times, but never sang it. It would be a fantastic song to sing.
kbrasee 2 years ago
Yes kbrasee, SING IT :)
I have in- in a bible study and, my Pops wedding reception.
1FaithHopeandLove 2 years ago
Thank you.God bless you.
ditte3 2 years ago
He's a fool for God. Just as we all should be. Amen
dontbedifficult1 2 years ago 3
Believe the unbelievable- come be a fool as well- this fool knows the blessings of doing just that. Loved this song since 1986
pianohbc 2 years ago 2
I ask what would be different today? Would we SEE Christ if He walked the earth now? Just as when He came, would WE demand what WE think we need ... or what God knows we need?
dave0mary 2 years ago
They called St. Francis of Assisi "God's Fool", as he strove to live the Gospel Life. I love Michael Card and his ministry...without it, I believe my soul would have suffered greatly--perhaps been lost to sin. God reward you, Michael!
lyricsavvy 3 years ago
I wanna be a fool
cobes155 3 years ago 3
nothing to say expet..amazing song 5/5
LoveisPain00 3 years ago
How clearly he explains the paradox of Jesus' life! It is this paradoxical life that points out how followers of Jesus must also live against the grain of popular society.
I cannot get enough of this man's music, or his offerings of Biblical teachings.
songbirdfive 3 years ago 3
that is a Blessing
fridaynightovernight 3 years ago 6
Thank you Michael. You sir have blessed my life.
matteo418 3 years ago
This is such a Blessing. God Bless
fridaynightovernight 3 years ago
I heard this song in class
BettaFreak 3 years ago
1 Corinthians 1:18-20:
For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. For it is written: "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise; the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate." Where is the wise man? Where is the scholar? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?
zaboomafoozarg 3 years ago 6
This is neither rubbish or silly. It is true. Yeshua's death and resurrection is foolishness to the wise of this world. The song clearly states that we are the fools and Yeshua became a simple, common man who had neither glory or honor. He was utterly rejected by His own people because His words were foolish to them. The people demanded a King but they needed a lamb. God's plans and ways are foolish to the World.
1of7000 3 years ago 3
This is rubbish and silly, i will never dare to call god a fool or jesus "god's own fool" thats is just insulting to my christian religion. And i know he doesnt mean it but come on guys, would you dare to call the one who died on the cross, with nails in the palms on his hands a fool.
Rookycastle22 3 years ago
I agree unfortunately. This was one of my favorite songs of Card's until I remembered that 'a fool says in his heart there is no God' (somewhere in psalms) but at the same time he's trying to address the fact that we can't understand God's wisdom and so to us it seems like foolishness. I know that you probably understood this when you wrote your comment, I just felt I should expand on it for others who may not know.
Deanyd 3 years ago
The first few lines of song explain what he's talking about, also the last few lines of the chorus go deeper into what he's saying. In 1 Corinthians we see how Paul is trying to get it through their (our) heads that man's wisdom is foolishness to God, since the church there were having so many members claiming to know God but "living in the world" even rejecting the resurrection.
1of7000 hits it on the head. How Jesus saved the world seems completely foolish if God really is all powerful.
themange59 3 years ago
He's not saying that Jesus is a fool. But according to how the world saw Jesus at the time and how the world sees us who are following him as foolish, is a very true statement. If you have ever been persecuted as a follower of Jesus then you would understand the message that Michael is conveying in the song. It is the world who considers Jesus as a fool because the world is self-centered where as Jesus is and taught his followers to be self-giving. A concept that not understood by unbelievers.
kelbrew75 3 years ago 5
Boy, did you miss the point of this song....
dabluz1125 3 years ago
Can't you all see that by arguing your viewpoint (assuming that you're right) is just proving the point Michael Card was trying to make. Of course there will be people that are going to argue that Christianity is utter foolishness... because it is! (in the eyes of the world)
"So surrender the hunger to say you must know
Have the courage to say I believe
For the power of paradox opens your eyes
And blinds those who say they can see"
To questions, there need be no answers. Faith > Knowledge
jpat09 3 years ago
What you say makes me smile. I agree
HuckLover92 3 years ago
I agree as well. To say you believe in God often seems like foolishness...yet it makes perfect sense to those who believe.
Panagyra 3 years ago
Yeah, remember that the next time you get sick. You'd better not run to a doctor (science). Instead, do what the book of James says and pray to God. But no, you'll be the hypocrite you are.
TruthSurge 3 years ago
You have an interesting point in saying Christians are hypocrites. The basis on this argument is that actions are the center of the Christian belief. Quite to the contrary:
"For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast."
-Ephesians 2:8-9
jpat09 3 years ago
hypocrite: say one thing but do another. he said faith > knowledge but when it hits the fan, will he run to science and all their knowledge or just have FAITH that God will cure him? Hypocrites.
TruthSurge 3 years ago
I'm not going to argue or shove my thoughts down your throat. We'll just agree to disagree
jpat09 3 years ago
excuse me..Christians never said that Science is leaving faith.Science actually proves that God exists..unless you decide to exercise a different faith, evolution. There is NO evidence for evolution yet many believe it. There is a TON of evidence for creation yet few believe. let me say one thing, what if you're wrong?what if there is a God? If there isn't a God, then we will have lost nothing and have found peace in a world of chaos, but if there IS a God, you will have lost EVERYTHING!
Panagyra 3 years ago 3
"There is NO evidence for evolution yet many believe it. There is a TON of evidence for creation yet few believe"
You have those EXACTLY reversed.
Let me ask you a question. What if you're wrong about Allah?
TruthSurge 3 years ago
I would rather serve a God that might not exist that i can love whole heartedly than a god that i fear and can never love that does exist.
Panagyra 3 years ago 2
what god do you fear? There is no god at all so the best thing to do is life YOUR life and not one someone tells you is true (ie, your friends, parents, pastor, etc). But like the book says, the path is narrow and not everyone will find it. I got lucky.
TruthSurge 3 years ago
Well, most of the things God commands us to do are for our good and the good of those around us, so if we go against God's commandments, we are only hurting ourselves and those around us
qmasterx 2 years ago
Well then we got nothing to lose, but if your're wrong, ur in trouble. Even if God doesn't exist, well we'd be better of with a God such as we describe
qmasterx 2 years ago
"The paradoxes of faith only make sense in light of the Kingdom. We are called to live these paradoxes"
Good song.
Sunshine2316 3 years ago
I saw Michael Card live once and oh boy the Holy Spirit was all over the place!!
mairin14 3 years ago
for those who are perishing the message of the cross is foolishness but to us who are being saved it is God's power. I Corinthians 1:13
coral1960 3 years ago
sorry it was I corinthians 1:18
coral1960 3 years ago
Ah, yes, the first Ad Hominem attack. If we don't agree, it's because we are perishing.
It reminds me of Bush: Either you're with us or you're against us, i.e., is you don't support me, you are a terrorist.
davidmcaba 3 years ago
do you believe murderers are wrong?
absolute truth
Godlvr2007 3 years ago 2
You got it...
"He who is not with Me is against Me; and he who does not gather with Me scatters." --Matthew 12:30
You are either for or against us. There is middle ground.
It might not be true in Bush's case...but it certainly applies to Christianity.
MarthaApples 3 years ago
I meant there is NO middle ground.
MarthaApples 3 years ago
This is one of my favorite Michael Card songs. It admits and glorifies the fact that depraved human reason is blind to the truth. Human reason will always see the truth as foolishness. It will always see Jesus, the living Truth, as a madman.
econgradstud 3 years ago
This is by far my favorite song by him. I love it. There is only one thing I can't recall being in the Bible that he says. "Even His family said he was mad". If someone can show me where that is please do tell.
HollyeeAckerman18 3 years ago
KJV Mark 3:21
21And when his friends heard of it, they went out to lay hold on him: for they said, He is beside himself.
NIV Mark 3:21
21When his family heard about this, they went to take charge of him, for they said, "He is out of his mind."
It's not entirely clear whether it was friends or family.
professorgreibowitz 3 years ago
Ah. Thank you! I've been looking for the verse it was refering to
HollyeeAckerman18 3 years ago
You have to understand that an English Bible is a translation. Most words don't have exact meanings. The original Greek txt says literally, 'the ones who were about Him'. The translators just added a comment to explain who it was. Also the other issues below - you bring up lots of questions. We have to determine if God changes ontologically, as a being, or change His decisions? God always promises condemnation for evil, however He allows mercy for those who repent and trust in Jesus.
jab777 3 years ago
I used to listen to him a looong time ago. Long before I abandoned Christianity. I still like the music, just not the words.
professorgreibowitz 3 years ago
Why did you abandon christianity?
j3sfreak 3 years ago
But then... it wasn't about "christianity" in the first place... :-?
j3sfreak 3 years ago
Your point is merely an attempt to say that YOUR belief is the truth and any others is false. No True Scotsman fallacy. It wasn't about CHRISTIANITY, it was about JESUS! weeeeeee
Please. Go read your Bible starting at Genesis and see how barbaric and contradictory it is. Please?
professorgreibowitz 3 years ago
I beg to differ. The Bible has no fallacy in it. I could point out quite a few that do, but the true Bible, one not written by the Alexandreans who hated God, has no fallacy, in fact, as science progresses they are finding that it states many things before it was told to be true. What previous works do you claim they derive from? I have read Genesis through Revelation several times. I see no wrong in the King James version.
HollyeeAckerman18 3 years ago
No wrong? Is it right for God to drown a week old baby in a worldwide flood - for something its parents did? Is it right for god to kill every Amalekite because of what their ancestors did 400 years earlier? That contradicts the idea of the person who sins pays the price, not someone else. I'll post another example of the incredibly harmonious Bible.
professorgreibowitz 3 years ago
So you wanted God to kill just the parents and have the child starve to death? There is one, and I repeat, one human that has been sinless. For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God.
HollyeeAckerman18 3 years ago
God thought by killing people it would remove sin from the world? Not a smart god, eh? Let's noah live only to ... sin? No, the only logical thing is if God really exists, he should have never put the tree in the garden to tempt them to sin. etc.
professorgreibowitz 3 years ago
God gave us choice, free will. He did not make us robots. As this song states "God's holy wisdom seems foolish to men."
HollyeeAckerman18 3 years ago 3
Let's see... the choice he gives is a) worship him or b) roast forever in hell. Some choice. What about just live and let live? Your entire belief system is not only illogical but barbaric and cruel. You believe that a God (named... God! hahah) impregnated a virgin (engaged, no less) so he could kill himself to appease himself so he wouldn't have to roast everyone for all eternity because... he loves us so much. Please, wake up.
professorgreibowitz 3 years ago
Well Prof. Greibowitz, you are paying too much attention to the comments and not the song, otherwise you would have your answer. Believing in God is foolishness, the Bible even says so. But it is foolish because the world will never understand of the great love God has given. Why would God sacrifice His very being to save some disobedient creatures. That is what is illogical.
jab777 3 years ago 4
He didn't. What sacrifice was it? Jesus didn't stay dead. In fact, he rose from the "dead" and became Lord of the universe. Some sacrifice, eh? Did you know that the resurrection account isn't present in the earliest copies of Mark?
professorgreibowitz 3 years ago
The sacrifice wasn't that He stayed dead, the sacrifice was that He died. The amazing thing is that He rose again. It is some sacrifice! :) Even the work of the sacrifice could not stop God. And just because the earliest manuscripts of Mark don't mention resurrection, it doesn't mean that it didn't happen. Every NT letter mentions it. The evidence of the texts point to it, including when Jesus says He will die and rise which is in Mark, even if one early manuscript did not detail it all.
jab777 3 years ago 2
Christ couldn't stay dead...because he was sinless. this is the mystery of the Gospel. God is the initiator of life, so how could he die? But He died, but because he is sinless, death could not hold him. it's like killing two birds with one stone. He saves the sinners and then comes back to life.
PS - good thing the other Gospels have an account of Christ's resurrection, or all the Christians would have been in grave trouble
MarthaApples 3 years ago
Martha, quick question... if Jesus didn't stay dead, um, then, where is the sacrifice? Jesus didn't give up his life and God didn't lose his son. In fact, Jesus GAINED from the death by becoming glorified and the judge of the entire world, yes?
Please explain to a poor, lost atheist how Jesus' death was a sacrifice.
TruthSurge 3 years ago
Did He not sacrifice when he gave up his sovereign throne and was born as a dependent baby? Did he not sacrifice when the Lord of Lords, creator of the Universe before whom all creation trembles, humbled himself and instead of being served, he served others letting himself be mocked? Did he not sacrifice when he died on the cross bearing sins that were not his own, so that the sinner could be forgiven? regardless of whether he rose from the dead, at one point he died and THAT'S what matters
MarthaApples 3 years ago
You are cleverly changing the question. Jesus' death on the cross is considered his sacrifice. I'll ask one more time. How is his death a sacrifice when he did not stay dead?
TruthSurge 3 years ago
I talked about death in my other answer too. Nevertheless, if you need more proof, here is more on Christ's sacrifice. "He made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him." --2-Cor 5:21 Is it not a sacrifice when somebody takes on the blame of another person, so that they would be saved? at one point in time, Christ died for somebody else, which makes it a sacrifice. He just couldn't help but rise from the dead
MarthaApples 3 years ago
but let me tell you something. you are not looking for the truth because it'd evident. after reading what i said you are going to find every possible way to rebut me. people don't believe in God not necessarily b/c there is not enough evidence but b/c belief in God makes the human lose superiority...and humans will do much to fight for power
But if you really understand the fact that you are a lost and poor atheist looking for a way out, go read the gospels...
MarthaApples 3 years ago
You are not looking for truth because it's evident. Truth doesn't need someone to apologize for it. As for the gospels, they contradict each other on every other page and are, therefore, not trustworthy sources of information.
TruthSurge 3 years ago
Bro,go back and do ur research.Da Gospels have been proven as a credible historical source.many things are confusing though.How can Christ be 100% God and 100%man at da same time?Well never grasp it in this lifetime,but da essence of the Gospel is evident.1God is Holy,hates sin 2punishment for sin-death 3ur a sinner 4u deserve death 5 but b/c Christ died for u on the cross,u can be saved from death. for further reference, i suggest you read the book, "I Don't Have Enough faith to be an atheist"
MarthaApples 3 years ago
It was a great sacrifice because he was the living God and He died. There is no greater love than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. He died a bloody painful horrible death. Even for you who sees no value in it.
mairin14 3 years ago
The Old Testament reveals what humans deserve, but the New Testament, New Covenant, reveals the heart of God; giving us a second chance. Think about it. His own creation turn it's back on God. He's kind enough to give us the power of "choosing", but we didn't chose wisely. His love and mercy made it possible for us to be restored. We don't have the mind of God so somethings appear to be foolish to us when really his foolishness is still greater than all of man's wisdom.
Friend
kevinjamie 3 years ago
No wrong? Is it right for God to drown a week old baby in a worldwide flood - for something its parents did? Is it right for god to kill every Amalekite because of what their ancestors did 400 years earlier? That contradicts the idea of the person who sins pays the price, not someone else. I'll post another example of the incredibly harmonious Bible.
professorgreibowitz 3 years ago
No wrong? Is it right for God to drown a week old baby in a worldwide flood - for something its parents did? Is it right for god to kill every Amalekite because of what their ancestors did 400 years earlier? That contradicts the idea of the person who sins pays the price, not someone else. I'll post another example of the incredibly harmonious Bible.
professorgreibowitz 3 years ago
1) Sin is an inheritance from yor parents; therefore, all men are sinners. -- I know, I don't quite like this myself :P
2) Not all things God permits/does are referring to a single person. Remember Sodoma and Gomora, when God wanted to kill all; in the end, he saved Lot, but that after a long talk... The whole cities would have to pay for the sins, including Lot, initially.
j3sfreak 3 years ago
@j3sfreak Even if Lot would have died , God does not forget those who are saved ... ever ... when we die is unimportant.
Keefgrinder 1 year ago
@j3sfreak
God controls everything He controlled what Abraham was going to say so I disagree.
He knew before the beginning of time what He would do in all things.
Patternpop 1 year ago
Another for HollyeeAckerman18 to ponder: Does God change his mind? Numbers 23:19
19 God is not a man, that he should lie,
nor a son of man, that he should change his mind.
1 Samuel 15:29
29 He who is the Glory of Israel does not lie or change his mind; for he is not a man, that he should change his mind."
Malachai 3:6
6 "I the LORD do not change.
Exodus 32:14
14And the LORD repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his people. (ie, god changed his mind)
professorgreibowitz 3 years ago
For HollyeeAckerman18: Does God change his mind?
1 Chronicles 21:14-15
14 So the LORD sent a plague on Israel, and seventy thousand men of Israel fell dead. 15 And God sent an angel to destroy Jerusalem. But as the angel was doing so, the LORD saw it and was grieved because of the calamity and said to the angel who was destroying the people, "Enough! Withdraw your hand."
Clearly, God is depicted as intending to destroy but changed his original plan after seeing the carnage.
professorgreibowitz 3 years ago
The Bible is the single most contradictory work on the planet. The gospels derive from previous literary works and there is no evidence for Jesus outside of the Bible. I could go on but basically, I discovered it was false.
professorgreibowitz 3 years ago
I beg to differ. The Bible has no fallacy in it. I could point out quite a few that do, but the true Bible, one not written by the Alexandreans who hated God, has no fallacy, in fact, as science progresses they are finding that it states many things before it was told to be true. What previous works do you claim they derive from? I have read Genesis through Revelation several times. I see no wrong in the King James version.
HollyeeAckerman18 3 years ago
What a troll. Glad you like the music, but you were obviously looking for an argument.
XarisGuitars 3 years ago
The thing that sets Michael apart from so many other artists is the sound Bibilcal foudation for most of his music. I really feel edified and uplifted by his songs.
sayleor 4 years ago
Cool Dude!
xXWeezerXx 4 years ago
My husband and his friends in the Joyful Noise would always include this song when they traveled from church to church. It has always been my favorite and I appreciate being able to see Michael Card preform it. We don't often think of Jesus in this way and it is so true! What He did for us is foolish by human standards. It really helped me as a young adult to understand the paradox of Jesus in the Bible. Praise God!
mommybugz 4 years ago
Is this the joyful noise from Tallowood baptist Church?
tommarshaleneveu 4 years ago
Nope it was and I guess still is the Joyful Noise from First Presbyterian Church in Madisonville, KY. The only gospel Presbyterian singing group we know of! LOL It was formed in the mid to late 1970's They were first named the 4 Mikes and then as they got members that were not named Mike they changed it to the Joyful Noise. I'm sure there are many groups called the Joyful Noise. God Bless, Mommybugz
mommybugz 4 years ago
I really appreciate the song, coming from the academic community. And that is why Mike wrote it.
jaryturner 4 years ago
This is my favorite song ever! I never tire of this incredible song. How can you not love this God? Thank you Jesus!
Waggggs 4 years ago
wonderful song! The tune and the words!
hariputa 4 years ago
" have the courage to say 'I BELIEVE!' " amazing stuff, count me in, an aussie joining You all with
such an amazing minister of Gods truth in music.
172PF 4 years ago
This song is one of my favorites! I love the lyrics! He has a true hunger and love for God. Beautiful song & a clear message :)
SAHM2005 4 years ago
Great Song !!
sulakshid 4 years ago
favorite song by him!!! thanks for posting!!! (i always wanted to sing a duet with him doing this song...XD)
darkwaltz00 4 years ago
This is one of my favorites by Card. Being cerebral, I relate!
CatherineDaniel 4 years ago
I like the way Michael's words always get stuck in your head and make you think.
clemonsny 4 years ago
I believe the unbelievable. I am gladly a fool for Christ.
bananaman411 4 years ago
WOW!! i love the lyrics. Michael Card has a true hunger and love for God.
Panagyra 4 years ago
Very very beautifull...It makes me silent...
wen1308 4 years ago
I LOVE this song!!!
indawaba 4 years ago
Really a beautiful song..
autum26 4 years ago