Discovered by, among others, contemporary Christian music legend Steven Curtis Chapman, Casting Crowns got a recording contract and vaulted to popularity in 2003 with songs such as If We Are the Body and Who Am I. The Until The Whole World Hears Songfacts reports that Casting Crown's 2009 Until The Whole World Hears album recorded 167,000 sales in its first week, the largest selling debut week sales figures by a Christian artist in Nielsen Soundscan history.
Over the past eight years, Atlanta based Casting Crowns has consistently delivered music that points believers back to what truly matters.
Since its launch in 2003 the band has garnered 14 GMA Dove Awards, three GRAMMY Awards and an American Music Award. In addition, the band has seen three RIAA Platinum Albums (Casting Crowns, Lifesong, Altar and The Door), two RIAA Platinum DVDs (Live From Atlanta and Lifesong Live), two RIAA Gold Albums (Until the Whole World Hears, Peace on Earth) and two Gold DVDs (Altar and The Door Live and Until The Whole World Hears Live). Casting Crowns has sold more than 8.2 million albums to date (according to Nielsen SoundScan) and has been named Billboard magazine’s top-selling Christian act for the past four years.
The band recently celebrated its first RIAA certified Gold single, “Who Am I,” from its 2003 self-titled debut. The song, selling more than 500,000 copies, is one of only 12 Christian tracks ever to secure Gold status.
Casting Crowns has always worked its tour schedule around church responsibilities and has still managed to touch audiences around the world with its live performances. It’s 2009-2011 “Until The Whole World Hears” world tour placed the band in front nearly 1 million fans in more than 175 cities around the world including performances for U. S. troops in Kuwait and Qatar. The band also performed twice in North Korea in partnership with Global Resource Services.
Alongside the 2011 feature film, Courageous, Casting Crowns wrote a song by the same name which was also featured on their album Come to the Well released the same year. The album's second single,
"Jesus, Friend of Sinners" was not released until February of 2012. In September 2013, the band released "All You've Ever Wanted", the first single from Thrive which was released on January 28, 2014 and charted No. 6 in Billboard 's Top 200 in its first week. An accompanying book, written by Mark Hall, was released and explains the walk of a child of God and how we should "dig deep and reach out".
In early 2015 Casting Crowns released the hymn-album Glorious Day - Hymns of Faith, including Casting Crowns' Until the Whole World Hears singles "Glorious Day (Living He Loved Me)" and "Blessed Redeemer", an acoustic versions of "If We Are the Body" and "Praise You In This Storm" as well as eight hymns.
In addition to a busy touring, recording and writing life, four of the members of Casting Crowns serve as ministers to their home church, Eagle's Landing First Baptist Church in McDonough, Georgia.
the word is alive
Casting Crowns Lyrics
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The father of light and of men
Chose to make himself known
And show us the way back to him
Speaking wisdom and truth
Into the hearts of peasants and kings
He began to unveil
With eyes wide open all would see
The word is alive
And it cuts like a sword through darkness
With a message of life to the hopeless and the frail
Breathing life into all who believe
The word is alive
And the world and its glories will fade
But his truth it will not pass away
It remains yesterday and forever the same
The word is alive
Simple strokes on a page
Eternity's secrets revealed
Carried on from age to age
It speaks truth to us even still
As the rain falls from heaven
Feeds the earth before it returns
Lord, let your word fall on us
And bring forth the fruit you deserve
With eyes wide open let us see
The word is alive
And it cuts like a sword through darkness
With a message of life to the hopeless and the frail
Breathing life into all who believe
The word is alive
And the world and its glories will fade
But his truth it will not pass away
It remains yesterday and forever the same
The word is alive
The bible was inscribed over a period of 2000 years
In times of war and in days of peace
By kings, physicians, tax collectors, farmers, fishermen, singers and shepherds
The marvel is that a library so perfectly cohesive
Could have been produced by such a diverse crowd
Over a period of time which stagers the imagination
Jesus is it's grand subject our good is designed and the glory of God is its end
The word is alive
And it cuts like a sword through darkness
With a message of life to the hopeless and the frail
Breathing life into all who believe
The word is alive
And the world and its glories will fade
But his truth it will not pass away
It remains yesterday and forever the same
The word is alive
The word is alive (the world and its glories will fade)
The word is alive (his truth it will not pass away)
His word is alive (his word is alive, his word is alive)
The song "The Word is Alive" by Casting Crowns is a powerful ode to the Bible and its ability to provide hope and guidance to people from all walks of life. It describes how God, the "father of light and of men," chose to make himself known to humanity and reveal the word that would change the course of history. The lyrics also acknowledge the enduring nature of the Bible, which has been passed down from generation to generation and continues to provide wisdom and truth to people today.
The song suggests that the Bible is a living and breathing document that has the power to cut through darkness and breathe life into those who believe. It also acknowledges that while the world and its glories may fade away, the truth contained within the Bible will endure forever. The imagery in the song is especially powerful, as it likens the Bible to a sword that can cut through the darkness of the world and bring hope to those who are struggling.
Overall, "The Word is Alive" is a poignant tribute to the power of the Bible and the ways in which it continues to provide comfort and guidance to people all over the world.
Line by Line Meaning
Looking out from his throne
God, the father of light and men, looked out from his throne
The father of light and of men
The father of light and men is God
Chose to make himself known
God chose to reveal himself to us
And show us the way back to him
God showed us the way to return to him
Speaking wisdom and truth
God spoke wisdom and truth
Into the hearts of peasants and kings
God spoke to both ordinary and important people
He began to unveil
God started to reveal
The word that would change the course of all things
God started to reveal the word that would change everything
With eyes wide open all would see
Everyone could see with their eyes wide open
The word is alive
The Bible's words are alive
And it cuts like a sword through darkness
The Bible's message cuts through darkness like a sword
With a message of life to the hopeless and the frail
The Bible's message brings hope and life to those who feel hopeless and weak
Breathing life into all who believe
The Bible brings life to those who believe in it
And the world and its glories will fade
The things of the world will not last forever
But his truth it will not pass away
God's truth will never go away
It remains yesterday and forever the same
God's truth is the same today, tomorrow, and forever
Simple strokes on a page
The Bible's words are simple on paper
Eternity's secrets revealed
The Bible holds secrets about eternity
Carried on from age to age
The Bible has been passed down through the ages
It speaks truth to us even still
The Bible still speaks the truth to us
As the rain falls from heaven
Just as rain falls from heaven
Feeds the earth before it returns
Rain nourishes the earth before it evaporates
Lord, let your word fall on us
God, let your Bible's words come to us
And bring forth the fruit you deserve
God, let your words bear fruit as they should
The bible was inscribed over a period of 2000 years
It took over 2000 years to write the Bible
In times of war and in days of peace
The Bible was written during both wartime and peacetime
By kings, physicians, tax collectors, farmers, fishermen, singers and shepherds
The Bible was written by diverse people such as kings, physicians, tax collectors, farmers, fishermen, singers, and shepherds
The marvel is that a library so perfectly cohesive
It's amazing that the Bible is so cohesive
Could have been produced by such a diverse crowd
Even though such diverse people wrote the Bible
Over a period of time which stagers the imagination
The length of time it took to write the Bible is beyond imagination
Jesus is it's grand subject our good is designed and the glory of God is its end
Jesus is the Bible's main subject and its purpose is to show us how to be good and glorify God
His word is alive
The Bible is alive
his word is alive, his word is alive
The Bible is alive and should be acknowledged as such
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Capitol CMG Publishing
Written by: JOHN MARK HALL, STEVEN CURTIS CHAPMAN
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