"The Altar and the Door" by Casting Crowns View All Reviews

ok, so i suppose u expect me to tell u about Casting Crowns previous albums, u expect me to give u all the hype about there impressive list of awards, nominations and the huge number of record sales. No. I'm not going to tell u any of that, because in my Opinion this new album makes the rest sound like any other band just pulled off the street! Don't get me wrong, i love all of Casting Crowns previous albums but they aren't in the same league as the new album, The Altar and the Door.

If u like Christian pop/rock (in fact even if u hate it) then u will love this new album by Casting Crowns.

This new album not only contains awe-inspiring lyrics, but the vocal skill and instrumental mastery it takes to make truly great songs.

In Mark Hall's (Lead Singer) own words 'Where god has us is singing to the church and talking to a believer, and to a culture now that would call that preaching to the choir, I guess we would call that discipleship, and so really its discipleship apposed to music.' And when I listened to this album, this is how I felt, I felt like I was being taught a lesson rather than listening to a song.

I have always thought that i am strong in my faith and that nothing could change that, yet when i listened to the songs on this album I realised that its not hard to drift away from god, the song 'Slow Fade' emphasises how easy it is to slowly slip away, because if it is a sudden change you will realise what has happened, but when it is a slow fade from god sometimes you wont realise what's happening! And this new album is full of awesome lessons such as that through the whole thing.

my favourite song has to be 'East To West' this song basically explains about the sacrifice made by Jesus and how he took our sin's away! This song makes me thank Jesus every time I hear it.

When Mark Hall said he was singing to the church i think he was wrong, i think that the songs on the new album can not only mean a lot to the church and the believers but also non believers because the songs answer so many questions that would be difficult to explain in words.

If i could give this song 10 stars out of 5 I would!

Thanks for reading! God Bless!

Alan H.

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