For Christ’s Sake – “Eden”

Check it out. Christian a cappella group For Christ’s Sake of UC Berkeley performing “Eden”.

21 Responses to “For Christ’s Sake – “Eden””

  1. FREAKIN AWESOME!! I Loved listening to that – could you have picked a harder / higher Whickham song to sing?!?

    You guys nailed it – well done everyone!!!

    Blessings from Scotland.

  2. Diane B. says:

    Phil,

    I saw you in Reading, PA last month with Mercy Me. I wish I would have known more of your music -you were awesome! Of course I like “Safe”, but I think Eden is my favorite on that CD. Come back to PA soon! Blessings to you!

  3. Faye says:

    1 word: inspiring

  4. IRENE says:

    YEAH FCS!

    Phil, come to Berkeley and sing this for us!

  5. naomi says:

    Hey,
    I love worship – God can somehow give so many different people a plethera of styles to work with~ and its all unified in Him. I love your worship style..it is heart pounding and energetic – even with the simplest of worship songs…

    It’s like you literally sit in silence and wait for the words – and melody to be breathed into you.

    When I’m writing i go deep into the country and just feel creation’s song, and I really value the depth of the words God has given you…
    It seems really obvious to me that the beauty you’ve encountered simply by being with God has truely impacted your life -

    It is so refreshing to see movement like that in the spirit of God’s people…

    More than the words, move than the song -

    Praying futher in depth of inspiration to you as you press into God in your own quiet time…
    God will unlock the secrets of a “modern” day psalmist

    Be blessed in the city, and blessed in the country Mr. Wickam
    God’s hand is on you.

    Go deep

    naomi

  6. Sayda says:

    Hi Phil blessings for you and the rest of the band members!!! Please come to DC!!!!

  7. Elijah says:

    wowzers! that was sickness.

  8. Phil Lyon says:

    Wow – all I can say.. Wow. Want some more!

  9. anita says:

    WOW!!! ive been a phil wickham fan FOREVER! you guys were AMAZING! at first i was caught off guard when the background sang but then it sounded FANTASTIC! I encourage you guys to sing others amazing christian songs like ‘jesus saves’ jeremy camp, or ‘our god’ chris tomlin, or ‘blink’ revive, or ‘give me your eyes’ brandon heath or….MORE OF PHIL WICKHAM’S TALENTED MUSIC! I loved it soo much! i loved it more cuz it was one of wickham’s song! I love it so much im posting it to my facebook! God bless you little asians! (;

    • Jenna says:

      Hi Anita! Thanks so much for your encouragement and suggestions for songs to sing! Just wanted to let you know that we’ve actually done an arrangement of Brandon Heath’s “Give Me Your Eyes”. You can find the video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mrrZHij77A, or you can just YouTube “FCS Give Me Your Eyes”. Hope you enjoy! =)

  10. jedidiah says:

    Phil,
    Just wanted to make the connection for you. I arranged “Eden” for FCS after hearing it at the start of your Heaven and Earth tour last year at Central Peninsula Church in Foster City

    http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=140195655931

    Was absolutely touched by your music and sharing and bought up your CD that night. Come back to the bay area anytime! Don’t be surprised if you hear another one of your songs covered by FCS this year…
    Jedidiah

  11. Bo says:

    What a great cover of a great song! Thanks for the blessing, guys!

    Here is a vid of Phil riffing to the song “Spirit of the Living God” a couple weeks ago at SMU (here in Dallas)…I loved the looseness and flow of it.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQqieDYtDOk (watch it in HD)

    Also, thanks to you Phil for keeping in mind some of the great praise songs of our recent past…I really appreciate how you reach back and dust off some of the great songs of our past. (Like “Spirit of the Living God) There is MUCH wisdom in that practice.

    • Phil, would you (re)do any really old songs, such as the ‘Vexilla Regis’? A lot of these expressions of faith will be lost to time unless we recast them to speak to the times while also retaining their true character.

  12. Emily says:

    Wow, that’s amazing!!

  13. Hey, Phil —

    I’ve tried to review/analyse your song. I hope you find that useful.

  14. [...] Phil Wickham’s ‘Eden’ (Heaven and Earth, 2009), also covered on several occasions by my dear Marc Kim. When the first light brightened the dark, Before the breaking of the human heart, There was You [...]

  15. Marc K. says:

    Thanks for finding us, Phil! We feel so blessed you’ve found our video and thanks for making an amazing song for us to compose to acapella. All for God! We pray you are well and keep up your awesome ministry with your amazing talent. Praise Jesus!

  16. Kristi Lynn says:

    Wow… I love this song! It is a reminder for me every time I hear it that there is still hope, that there is more than this world that we have perverted… that we didn’t come from nothing, that evil isn’t a thing in and of itself. Just as darkness is the absence of light, evil is the absence or perversion of Good, and nothing is beyond reconciliation with God!

  17. maddy says:

    WOW! This is sweet. So encouraging.

  18. Albert L. says:

    The background voices really hit it out of the ballpark! So proud of my alma mater — GO BEARS! Thanks for writing the song, Phil!

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