Just Another Melodic Monday - Death Was Arrested

"I died, and behold I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of Death and Hades." (Revelation 1:18)

Today's song, "Death Was Arrested", was written by the band North Point InsideOut, but is performed here by Destiny Church Worship.  The lyrics convey the victory that Christ had over death and that we share in his victory if we trust our lives to him.  The third verse of the song says:

Released from my chains, I'm a prisoner no more

My shame was a ransom He faithfully bore

He cancelled my debt and He called me His friend

When death was arrested and my life began

The Midweek Message - Better off dead, so why choose life? (Philippians 1)

In his letter to the Philippian Christians, Paul makes a remarkable statement - "to die is gain" (1:21).  He goes on to say that life in heaven with Christ will be "far better" than life on earth (1v23).  So why doesn't Paul just sit at the sidelines and wait for the next life?  Why does he instead throw himself at life on earth, putting himself in danger and pain?  In this message we explore why, even though as Christians we are better off dead, we must choose life.