新心音乐 · Album: 敬拜权能主. Explore “The Call of the Cross”: song information and official sources.
Redeeming grace · The cross and substitutionary atonement
The cross is something we look towards, and it also calls to us. This song's title makes that focus clear. New Heart Music's work shares a common movement: thanksgiving leads on to response. Here, as the song progresses, the question shifts from what the Lord has done for me to what I will do. This turn is pastorally necessary. Singing only of substitutionary atonement without following Christ can make the gospel sound like a gift whose purpose ends once it is received. The song works especially well on mission Sundays or during a time of dedication. In Holy Week, put it last in the song order so that people leave still considering its unanswered question.
Mission Sundays, responses of dedication, placed last in the song order during Holy Week services; invitations to respond at youth camps.