Music Monday - Christmas Edition

Third Day is a band I grew up with as a teenager. I loved them, then just liked them, then got tired of them as contemporary Christian radio played them ad nauseum.

I really like this version of "What Child is This?" though. Mac Powell's powerful voice is tempered just enough to gently confront us with the convicting message of the song.

I have come to love this song because it doesn't keep Jesus in the manger. It speaks to the supernatural reality of this birth and the awe-inspiring plan of God that would unfold with this child. The complete version of the song points us to Calvary and the reason why Jesus became flesh in the first place.

Hail, Hail the Word made flesh
the Babe, the Son of Mary.