Theme: Cross

The cross is the center of Christian faith and the center of Christian worship. Cross-themed songs return again and again to Calvary — not as a relic of history but as the living power of God displayed in sacrifice and love. These songs explore every facet of what happened on that hill: the weight of sin borne, the veil torn, the price paid, the victory won. They move the congregation from sorrow at the cost to wonder at the grace to joyful proclamation of what the cross accomplished. No theme in worship is more inexhaustible than this one, because the cross is the hinge on which all of human history turns.