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Home Sweet Homes - Oversimplify (CCM)



Home Sweet Homes - Oversimplify
Home Sweet Homes has released a Christian Contemporary Music (CCM) track called 'Oversimplify'.

This song originated from a spontaneous jam session. After that, the band spent 9 months rewriting and recording it. Eleven musicians were involved in its creation and recording. The song is written specifically for Christians, particularly those who are lukewarm and need to be reminded not to take Jesus' sacrifice for granted.

This is a song that immediately gets you thinking, as it raises questions that every Christian should be asking themselves... Have we simplified the cross too much? Are we making the cross appear more beautiful than it was? Do we really understand what it means to be free (the kind of freedom Christ has given us)? I personally don't believe this will ever become a song that we will all sing together during church services, but that doesn't make it any less important. Do we truly understand and appreciate the pain and sacrifice Christ made for us? Are we, in turn, truly prepared to accept and embrace the implications of our faith, regardless of the consequences?

Thank you, Home Sweet Homies, for causing a stir.

Click on the video below to listen to this song (a really cool lyric video that has been put together for this song).

Lyrics

https://genius.com/Home-sweet-homies-oversimplify-lyrics

About Home Sweet Homies:
A collective of fun loving, random humans creating musical magic and memories together. We love improvising and jamming original music together, and upload new content every week. We're based in Nelson, New Zealand.

Credits:
• Joy Gutschlag - Vocals, Group Vocals, Songwriter
• Jessica Trethewey - Vocals, Group Vocals, Songwriter
• Kaitlyn Rodley - Vocals
• Melissa Faith - Backing Vocals
• Jedidiah Bensemann - Producer, Video, Keyboard, Group Vocals, Songwriter
• Regan Daly - Bass, Group Vocals, Songwriter
• Drew Sparks-Cropp - Electric Guitar, Songwriter
• Abigail Smithies - Songwriter
• Bryn Cropp - Drums
• Samuel Halford - Group Vocals
• Petra Leach - Group Vocals

Connect with Home Sweet Homies


You can listen to the track on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/7b5iSMZP7TvDCV1Fezq3m7

Here is a link to the video on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpAHjCsKNRo

Would you like to hear more CCM music? Then check out our Christian playlists on: https://www.christiandance.eu/playlists

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