Trailblazin Ministries

Dry Bonez Live - Love & Loss

Written by G-Rich
Sunday, 04 May 2008

Album Overview

I'm amazed at how I always pick an album that relates to a situation I'm presently in. For the last month, I've been staring at the reality of really living out the Christian faith. Bangin' Trip Lee's "To Live is Christ," and talking to a few of my closest homies, I've started to swallow the pill. Walking in Christ's footsteps will bring me some serious loss as far as the world is concerned. At first I doubted my ability to endure this, but after a good look through the Scriptures and an ear to Love & Loss, I realized that I really had nothing to lose.

On this album, Dry Bonez Live brings straight fire to the direct message of John 3:30: "He must increase; I must decrease." Facing this, we can all admit that it's a statement we must live out in our lives. Our worldly status decreases as we flee from our sin and cling to the Light. To show a positive twist on what may seem like a depressing situation, the album reveals the world's values for what they really are: nothing. With songs like "All Gone" and "Fallen," the world's fleshy idols are denounced, revealing the lack of satisfaction they produce. On the contrary, these tracks are accompanied by those lifting the King, showing the infinitely great God we have dedicated our lives to. This shows the "Love" side of Love & Loss. As we deny our flesh, our spirit reaps the endless satisfaction from God's great love and grace; a reward too good to pass up. With its solid lyricism, sound instrumentals, and sound Biblical topic, Love & Loss is an impressive album that encourages the Christian living their faith to its fullest extent.

Spiritual Significance

As the album's title suggests, the main topic addressed is losing worldly things for Christ while growing in His love. This especially appealed to me of late because of my earlier stated call to a closer walk with the Lord. This album is great for everyone who is really trying to live 110% for Christ. It tied in well with Philippians 1:21, where Paul says, "For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain." With this, Paul was expressing the reality behind what this life is all about. As this is our temporary home, we must live out our days for God to bring Him glory and to spread His message to others. On the flip side, to die was a gain because it meant that a connection with the God he had served with his life. This was especially relevant to the believers in Philippi at the time because in those times following Christ could cost someone their life.

In modern times, however, the whole "dying" concept takes on a more diverse meaning and application. As being a Christian today is not typically "life threatening," there are other ways that a believer must die. We must die to our flesh, to our pride, to our lust, to our envy, to our sin (Matthew 18:8-9). In order to truly have an intimate relationship with our Lord, we must eliminate, or "die," to the things obstructing our view of His ways.

Finally, the album deals with the rewards of God's endless love. As one dies to their flesh and sin, they are rewarded by being able to more fully experience the infinite love He has given us. It may be hard to initially shift to this position of love, due to the worldly sacrifices, but once here we have a better understanding of the great love we experience when truly, consistently seeking God.

Topics Covered

• Denying self and promoting His kingdom (John 3:30; Philippians 1:21)
• Worldly things' lack of worth (Matthew 6:21, 24-25)
• Encouragement to Christians living the faith (Romans 8:28; Jeremiah 29:11; 1 Corinthians 10:13)
• Dedicating our lives to God because He gave it to us.
• Definition of love (1 Corinthians 13:1-13)
• Dying daily to ourselves for the Lord (1 Corinthians 15:31)
• Losing worldly things and the reward of doing so (John 14:27, 15:18-21; Romans 6:5)

Key Tracks

Swagger, Paparazzi, Love, Fallen