EMU Music introduce their latest album, Advent, with this blurb: “What if God was one of us,” sang Joan Osbourne in 1995. The truth is that he is, for ‘one of us’ is precisely what the eternal Son of God became just over 2,000 years ago, and he remains ‘fully human’ – without, of course, …
Thom Rainer has two posts which list the 25 most used public domain (largely) hymns and the 25 most used copyrighted (recently composed) songs. Of the hymns, we use most of these with the most notable exception of America The Beautiful (sorry Matt). I also haven’t used Victory In Jesus and Because He Lives has …
Restore, O Lord is a great anthem. We sang it tonight at the close of our first Sunday prayer service. Graham Kendrick and Chris Rolinson have composed uplifting lyrics that are not triumphalistic, but entreat God to display His character and glory, with a melody that is soaringly expressive. The lyrics. 1. Restore, O Lord, …
Back in March I posted about Now And Not Yet, an album of Psalms (and one hymn) composed by Matt Searles with vocals by Miriam Jones. To mark the commencement of recording a second album, Matt is making Now And Not Yet available as a free download at Bandcamp during November 2012. If you wish …
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