From Lamp Mode recordings: Our new project. “The Church”, is set to be released June 8th, 2010. We understand both the seemingly controversial nature of “the Church”, especially among the Hip hop contingent, and well as the biblical imperative of the Church’s importance. We are simply offering our contribution to the conversation, fueled and on …
Tonight the church I visited sang ‘I Sing The Mighty Power Of God’ by Isaac Watts. The song originally is found in Watt’s “Divine And Moral Songs For Children”. In that book the song has eight stanzas: 1. I sing th’ almighty power of God That made the mountains rise, That spread the flowing seas …
Something for the musos. A fellow named Wintley Phipps introduces us to what he believes is most famous black spiritual melody in the world, shows us why he believes it, and then sings the song. Sadly, there’s no reason whatsoever to believe that Newton wrote the lyrics with that melody in mind. But it is …
While on extended leave I’ve been visiting other churches. Today I heard the song ‘Grace Alone’ by Scott Wesley Brown and Jeff Thomas. The song begins with the words ‘Every promise we can make’. I hadn’t heard it before. As a song of praise and consecration it balances total dependence upon God’s grace with personal …
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