The Bible has been written, recorded and presented in a number of ways in a multitude of formats. It’s difficult to choose a selection of passages from the Bible to create a ‘Greatest Hits’ vibe, without offending someone by missing out passages they believe to be key or that speak to them on a personal level. Do you give both the Old and New Testaments the same air time or do you lean, with your own bias, on the Testament that resonates with you?

I felt the best way to face this project was to look at some of the key themes in the Bible, rather than the usually presented Old through to New (there’s many arguments about what order one should read the Bible in anyway). Often our lives follow seasons, the peaks and the troughs, the celebrations and the challenges. We don’t look back on our own journeys, necessary, chronologically, so why not present this recording in a ‘new’ thematic way, through the seasons, peaks, troughs, celebrations and challenges of our Brothers and Sisters before us.  

There are a number of books, people and themes not represented in this album, this is not a reflection on their importance or relevance.

Tracklisting:

CD1
God’s Covenants
1. Genesis 1 / How Great Thou Art
2. Genesis 2 / Holy Holy Holy
3. Genesis 3 / Dear Lord and Father Of Mankind
4. Genesis 8:6-22 / Praise, My Soul, The King Of Heaven
5. Genesis 15 / Jesus Lover Of My Soul
6. Exodus 3:1-15 / Jesus Lover Of My Soul
7. Exodus 20:1-17 / Praise, My Soul, The King Of Heaven
8. 1 Samuel 17:38-51 / When I Survey The Wondrous Cross
9. 2 Samuel 7:8-16 / When I Survey The Wondrous Cross
10. Jeremiah 31:31-34 / Love Divine, All Loves Excelling
11. Hebrews 11 / Love Divine, All Loves Excelling
God As King
12. Psalm 24 / Be Thou My Vision        
13. 1 Kings 18:17-39 / Holy Holy Holy
14. Judges 16:21-31 / Crown Him With Many Crowns
15. Psalm 121 / Amazing Grace
Love & Hope
16. 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 / Amazing Grace
17. 1 Corinthians 13:13 / Amazing Grace
18. John 3:1-16 / God So Loved The World
19. John 1:1-14 / God So Loved The World    
Virgin Birth
20. Matthew 1:18-25 / Once In Royal David’s City
21. Matthew 2:1-12 / Once In Royal David’s City
Baptism
22. Mark 1:1-8 / O Jesus I Have Promised
23. Matthew3: 13-16 / O Jesus I Have Promised
24. Acts 19:1-7 / How Great Thou Art

CD2
Forgiveness & Salvation
1. Psalm 51 / Jesus Lover Of My Soul
2. Isaiah 9:2-7 / Love Divine, All Loves Excelling
3. John 10:1-5 / Love Divine, All Loves Excelling
Comforter
4. Isaiah 40:1-11 / The Lord’s My Shepherd
5. John 14:1-7 / It Is Well With My Soul
6. John 14:15-29 / It Is Well With My Soul
Servanthood
7. Isaiah 49:1-6 / How Great Thou Art
8. Micah 6:6-8 / How Great Thou Art    
9. Luke 10:25-42 / Amazing Grace        
Healing
10. Matthew 4:1-11 / Amazing Grace
11. Matthew 4:18-25 / Amazing Grace
Miracles
12. Mark 8:1-10 / Praise, My Soul, The King Of Heaven
13. Mark 10:46-52 / Praise, My Soul, The King Of Heaven
Giving
14. Proverbs 11:1-2 / Praise, My Soul, The King Of Heaven
15. Proverbs 11:24-25 / Praise, My Soul, The King Of Heaven
16. 2 Corinthians 9:6-15 / When I Survey The Wondrous Cross
Blessing
17. Matthew 5:1-16 / When I Survey The Wondrous Cross
Crucifixion & Resurrection
18. John 19:25-42 / God So Loved The World
19. Matthew 28:16-20 / Be Thou My Vision
Pentecost
20. Acts 2:1-21 / Jesus Christ Has Risen Today
21. 1 Corinthians 15:20-26 / Jesus Christ Has Risen Today
22. 1 Corinthians 15:51-58 / Holy Holy Holy
Wisdom
23. Proverbs 3:5-6 / Holy Holy Holy
24. Luke 8:4-18 / Holy Holy Holy
25. Ecclesiastes 3:1-15 / Amazing Grace
Kingdom Of Heaven
26. Revelation 21:1-14 / How Great Thou Art
27. Revelation 21:21-27 / How Great Thou Art
Prayer & Praise
28. Psalm 33 / Be Thou My Vision    
29. Isaiah 63:1-14 / Love Divine, All Loves Excelling
30. Matthew 6:6-34 / It Is Well With My Soul