Nathan Partain is the Chief Musician at Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Indianapolis, IN. Nathan has been a friend, colleague, encourager, fellow traveler, and excellent songwriter for many years now. Nathan has also written one of my favorite hymn re-writes of all time which wraps up his excellent CD “The Parlor Sessions.” Nathan’s version is very [...]
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The Lord is King – rehymn by Nathan Partain
Posted in Music, tagged Josiah Conder, Nathan Partain, rehymn, the Parlor Sessions on August 26, 2010 | 2 Comments »
BiFrost Arts – Come O Spirit CD
Posted in Music, tagged Bifrost Arts, Come O Spirit, Edward Hopper, Great Comfort Records, Isaac Wardell on August 10, 2010 | 1 Comment »
A couple of months ago I picked up a new CD by BiFrost Arts called “Come O Spirit!” Anthology Of Hymns And Spiritual Songs.‘ After listening through it a lot recently these are the ones I think are the strongest congregational songs. Also, just read that BiFrost Arts will be helping with music at David [...]
Nothing but the Blood – Power in the Blood Medley
Posted in Music, tagged Good News CD, hymn on August 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
In honor of some great friends coming into town this weekend to make music I thought I would post a medley of ‘Nothing but the Blood’ and ‘There is Power in the Blood’ from an album we recorded a couple of years ago “Good News, Vol. 1“ — Power in the Blood (Nothing But the [...]
Faithful One – The Midtown Project
Posted in Music, tagged Music, Randall Goodgame, The Midtown Project on August 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
When I was leading music out at City Church this summer they sang this fine song from Midtown Presbyterian in Nashville. It was a great congregational song with the Getty/Townsend balance that strikes somewhere between a meditative hymn and a rockin’ praise chorus. Randall Goodgame is the songwriter off of The Midtown Project CD. — [...]
Jesus, Lover of My Soul (igrace version)
Posted in Music, tagged Charles Wesley, Greg Thompson, indelible grace, rehymn, RUF on July 25, 2010 | 1 Comment »
This is a newish RUF version that we have been singing recently that is one of the more congregational indelible grace songs. Greg Thompson, pastor of Trinity Presbyterian in Charlottesville, Va retuned this text when he was the RUF pastor at UVA. The leadsheet below is our congregational version that simplifies the leadsheet at the [...]
Horatius Bonar Hymn – O Love of God
Posted in Music, tagged Horatius Bonar, hymn, rehymn on July 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
According to The Hymnary this is one of Horatius Bonar’s best loved texts. I love how this hymn weaves Love from the grandeur of the omnipotent God into the daily realities of suffering. From the work of creation to the work of the Savior. This would make a great meditative Easter hymn. You can read [...]
There is a Fountain Filled with Blood
Posted in Music, tagged Red Mountain Music, Karl Digerness, rehymn, William Cowper, Sojourn Music, The Welcome Wagon on June 19, 2010 | 3 Comments »
We’re singing this beautiful hymn by William Cowper during the Lord’s Supper this week. As I was working on our arrangement I realized that there are quite a few different versions that have been *kicked around recently. Here they are in no particular order. The Welcome Wagon – mp3 | leadsheet | buy on both [...]
God is Our Refuge – Song for Psalm 46
Posted in Music, tagged Bruce Benedict, Elliot Grudem, Martin Luther, Psalm 46, Psalms on June 13, 2010 | 4 Comments »
This Sunday is Elliot’s last preaching at Christ the King. Later this summer he and his family will move to Seattle to begin a new adventure and compelling gospel work with Acts29. When Elliot told me he was considering preaching on Psalm 46 for his last sermon I jumped at the opportunity to finish a [...]
Singing the Story – A song for Psalm 136
Posted in Music, tagged Mid All the traffic, Music, Nathan Partain, Psalm 136, Psalms on May 31, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Psalm 136 is a call to worship, and one of the more majestic corporate worship songs in the entire Bible. It is a psalm about celebrating the breadth of God’s redemptive work in history. It begins with a general call to God’s goodness and covenant love – then quickly moves to a narrative retelling of [...]
Review – Zac Hicks and “The Glad Sound”
Posted in Music, tagged hymns, rehymn, zac hicks on May 24, 2010 | 1 Comment »
For anyone who ever thought that uplifting worship music in a pop/rock vein wasn’t a perfect companion for rich hymnody well…you’ve just never stumbled across the debut CD from Zac Hicks and Cherry Creek Presbyterian “The Glad Sound”. This was certainly proved true as I read through some of the recent reviews on Itunes. “Surprised [...]
