Looked Upon
Aug 14
On camp this year I bought a copy of ‘Looked Upon’ an album by the Na Band from Sovereign Grace. I bought it for several reasons; firstly it has a cool cover, looks like an old mid-western farmer, could do with a piece of straw coming out of his mouth. Second, ‘the Gobbmeister’ – Sovereign Grace’s unofficial UK music promoter – was selling them at bargain prices. And thirdly… Sovereign Grace are known for making good music!
You can listen to the song previews here. I love both the music and words of these songs – particularly the new versions of Man of Sorrows (What a Saviour) and When I Survey. Another favourite is ‘My Lord I did not choose you’, it’s basically Calvinism put to a song, I paraphrase some of the lyrics:
“You have saved me, you took my sins away, you called me… I was dead but you chose to save my life!”
Sometimes Calvinism, orthodox beliefs lead to pride – proud that God chose me, proud that I’m not like those foolish Arminians! But these truths are spoken gently and humbly, and they can only lead to humility because it’s all about what God has done! The subtitle for the album is “Humble orthodoxy set to music” – that is a great description, Biblical truths, but as with much of what Sovereign Grace does is laced with humility.
Incidentally, I also bought ‘Upward: The Bob Kauflin Hymns Project’… I didn’t like this one, maybe it will grow on me… I just didn’t think the new tunes to old hymns were effective.
I was debating buying it, so with your review I think that confirms it! I downloaded Nail My Glory a few weeks ago which I like a lot.
Good choice Matthew – well worth the investment!
I also got Valley of Vision, Mahaney’s “Humility”, and Kauflin’s “Worship Matters” – wonderfully, a friend is currently in America so I save massively on postage… reviews to follow? I’m now working full-time so haven’t had a chance to blog recently!
Yeh I heard that was a good one. CJ on Humility, well he should be very proud because it’s an awesome book! Kauflin – haven’t read it but have heard good stuff.
Look forward to the reviews! Full time work? Blog in the evenings!
I’m trying – other stuff just seems to come up! Yesterday I was round friends for dinner, and again tonight, and I’ve got the Bristol CU website to update (finish off someone else’s design) too. Life’s suddenly busy after a month of dull unemployment! Still, I’m not complaining. Have you started at BHMC yet?
I get a 403 error for Bristol CU
look forward to seeing it finished!
Couple of weeks then BH – need a holiday first!
I presume you’re off to Forum… enjoy the Pipe-dog
Man, that’s rubbish! Not quite sure why it’s gone down AGAIN. Nothing to do with me unfortunately, I’m merely the designer not the webmaster. I’ll get onto him…
Yep – managed to get the week off work for Forum, which is good news! I expect JP will be worth a listen…