Last week, I said that one way to stay amazed by grace is sing the truth about grace. We’ve been given huge gifts in the form of Sovereign Grace Music: CDs that are lyrically rich and musically creative. I’m pleased to announce Christmas will be in August this year: another gift is on the way.

Sovereign Grace Ministries is working on a new CD entitled Valley of Vision, inspired by a book of Puritan prayers by the same name. Here’s what this CD is all about:

Someone might ask, “Why produce a CD inspired by the prayers of a bunch of dead guys?” That’s an easy one. Puritans like John Bunyan, Thomas Watson, Richard Baxter, and Isaac Watts knew their hearts, their Bibles, and their God much better than we do. Many of them wrote down their prayers not to be published, but to assess their own spiritual growth and to encourage themselves in times of spiritual dryness. These prayers reveal a personal, humble, passionate relationship with an awesome God, a living Savior, and an active Spirit. Reading their meditations inspires us to pursue the same level of reality as we worship God.

The songs on Valley of Vision draw from these prayers at various levels and in various ways. Some use a few phrases from a specific prayer, others develop a particular idea, and a few try to capture the original flow of thought, using many of the original words.

Cool: check out the Valley of Vision page.
Cooler: Listen to music samples, read the lyrics, even watch a trailer.
Coolest: One of the songs was written by our own Pete Gagnon.

You’ve read the prayers from Valley of Vision. Sing them this summer.
Coming August, 2006.

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