‘Glory to the King’ will have you envisioning the greatness
of heaven: “A sea, a sea of voices sing/Glory to the King, the King of
everything/You’re here, lift up your hands and sing/Glory to the King, the King
of everything/Awake, as shadows lift from every doubt/With nothing more to
figure out/And no more tears to dry/Awake, to loved ones you’ve so dearly
missed/The sting of death does not exist/There’s no more wondering why.” Peter, Wes Willis, Jason Ingram, and Kevin
Huguley wrote ‘Never Ending Love Song’.
It is a techno song of praise: “You are the only One who saves/We’ve all
been captured by Your grace/We can’t but look upon Your face/And we won’t turn
away, no, we can’t turn away/This is the love song that we sing/And it’s never
ending/This is the worship that we bring/And it’s unrelenting.”
‘Matter of Faith’ has a sunny sound musically. These words remind us that as believers we
live this life by faith and not by sight: “We all know and believe/There’s more
than what we see/Eternity is deep inside our hearts/So we watch and wait, until
that day/When in a flash this world will pass away/Heaven and earth will kiss
each other/The sun will rise and light a brand new day/Every knee will bow unto
Your Name/All the saints will shout and sing Your glory/As a matter of fact,
it’s a matter of faith/It’s a matter of faith.”
‘All in your Head’ aims to motivate us to action: “And you wait/You save
your best for last/And you wait/And then the moment’s passed/Whatcha waiting
for?/God’s holding the door for you/Where ya hiding out?/There’s so much more
for you.../Get up, get off your seat/Move your feet, just do what He said/It’s
all in your head (2X)”.
‘Closer’ features Steve Taylor and Some Other Band, which includes
Jimmy Abegg on guitars and John Painter on bass. This song with a cool groove to it,
encourages us to be watchful for Christ’s return: “Another plague, another
war/And the earth shakes some more/Then we’re back to sleeping late/Somebody’s
knockin’/My Lord’s got His foot in the door/Wish we’d all been ready for/Oh,
oh, oh, oh, something’s coming (2X)/Oh, oh, oh, oh, don’t you want in?/Oh, oh,
oh, oh, something’s coming.” ‘Faster and
Louder’ proves that Furler is still young at heart: “Slower and softer it
goes/Only your lazy boy knows/It sneaks up behind you like sin/The devil, he
just wants your spirit/So long, my soul longs/Fast songs, joyful joyful/I wanna
make some noise/I wanna cause a stir/Faster and louder/We know what we know/We
won’t take it slowly/Kids let me hear you scream/If you concur/Faster and
louder.” Andy Hunter helped with the
creative programming on ‘Psalm 23’. The
biblical passage here sounds ready for a Christian nightclub.
‘Hold On’ is a song of encouragement: “If you feel you’re at
the end/And your light is fading out/The walls are caving in/Remember deep
inside of you/There’s a hope beyond the fight/There’s a faith to pull you
through/Just believe, I know you’re gonna make it/Don’t let go.” The album ends with the pleasant pop song
‘Greater is He’. It features former
Newsboy Phil Joel, and also includes Peter’s dad Bill Furler reading
Scripture. The song reminds us that with
Christ we can overcome any difficulty we may be facing: “Surrounded by forces
too strong for us/Pressed hard on every side/We don’t look to the left or the
right for help/It comes from inside/And we don’t fear the flame/We won’t fear
our enemies/And we don’t fear what is to come/’Cause the battle’s already been
won/Greater is He that is in us/Than He that is in the world (2X)/Christ in us,
the hope of glory.”
