Rich Mullins songs

:thumbs:O'my so hard to choose I love almost everything by Rich...Let me think - today I will say Screen Door

Well, it's about as useless as a screen door on a submarine
Faith without works baby
It just ain't happenin'
One is your left hand, one is your right
It'll take two strong arms, mmm hmm, to hold on tight
Some folks cut off their nose just to spite their face
But I think you need some works to show for your alleged faith

Well there's a difference you know
'tween having faith and playing make believe
One will make you grow, the other one just make you sleep
Talk about it
But I really think you oughtta take a leap off of the ship
Before you claim to walk on water
Faith without works is like a song you can't sing
It's about as useless as a screen door on a submarine

Faith comes from God and every word that He breathes
He lets us take it to your heart so we can give it hands and feet
It's gotta be active if it's gonna stay alive
You gotta put it into practice
Otherwise....

It's about as useless as a screen door on a submarine
Faith without works, baby, it just ain't happenin'
One is your right hand, one is your left
It's your guide, your light, your life and your breath
Faith without works is like a song you can't sing
It's about as useless as a screen door on a submarine
Faith without works, like a song you can't sing
It's about as useless as a screen door on a submarine
Copyright 2000

I just listened to your choice - can I change mine - I have it on The Jesus Record - there are just so many of his songs and I love them all!!!

 

"Screen Door" is a great choice. I also love "Who God is Gonna Use". "And you never know who God is gonna use A princess or a baby Or maybe even you or me."

 

The Maker of Noses
I believe there is a place
Where people live in perfect peace
Where there is food on every plate
Where work is rewarded and rest is sweet
Where the color of your skin
Won't get you in or keep you out
Where justice reigns and truth finally wins
Its hard fought war against fear and doubt
And everyone I know wants to go there too
But when I ask them how to do it they seem so confused
Do I turn to the left? Do I turn to the right?
When I turn to the world they gave me this advice

They said boy you just follow your heart
But my heart just led me into my chest
They said follow your nose
But the direction changed every time I went and turned my head
And they said boy you just follow your dreams
But my dreams were only misty notions
But the Father of hearts and the Maker of noses
And the Giver of dreams He's the one I have chosen
And I will follow Him

I believe there'll come a time
Lord I pray it's not too far off
There'll be no poverty or crime
There'll be no greed and we will learn how to love
And children will be safe in their homes
And there'll be no violence out on the streets
The old will not be left alone
And the strong will learn how to care for the weak

And everyone I know hopes it comes real soon
But when I ask 'em where I'd find it they seem so confused
Do I find it in the day? Do I find it in the night?
When I finally ask the world they give me this advice

They said boy you just follow your heart
But my heart just led me into my chest
They said follow your nose
But the direction changed every time I went and turned my head
And they said boy you just follow your dreams
But my dreams were only misty notions
But the Father of hearts and the Maker of noses
And the Giver of dreams He's the one I have chosen
And I will follow Him

And oh I hear the voice of a million dreams
Then I wake in the world that I'm partly made of
And the world that is partly my homemaking
And oh I hear the song of a heart set free
That will not be kept down
By the fury and sound
Of a world that is wasting away but keeps saying

 

Yeah, Maker of Noses, that's my new favorite. :smilewinkgrin:


BTW, here are the lyrics to "Who God is Gonna Use".

"Now Balaam he had a donkey
Who was gentle and true and kind
And the donkey saw an angel with a sword
So he slipped old Balaam past him
And when he done it three times
Well Balaam got so me mad he beat the donkey
And so the Lord
Well he gave the donkey language
And the donkey plainly brayed
"Well there's an angel about to strike you from the path"
Then old Balaam's eyes were opened
And he realized he'd been saved
By his donkey from the angel of God's wrath

And a princess pulled a baby out of the water
He was hidden in the rushes
Sleeping in a basket made of reeds
And you never know who God is gonna use
A princess or a baby
Or maybe even you or me

Now Esther she was a beauty
Who was pleasing to a man
And the man that she was pleasing was a king
But her people's lives were threatened
By some wicked men's plans
Nobody knew just how the lord was gonna intervene
Well Mordecai her uncle he was honest but he was smart
And he knew that Esther's beauty was a gift
He said "Maybe you could cook some supper
Maybe you could change a king's heart
Who knows but what you come into the world
For such a time as this"

And a princess pulled a baby out of the water
He was hidden in the rushes
Sleeping in a basket made of reeds
And you never know who God is gonna use
A princess or a baby
Or maybe even you or me

There was Miriam dancing
And there was Jubal with a harp
There was poor blind Samson
Even Pontius Pilate played a part

And a princess pulled a baby out of the water
He was hidden in the rushes
Sleeping in a basket made of reeds
And you never know who God is gonna use
A princess or a baby
Or maybe even you or me

And a princess pulled a baby out of the water
He was hidden in the rushes
Sleeping in a basket made of reeds
And you never know who God is gonna use
A princess or a baby
Or maybe even you or me"

:thumbsup:

 

My favorite is dictated by the day, and sometimes the hour... LOL! :tongue3:

Here's one for today:

Sometimes the night was beautiful, sometimes the sky seemed so far away,
Sometimes it seemed to stoop so close you could touch it but your heart would break.
Sometimes the morning came too soon, sometimes the day could be so hot,
There was so much work left to do, but so much You'd alreayd done.

Oh God, You are my God, and I will ever praise You!
Oh God, You are my God, and I will ever praise You!
I will seek You in the morning, and I will learn to walk in Your ways,
And step by step You'll lead me and I will follow You all of my days!

 

I don't know a lot about Rich Mullins, other than he sang "Awesome God", but I do remember a few years ago when a song came on the radio called "Hold me Jesus". I can't begin to describe how this song touched me.....maybe it's just what I needed to hear at the time. Anyway, maybe due to the memory of the first time I heard it, or maybe because I simply don't know a lot of other Rich Mullins' songs, I vote for "Hold me Jesus" as my favorite.

 

May I suggest his Songs Album, one of my favorits and has some of the best of his work - I had to by a new one since I wore the first one out. I did not think I could do that to a CD LOL

ALSNE OF MY FAVORITES :flower:

Well, sometimes my life just don't make sense at all
When the mountains look so big
And my faith just seems so small

So hold me Jesus, 'cause I'm shaking like a leaf
You have been King of my glory
Won't You be my Prince of Peace

And I wake up in the night and feel the dark
It's so hot inside my soul
I swear there must be blisters on my heart

So hold me Jesus, 'cause I'm shaking like a leaf
You have been King of my glory
Won't You be my Prince of Peace

Surrender don't come natural to me
I'd rather fight You for something I don't really want
Than to take what You give that I need
And I've beat my head against so many walls
Now I'm falling down, I'm falling on my knees

And this Salvation Army band is playing this hymn
And Your grace rings out so deep
It makes my resistance seem so thin

I'm singing hold me Jesus, 'cause I'm shaking like a leaf
You have been King of my glory
Won't You be my Prince of Peace

You have been King of my glory
Won't You be my Prince of Peace

 

It's hard to believe it's been almost 9 years since Rich went home, huh? I'm still not sure if Christian music has been the same.

Anyway...i have LOTS of Rich songs i would call "favorites", so i'll start with "Calling out Your Name"

Well the moon moved past Nebraska
And spilled laughter on them cold Dakota Hills
And angels danced on Jacob's stairs
Yeah, they danced on Jacob's stairs
There is this silence in the Badlands
And over Kansas the whole universe was stilled
By the whisper of a prayer
The whisper of a prayer

And the single hawk bursts into flight
And in the east the whole horizon is in flames
I feel thunder in the sky
I see the sky about to rain
And I hear the prairies calling out Your name

I can feel the earth tremble
Beneath the rumbling of the buffalo hooves
And the fury in the pheasant's wings
And there's fury in a pheasant's wings
It tells me the Lord is in His temple
And there is still a faith that can make the mountains move
And a love that can make the heavens ring
And I've seen love make heaven ring

Where the sacred rivers meet
Beneath the shadow of the Keeper of the plains
I feel thunder in the sky
I see the sky about to rain
And I hear the prairies calling out Your name

From the place where morning gathers
You can look sometimes forever 'til you see
What time may never know
What time may never know
How the Lord takes by its corners this old world
And shakes us forward and shakes us free
To run wild with the hope
To run wild with the hope

The hope that this thirst will not last long
That it will soon drown in the song not sung in vain
And I feel thunder in the sky
I see the sky about to rain
And I hear the prairies calling out Your name

And I know this thirst will not last long
That it will soon drown in the song not sung in vain
I feel thunder in the sky
I see the sky about to rain
And with the prairies I am calling out Your name

 

I like a lot of his songs...the Elijah one in particular.

Thoughtful songs.

 

How about "The Color Green" from "A Liturgy, A Legacy, and a Ragamuffin Band"?

And the moon is a sliver of silver
Like a shaving that fell on the floor of a Carpenter's shop
And every house must have it's builder
And I awoke in the house of God
Where the windows are mornings and evenings
Stretched from the sun
Across the sky north to south
And on my way to early meeting
I heard the rocks crying out
I heard the rocks crying out

Be praised for all Your tenderness by these works of Your hands
Suns that rise and rains that fall to bless and bring to life Your land
Look down upon this winter wheat and be glad that You have made
Blue for the sky and the color green that fills these fields with praise

And the wrens have returned and they're nesting
In the hollow of that oak where his heart once had been
And he lifts up his arms in a blessing for being born again
And the streams are all swollen with winter
Winter unfrozen and free to run away now
And I'm amazed when I remember
Who it was that built this house
And with the rocks I cry out

Be praised for all Your tenderness by these works of Your hands
Suns that rise and rains that fall to bless and bring to life Your land
Look down upon this winter wheat and be glad that You have made
Blue for the sky and the color green

Be praised for all Your tenderness by these works of Your hands
Suns that rise and rains that fall to bless and bring to life Your land
Look down upon this winter wheat and be glad that You have made
Blue for the sky and the color green that fills these fields with praise

 

Yep, i miss Rich.
From the Nov. 1997 CCM Magazine, "There is a ragamuffin loose on the streets of Gold. He is barefoot. He is lauging...and he is home."

 

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Joseph Botwinick

 

I never heard of the man. Was he a secular singer? I saw only one song that scarcely mentioned the Lord Jesus, as do the old hymns I grew up with.

Cheers,

Jim

 

He was a Christian singer. Probably, his most famous song was Awesome God.

Joseph Botwinick

 

Thanks Joseph. I never heard of him.

As I read the songs cited here, all I saw was the usual type music being performed in the modern church. Almost like the hymn of old,,,The Beautiful Isle of Somewhere....it sort of takes you nowhere and leaves you there, but nebulous enough for anyone to sing.

Cheers,

Jim

 

Jim, you may have seen a poor sampling. Most of Rich's songs are very heavy on Christ, and the Christian walk in general.

"All the Way to Kingdom Come"
"Awesome God"
"Bound to Come Some Trouble"
"Calling Out Your Name"
"Creed"
"Elijah"
"Everyman"
"Hard to Get"
"How Can I Keep Myself From Singing"
"I See You"
"If I Stand"
"The Just Shall Live"
"The Love of God"
"My Deliverer"
"Peace"
"Sing Your Praise to the Lord"
"Sometimes By Step"
"That Where I Am, There You..."
"To Tell Them"
"Where You Are"
"While the Nations Rage"

These are just a few spanning his career as a writer and singer. I'll admit that Rich wasn't a great singer (he admitted this many times) but I've always been a fan of his songs. Lots of truth.

 

Back up dude. I disagree strongly with you and Rich.

Joseph Botwinick