I am a long time admirer of the God-given talent of Chris Tomlin going back to his early days with Passion.  Watching God use this gifted songwriter has been a privilege. I have so enjoyed the music from his 2006 RIAA Gold-certified record, See the Morning, I couldn’t possibly imagine deeper inspiration and worship with a new album. I am amazed again.

I had an opportunity to listen to his latest album, with my husband on the way to church last week. It will be released September 2, 2008.

We had the windows rolled down in the car and the volume at top decibel levels, worshiping God all the way to church. Anyone greeting us when we walked in for service probably wondered what kind of happy pills we took that morning.

I loved every song on this album, but my absolute favorites were “God of This City” and “Sing, Sing, Sing”. The next closest favorite is the one being played on radio right now called, “Jesus, Messiah”.

On the back cover it says — We need to introduce ourselves to love again.

Tomlin explains, “With each new record, I continue to strive to create songs that will help people voice their worship to God. I hold this as a great responsibility when I begin to think about what the overall recording will look like. Worship is a massive word with a very broad scope, but in the end, it is very simple. It is love! It’s our response in love to our great God who loved us first.”

“Hopefully these songs will renew in some way or stir up again your love for God and His people.”

No doubt — they will.