Over The Grave

In the midst of the Reformation in England, Isaac Watts recognized that people needed to see the gospel in the psalms and hymns of the church, and they needed to sing them in language and metaphors that they understood. In this, he became not only the father of the modern hymn, but the pace-setter for contextualizing the gospel for the people of God.

As musicians, pastors and songwriters, our desire was to explore the hundreds of hymns that Watts wrote during his lifetime, to learn from the incredible range and depth of his lyrics, and to re-envision those songs with modern language and melodies.

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About Bobby Gilles

Writer of songs like Lead Us Back, Warrior, All I Have Is Yours and Let Your Blood Plead For Me, author of Our Home Is Like A Little Church, and Sojourn Communications Director. Listen to all his songs & read his tips on songwriting & church communications at http://mysonginthenight.com

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