"Be filled with the Spirit, speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord, giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ." - Ephesians 5:19
The search for doctrinally saturated and spiritually edifying music can be difficult, especially in our day when lyrics are so often sacrificed to the idol of cultural acceptability. The music you'll find on this page was written, for the most part, by some friends of mine who want to offer an alternative. Their music might not top the charts, but you may find it enjoyable. And the words are solid, if not straight scripture.
The search for doctrinally saturated and spiritually edifying music can be difficult, especially in our day when lyrics are so often sacrificed to the idol of cultural acceptability. The music you'll find on this page was written, for the most part, by some friends of mine who want to offer an alternative. Their music might not top the charts, but you may find it enjoyable. And the words are solid, if not straight scripture.
Artists hosted at theopenlife.com...
Salos (Download here) - Restful and contemplative, mostly instrumental songs. Aficionados may find it reminiscent of Unwed Sailor or Explosions in the Sky. Scriptures occasionally set to modestly overlayed guitars, ebow, drums, and occasional viola..
Samples:
His Excellency
The Purchased Possession
Erin Alderson (Download here) - Thoughtful acoustic songs with occasional instrumentation.
Samples:
Cleanse Me
Soli Deo Gloria
Matthew 5:10
O Glory
Alison Van Lankvelt (Download here) - Her debut is a low-fi acoustic album with a mixture of rich original lyrics and traditional hymns.
Samples:
El Elyon (Most High God)
Majesty
Doxology
Other artists who freely share their music online
Reformed Praise - Reformedpraise.org offers modern adaptations of historic hymns.
Let God Be True - A collection of hymns, mostly a cappella.
Let God Be True II - A second page of free hymns.
Christ our Life - One of the most beloved albums I own.
The MacDonald Family Singers - An eleven member traditional worship group.
Sovereign Grace Conference - Exuberant Southern pastors singing gospel hymns.
10:31 Sermon Jams - Clips from Reformed sermons set to hip-hop beats. Go figure.
Charles Ciepiel performs Psalm 119 - Yep, the longest psalm arranged as 22 songs.
(If you know of other music that should be on this list, leave a comment with the link. Thanks!)
Note on usage
These artists offer their music freely, so you can share them with everyone. However, please do not charge for or alter these songs in any way without written permission from the creators. However, they happily allow their songs to be used as background music in videos, etc. Links back here are appreciated. Thanks!
Trouble downloading the files? Takes too long?
If you want a free .mp3 CD with all of this (and more) music please leave a comment with your email address and I will get back to you. This disc works in computers and some DVD players, or the files can be transferred to an mp3 player. It will not work in standard audio CD players.
If you want a free .mp3 CD with all of this (and more) music please leave a comment with your email address and I will get back to you. This disc works in computers and some DVD players, or the files can be transferred to an mp3 player. It will not work in standard audio CD players.
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7 comments:
Awesome!
Where can I get the whole sermon of "He Saved Me" by Paul Washer?
From: David R. Stokes - First Baptist Church Muscle Shoals, AL
The whole sermon of (He saved me) by Paul Washer is actually called Mission Conference Shoals Part 6 and you can use the link posted here to download it. It came from www.sermonindex.net
Click or copy and paste this link to directly download that sermon: http://www.sermonindex.net/modules/mydownloads/visit.php?lid=13068
Who is the preacher in the 2nd message?
I believe the speaker in the second message is Rolfe Barnard.
Here are some a Capella songs
http://scripturessay.com/index.php?page=songs
check out: The Word of Our Testimony at
http://www.worshipsong.com/Video.asp?VideoID=2819
email scottaogden@gmail.com for more.
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