My Parent's Album circa 1977

Unbelievable! My parents made an album in 1977 when they were in ministry as church-planters in New York City (I am the little boy standing in the photo next to my mother and father). As they went out on deputation they would sell the vinyl albums for $10 a pop. They sold 600 copies. Amid all the changes and moves over the years they have no copy of this album. Enter Ebay, the persistence of my brother-in-law Kevin, and a willing seller of obscure vinyl records from France and you get a a story of "what was once lost is now found". Kevin purchased and had the 30+ year-old album shipped to Oregon where he made a digital copy. And here it is for you to enjoy - a slice of my parent's talents and life (and mine!) from the 70's.

Victory in Jesus
Follow Me
Jesus, I My Cross Have Taken
Oh, Bring Your Loved Ones
Why
In the Garden
So Little Time
The Elusive Dream
Christ Returneth
No One Ever Cared for Me Like Jesus

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How is He lovely?

John Flavel: "He is altogether lovely in his person: he is Deity dwelling in flesh, John 1:14. The wonderful, perfect union of the divine and human nature in Christ renders him an object of admiration and adoration to both angels and men, 1 Tim. 3:16. God never presented to the world such a vision of glory before. Consider how the human nature of our Lord Jesus Christ is overflowing with all the graces of the Spirit, in such a way as never any of the saints was filled. O what a lovely picture does this paint of him! John 3:34, "God gives the Spirit [to him] without limit." This makes him "the most excellent of men and [his] lips have been anointed with grace," Psalm 45:2. If a small measure of grace in the saints makes them sweet and desirable companions, what must the riches of the Spirit of grace filling Jesus Christ without measure make him in the eyes of believers? O what a glory must it fix upon him!"

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