While driving home recently I stopped on the shoulder with other drivers as a funeral procession passed. As I waited I remembered using that scenario in a song lyric and with all that’s going on in our nation right now I thought it was a good time to release it. If you agree with what the song says please share it. SC
Song of The Centurion
Song of the Centurion
Just another day, another cross, that’s what I supposed
I heard my soldiers laughing as they gambled for His robe
They were reckless with redemption
As they joked and rolled the dice
But to God it was no game
It was His greatest sacrifice
cho…
When I felt the earth shake
When I saw the ground break
When someone said the graves have opened wide
And the dead came back to life
When I saw the skies turn dark and gray
When I saw Him look my way
And say, “Father, forgive them, they don’t know what they do!”
I knew, it’s true, this was the Son of God
Well I knew the risk I had to take to say it out loud
I was the leader of those soldiers it was an angry crowd
Oh, but never such compassion
Had I seen in someone’s eyes
He spoke words of love to me
Even as I watched Him die
cho…
Br….
I didn’t care what the cost for my words would be
Cause I knew He shed His blood for even me
Oh what love
cho…
(tag: I had to say it, this was the Son of God
I just had to say it, this was the Son of God
Just another day, another cross, that’s what I supposed…
Steve Chapman/Jeff Pearles/Times & Seasons Music/Jefed Music/BMI/ 2013
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We Wanna Go Back To Church
We Wanna Go Back to Church
We Wanna Go Back To Church
It’s been too long since we’ve been
With our sisters and our brothers
Standin’ side by side singing Amazing Grace
And it’s been too long since we prayed
Kneelin’ next to one another
We long to see our family face to face
So open the doors
Turn on the lights
Strike up the band
Let the hallelujahs rise
And let the Spirit heal every heart that hurts
Let the preacher
Break the Bread
We’re hungry for truth
We wanna be fed
It’s been too long, we wanna go back to church
Oh, we know well
The church is not a building made of wood and stone
But we were made to congregate
Not to walk that road alone
S Chapman/Times & Seasons Music/4-19-20
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We Have A City
We Have a City
Some people wonder
How can we smile
As we journey through these dark and troubled days
There’s a reason for our joy
As we walk these weary miles
We are headed to a far and better place
Cho…
We have a city we are going to
Where our burdens will be gone we believe it’s true
With eyes of faith we see the gates that someday we’ll walk through
We have a city we are going to
And we have loved ones
We’ll see again
Who are waiting just beyond our final step
Best of all we’ll meet our Savior there
Who washed away our sins
He’s the hope that keeps us looking up ahead
Cho…
Walls of jasper, streets of gold
Forever young, never old
Crystal waters, gates of pearl
Nothing like it in this world
No sorrow there, no one at war
Only peace forever more
With angels we will sing along
When we arrive at our home
(S Chapman/Times & Seasons Music/2020)
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Blue Runs Red
My thanks to Gary Forsythe for inviting me to co-write “Blue Runs Red,” a song intended to honor the brave who wear the blue and faithfully serve to protect us all, especially those who have given their lives while serving. May God bless their families. I hope you’ll listen and then share this music video. SC
“He’s Not Here To See It”
My Dad went home to heaven in late 2015. Knowing that he’s in a place of total peace right now is a comforting thought. And, the fact that he’s not affected by all the chaos in the world is not only a great blessing it’s also the inspiration behind the song, “He’s Not Here To See It.” Maybe you feel the same way about a loved one who is with the Lord.
He’s Not Here To See It
When I said goodbye to Dad
It was hard to see him go
He sure is missed ’round here
But I wonder if he knows
There are times I hear ’bout things
And I just don’t wanna believe it
I think of him and say to myself
I’m glad he wasn’t here to see it
Like that old farm where he grew up
And his home place on the hill
State came through and took it all
Poured concrete in the fields
And that church down the road where he went all his life
Learned God’s Word and how to live it
Preacher went crazy and burned it to the ground
I’m glad he wasn’t here to see it
Sometimes I look to the sky
And whisper in my heart
O Dad, how glad I am
You are where you are
Seems like this old world
Is gettin’ darker by the minute
With all the madness goin’ on, he’s blessed to be gone
Cause he’s not here to see it
He had Ol’ Glory painted on his skin
Back when he served his country on the seas
Now it would kill his soul to watch someone
Hear that anthem and take a knee
And his sister tried givin’ up the wine
But she just couldn’t leave it
Oh how she cried when they took her from her home
I’m glad he wasn’t here to see it
And I think about Mom, she can’t remember his name
It’s by the grace of God that he was spared that pain
Sometimes I look to the sky
And whisper in my heart
O Dad, how glad I am
You are where you are
Seems like this old world
Is gettin’ darker by the minute
With all the madness goin’ on, he’s blessed to be gone
He’s not here to see it
(Steve Chapman/Times & Seasons Music, Inc/2019)
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“Whispers From Heaven”
Here’s “Whispers From Heaven,” a song written as though a message from my late Dad to Mom on what would’ve been his 92nd birthday. He went to heaven just a couple of weeks before their 69th anniversary but note in the video she says they were married 72 years. That’s how she sees it because she still feels very close to him. Oh what a deep love they shared. (At this time this song is available only as a listen with this video).
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A Very Encouraging Letter
We recently sang at a church in Cookeville, TN and included the song, “Let’s Call It Even.” In response to the story in the song that features the reconciliation of a dad and a daughter, a sweet lady approached us after the morning service and said she was moved to go see her dad. She told us that her relationship with her father had not been good and to make the challenge even harder he had Alzheimers disease.
We advised her to pray that God would give him an awareness of who she was when she visited him so some healing conversation could happen. A couple of weeks later we received the letter shown below. We were given permission to post it but for the sake of her privacy we blurred her last name and the name of the church. We offer this as an encouragement to anyone who longs to reconcile with a parent or any family member or friend.
(If you’d like to hear the song, click on the blue colored title above or see our blog at this website titled, “Let’s Call It Even.”)
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Sunday Morning with Steve & Annie
This video of a Sunday morning concert was recorded in Dudalk, MD at Eastern Assembly of God. We sincerely hope you glean something useful from this presentation.
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