A C C O R D I N G    T O    J O H N
A Contemporary Christian Music Group
inspired by the Fourth Gospel
(active 1996 - 2003)
Artist:  According to John
Album Title:  A2J
Copyright:  1998 KMG Records Inc.
Producer: Bill Smiley for Northern Shore Productions
Total Playing Time:  44:00 min
A2J
  SONG LENGTH SCRIPTURAL INFLUENCES*
 1 Remedy
4:46
 John 8:34-36 - "Very truly, I tell you, everyone who commits sin is a slave to sin. The slave does not have a permanent place in the household; the son has a place there forever. So if the Son makes you free, you will be free indeed."
Rom 7:24-25 - "Wretched man that I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death? Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, with my mind I am a slave to the law of God, but with my flesh I am a slave to the law of sin."
 2  Store
4:38
 John 14:1-3 - "Do not let your hearts be troubled. Believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father's house there are many dwelling places. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, so that where I am, there you may be also."
Matt 6:21 - "For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also."
 3 Blue Sedans
3:56
 John 16:22 -"So you have pain now; but I will see you again, and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy from you." 
John 14:18 - "I will not leave you orphaned; I am coming to you."
1 Thess 4:13 - "But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters, about those who have died, so that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope."
 4 Justified
4:08
 John 3:16 - "For God so loved the world that he gave his only son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life."
1 John 4:9 - "God's love was revealed among us in this way: God sent his only Son into the world so that we might live through him."
 5 Nothing Back
3:58
 John 3:20 - "For all who do evil hate the light and do not come to the light, so that their deeds may not be exposed."
2 Tim 2:21 - "All who cleanse themselves of the things I have mentioned will become special utensils, dedicated and useful to the owner of the house, ready for every good work."
 6 Search
3:52
 John 3:19 - "And this is the judgment, that the light has come into the world, and people loved darkness rather than light because their deeds were evil."
Rom 1:20-22 - "Ever since the creation of the world his eternal power and divine nature, invisible though they are, have been understood and seen through the things he has made. So they are without excuse; for though they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him."
 7 Rock
5:03
 John 12:25 - "Those who love their life lose it, and those who hate their life in this world will keep it for eternal life."
Matt 7:24-25 - "Everyone then who hears these words of mine and acts on them will be like a wise man who built his house on rock. The rain fell, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on rock."
 8 Shape of God
4:05
 John 16:35 - [incorrect reference; there is no verse 35 in ch. 16]
Matt 16:26 - "For what will it profit them if they gain the whole world but forfeit their life? Or what will they give in return for their life?"
 9 Marquee Graveyard
4:21
 John 16:33 - "I have said this to you, so that in me you may have peace. In the world you face persecution. But take courage! I have conquered the world."
2 Cor 5:17 - "So if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation: everything old has passed away; see, everything has become new."
10 Everlasting
5:00
 John 3:16 - "For God so loved the world that he gave his only son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life."
John 11:25 - "I am the resurrection and the life. Those who believe in me, even though they die, will live."
*Note: The scripture references given in this table are those given in the liner notes of the album. The texts given here are from the NRSV translation.


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