Today’s the day. Get our new EP The Whole Big Story for free, in the player to your right (or Noisetrade.com/kristengilles). The automated prompt will ask you if you want to “leave a tip.” Feel free to ignore it — we’re glad for you to have these modern hymns free of charge. For anyone who does feel led to leave a tip, know that we will funnel that money into our recording budget, to bring you more worship songs in the future.
We would love for those of you on Facebook or Twitter to help spread the word about The Whole Big Story though. We want as many people as possible to meditate on the scriptural truths in these songs, bask in the glory of God and sing these words as an offering of praise to Him.
Taken together, these songs tell God’s story from creation to the Second Coming and Christ’s reign in the New Earth. We believe these hymns cover themes and Bible stories that aren’t conveyed in many songs for the Church (read the scriptures that inspired each of these songs here).
- These songs teach that Christ’s sacrifice wasn’t simply akin to throwing himself in front of a bullet for us (as brave and noble as that would be), but rather that He is the Lord of all Creation who willingly died on His own tree, having known and determined to do so before creation’s dawn.
- These songs teach a crucial, blessed difference between Old Testament worship and our reality — that we don’t have to wait once a year for an appointed priest to pray and offer sacrifice for our sins, but that we can boldly go before God’s throne all the time. Christ’s sacrifice has “torn the veil.”
- These songs teach that we have nothing to fear because God has adopted us as sons and daughters through the cross, and made us joint-heirs with Jesus.
- These songs show that Jesus cast Satan from the sky, tied him up and crushed his head. The Holy Spirit is sweeping through the earth, and Christ is adding to His Church as the demons helplessly roar, knowing how this story will end. Christ will come again, bringing His people back to set up a kingdom wherein “love will cover all the earth, in the kingdom without end.”
We strove to make the melodies memorable and compelling, yet easy to sing. All of them stay well within the range of the average person (1.5 octaves).
We hope you enjoy The Whole Big Story. Your free download includes chord sheets. You can also get the chord sheets anytime by choosing the appropriate song under our Gilles Music tab on this website. There, you’ll also find instructional videos for how to play the songs on The Whole Big Story.
If you wish to download this EP in a larger music file than mp3, you can do so for only $2 through kristengilles.Bandcamp.com:
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