Reviewed by Trevor Kirk

This is a strange one – a re-issue of a 1992 release, with new cover artwork but the same music, and I use the word strange because I would never have associated the veteran inspirational songsmith with something like this. In its favour, the songs use word-for-word Scripture verses, they are mostly quite reasonable musically, with some Latin and poppy arrangements, and Steve’s voice is spot-on as usual. Counting against it are the cringeworthy narrative passages that Steve has to recite in front of each song (step forward, Betsy Hernandez, and receive your custard pie); some of the kids are pretty lousy actors when it’s their turn to speak; and there’s (shock horror) 21 tracks - mercifully, they average out at a tad over two minutes each. However, despite the plus points, and the presence of veteran muso Fletch Wiley as co-arranger, this is yet another slab of jolly American cheese that doesn’t hit the spot in the UK.

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