Winds of Heaven, Stuff of Earth

I remember this albumn when it came out and how "Awesome God" became an instant classic. It crossed denominational and cultural barriers to be sung all over the world and is still going strong today. The whole albumn is great but for the All Music Guide reviewer to call "Awesome God" one of the weaker songs on the albumn is just crazy. That song will still be around long after we are all dust.

If you just download 'Awesome God', then you're missing some of his best music, including beautiful lyrics and piano solo on 'If I Stand'. 'Ready for the Storm' is also hauntingly beautiful.

Winds of Heaven, Stuff of Earth follows the rocking Never Picture Perfect with a clear change in direction towards the more introspective Mullins. Whereas previous albums were pop anthems or autobiographical in nature, WHSE signals the era where Mullins focused his attention on the Christian life and how to best find God in the world around us. The Other Side of the World leads off with the theme that we are in a smaller community than we think we are when it comes to helping others. It has a fantastic chorus and really gets things started on a foundation of a universal Christian community. With the Wonder shows Mullins' constant search for God in every aspect of creation. Then we have Awesome God, easily the most famous song Mullins wrote, but at the same time, one he admitted wasn't really that great of a song. Of course when the CCM industry went all worship all the time and simple choruses were all that was needed in a song, Awesome God really caught on. The rest of the album continues the theme of searching for God and the Christian life. Ultimately this is a breakthrough album that foreshadows a new era of Mullins' work that would challenge the conventional wisdom of what it means to follow Jesus.