PASSION WEEK – THE UPPER ROOM

“THIS UPPER ROOM”, WORDS AND MUSIC BY PAUL HAYDEN JOHN 14.6: Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” (ESV) In the Gospel of Luke 22.10-13 it is recorded that the time Jesus shared with His disciples before His arrest was in an upper guest …

PALM SUNDAY, PART 2, – JERUSALEM WELCOMES JESUS

“TAKE UP YOUR CROSS”, WORDS AND MUSIC BY PAUL HAYDEN MATTHEW 21.6-11: The disciples went and did as Jesus had directed them. (7) They brought the donkey and the colt and put on them their cloaks, and he sat on them. (8) Most of the crowd spread their cloaks on the road, and others cut branches from the trees and …

PALM SUNDAY, PART 1 – “WE ARE GOING UP TO JERUSALEM”

“TAKE UP YOUR CROSS”, WORDS AND MUSIC BY PAUL HAYDEN LUKE 18.31-33: “See, we are going up to Jerusalem, and everything that is written about the Son of Man by the prophets will be accomplished. (32) For he will be delivered over to the Gentiles and will be mocked and shamefully treated and spit upon. (33) And after flogging him, …

THE BLIND MAN, PART 6 – THE OBSTRUCTIONISTS

“THE BLIND MAN”, WORDS AND MUSIC BY PAUL HAYDEN MARK 10.47-48: And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out and say, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!” (48) And many rebuked him, telling him to be silent. But he cried out all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!” …

“I HAVE SEEN THE LORD” – A NEW SONG

“I HAVE SEEN THE LORD”, WORDS AND MUSIC BY PAUL HAYDEN JOHN 20.18: Mary Magdalene went and announced to the disciples, “I have seen the Lord” — and that he had said these things to her. (ESV) I wrote this song from the unique vantage point of the Gospel of John. John focused a great deal of attention upon Mary …