JOHN 1.1:In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. (ESV) In verse one, John begins introducing the idea of the Trinitarian nature of God. The book of Genesis also does so when it says in chapter 1.26: “Then God said: ‘Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness;” …

JOHN 1.1:In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. (ESV) I’ve heard it said that the New Testament is Hebrew thought expressed in the Greek language. The New Testament is God’s thought, and John does connect and relate the Hebrew Old Testament to the New Testament. The creation account of Genesis …

JOHN 1.1:In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. (ESV) John begins his gospel account with the affirmation that the universe had a beginning. That may seem obvious to us here and now, but there was a time in scientific thought when the Steady State theory of the universe was held …

I have been recovering from rotator cuff shoulder surgery for the past eight weeks. I’ve still got more rehab to do. As soon as I am able, I will work again on musical compositions for Tribulation. I also have been obtaining older hymnals from the various denominations and I am planning to arrange some of the hymns into a style …

Please bear with me as I sing the part of Charis, who is an adult woman in the drama. As I have mentioned before, I am a one person music operation and so I have to sing the part of Charis myself. To make a distinction in her part from the other characters, I am singing her lyrics with an …

A little over twenty years ago I wrote the poetic and dramatic text for a music drama I entitled, “Tribulation”. It is an imagination of future world events based upon the Book of Revelation. I have spent the last year composing the music for the drama and recording it. I have finished Act 1 and plan to keep working on …

“I HAVE SEEN THE LORD”, WORDS AND MUSIC BY PAUL HAYDEN JOHN 20.15: Jesus said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you seeking?” Supposing him to be the gardener, she said to him, “Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have laid him, and I will take him away.” (16) Jesus said to …

“IT IS FINISHED”, WORDS AND MUSIC BY PAUL HAYDEN JOHN 19.28-30: After this, Jesus, knowing that all was now finished, said (to fulfill the Scripture), “I thirst.” (29) A jar full of sour wine stood there, so they put a sponge full of the sour wine on a hyssop branch and held it to his mouth. (30) When Jesus had …

“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 …

“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 …