![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The song may be used as a hymn and can be sung using only the chorus, alone or in medley. Numerous other Christian artists have performed versions in numerous styles, from ska to swing to rock and traditional worship style, even hardcore punk and heavy metal by the bands Unashamed and Pantokrator. Over a year after Mullins' death (in September 1997) the song was covered on a tribute album for Mullins entitled Awesome God: A Tribute to Rich Mullins by Contemporary Christian musician, Michael W. But, what you want them to respond to is not how cleverly you did that what you want them to respond to is your message. I think a great songwriter is someone who is able to take a very meaningful piece of wisdom - or of folly or whatever - and say it in a way that is most likely to make people respond. This is a temptation that I think all songwriters have. But the thing is that sometimes, I think, that when you become too conscientious about being a songwriter, the message becomes a vehicle for the medium. You know, the thing I like about Awesome God is that it's one of the worst-written songs that I ever wrote it's just poorly crafted. In an interview with The Lighthouse Electronic Magazine in April 1996, he said: Chorus - (2X) Words and music by Rich Mullins 1988 Edward Grant (ASCAP) /. C I hope that we have not too quickly forgotten that C D Em Our God is an awesome God. Mullins did not consider the song to be one of his best. C And the judgement and wrath He poured out on Sodom, D Em His mercy and grace He gave us at the cross.
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