Jul 23 2007
Mike Farris — Salvation In Lights
Mike Farris
Salvation In Lights
INO Records; 2007
Rating: 6.8
If there’s one unequivocal stream running throughout the stories in both the Old and New Testaments, it’s that God is very interested in redeeming Creation. From the beginning with Adam & Eve, moving onward with Noah, Moses, the Judges, David, and the Prophets, and then concluding with the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus and the fantastic conversion of Saul to Paul, we’re faced with the same stark, yet beautiful reality. Over and over again, it seems that God wants to see humanity restored to the nature that God originally intended back in the Garden. Not everyone succeeds in these stories – Saul, David’s original mentor, crashed miserably; several kings of Israel & Judah chose not to listen to the Prophets’ calls to repentance, instead earning ugly deaths and eventual captivities in far-off empires; and there was that Judas Iscariot guy – not the ending you want for someone who actually followed Jesus around for 3 or so years. Nevertheless, while readers can glean as much from stories from failure as they can from tales where everyone wins, everyone loves a great redemption story.
And with the release of his sophomore solo album, Salvation In Lights, Mike Farris employs his rich, soulful voice to sing of his salvation and the exuberant joy he now has because of his newfound faith. Continue reading “Mike Farris — Salvation In Lights”
