Steve Green
2 songs checked against the passages they lean on. Each one was graded on its own, against what that song does with the text.
How the 2 checks landed
- ~ FAITHFUL 2
This is a count, not a verdict. We grade songs, one at a time, against what each one does with the text. A tally of those checks describes a catalogue. It is not a judgment of the people who wrote or sang it, and no number here puts anyone on or off The List. Most drift is craft pressure, not deception. Read the proofs, not the arithmetic.
The songs
~ FAITHFUL
“I Can Do All Things - Philippians 4:13”
Steve Green
Sing it, and let children memorize it. The words are the verse, exactly, with the address attached. Then read verse 12 with them once. It says which things the all things are, and the song does not.✓ The sung words are the verse itself, word for word, with the reference in the track title, so what a child memorizes is checkable scripture, address included
⚠ No translation is named at the track level. The wording is the New King James rendering, recognizable but nowhere stated on the packaging
~ FAITHFUL
“I Have Hidden Your Word - Psalm 119:11 & 9”
Steve Green
Sing it, and let children memorize it. The words are the verses and the reference is attached, in the order the title states, verse 11 then 9. Only the translation goes unnamed at the track level.✓ The sung words are the two verses, with the reference attached to the song itself, which is where a memory verse's address belongs
⚠ No translation is named on the track. The album credits three across its packaging, so a listener cannot tell from there which one this song follows. The wording is the NIV's