Weekly Devotional: Andrew Peterson "While Shepherds" & "Behold the Lamb of God"

Named one of the 10 best albums of the decade,Behold the Lamb of God is a collection of songs about Jesus. Since 2000, Andrew Peterson and his friends have performed Behold the Lambaround the country, telling again and again this "true myth", as C.S. Lewis called it, this tale that's bigger than life, but is—astonishingly—true. The tour has become a yearly tradition not just for Andrew and the other artists on the tour, but for families and churches who attend the concert each season. The live concert, like the album, is a community effort, featuring singer/songwriters Jill Phillips, Andy Gullahorn, Ben Shive, Andrew Osenga and more, and over the years has featured artists such as Alison Krauss, Derek Webb, Sandra McCracken, Buddy Miller,Phil Keaggy, Sixpence None the Richer, David Wilcox, Pierce Pettis,Mindy Smith, Ron Block, Brandon Heath, Bebo Norman, Stuart Duncan,Matthew Perryman Jones, Eric Peters, and Randall Goodgame—all in the name of proclaiming the birth, death, and resurrection of Christ.

Andrew Peterson - So Long Moses

Behold the Lamb of God - The True Tall Tale of the Coming of the Christ

Written and Performed by Andrew Peterson

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So long, Moses

Hello, Promised Land

It was a long, long road

But you people are home

So long, Moses

Hello, Joshua

Goodbye, Canaanites

We're coming to town

Twelve tribes and no crown

No crown, Oh Lord

We want a king on a throne

Full of power, with a sword in his fist

Will there ever be, ever be a king like this?

Hello, Saul

First king of Israel

You were foolish and strong

So you didn't last long

Goodbye, Saul

Hail, King David

Shepherd from Bethlehem

Set the temple of God

In mighty Jerusalem

He was a king on a throne

Full of power, with a sword in his fist

Has there ever been, ever been a king like this?

Full of wisdom, full of strength, the hearts of the people are his

Hear, O Israel, was ever there a king like this?

Hello, prophets

The kingdom is broken now

The people of God

Have been scattered abroad

How long, O Lord?

So speak, Isaiah

Prophet of Judah

Can you tell of the One

This king who's going to come

Will he be a king on a throne

Full of power with a sword in his fist?

Prophet, tell us will there be another king like this?

Full of wisdom, full of strength,

The hearts of the people are his

Prophet, tell us will there be

another king like this?

"He'll bear no beauty or glory

Rejected, despised

A man of such sorrow

We'll cover our eyes

He'll take up our sickness

Carry our tears

For his people

He will be pierced

He'll be crushed for our evils

Our punishment feel

By his wounds

We will be healed."

"From you, O Bethlehem

Small among Judah

A ruler will come"

Behold the Lamb of God - Andrew Peterson

What a powerful, inventive album by Andrew Peterson. Back in 2000, Andrew Peterson, began touring around the Christmas season with a brand new set of Christmas tunes that wasn't really...Christmasee. Pretty sure that's not a word but you get the idea. It wasn't about reindeer or Santa or Frosty. It was like no other Christmas album I had ever heard (when he put these songs on an album in 2004). Here is what some of the critics have had to say:


Behold the Lamb of God: The True Tale of the Coming Christ is a rare gem that captures the spirit of Christmas and the wonder of Jesus’ birth. It is a strong, biblically-based album that can be listened to any time of the year. - Lisa Nunnery for JesusFreakHideout.com


“If you buy only one Christmas CD this year let it be this one. No doubt, Mr. Peterson is one of the finest singer/songwriters in Christian music. On “Behold” he is joined by some of the other best of the best, including Fernando Ortega, Derek Webb, Jill Phillips and Sandra McCracken. The result is an organic album that relies on strength of writing faithful to Scripture, expert musicianship on everything from piano to hammered dulcimer and vocals that are pure and honest. What you will hear is a new classic in the making.” —Dallas Morning News


ANDREW PETERSON - SO LONG, MOSES