{"id":635939,"date":"2025-04-09T15:19:58","date_gmt":"2025-04-09T04:19:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hillsong.com\/collected\/?p=635939"},"modified":"2025-04-09T15:19:58","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T04:19:58","slug":"the-one-bible-song-i-avoided-for-20-years-until-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hillsong.com\/collected\/blog\/2025\/04\/the-one-bible-song-i-avoided-for-20-years-until-now\/","title":{"rendered":"The One Bible Song I Avoided for 20 Years\u2026 Until Now!"},"content":{"rendered":"

I grew up in \u2018Sunday School\u2019 throughout the 80\u2019s, sang all the classics and I\u2019ve been writing Christian kids songs for 20 years. For that entire time, one song loomed in the background like a musical Mount Everest\u2026 The Books of the Bible. Just sitting there. Judging me. Canonically.
\nThen, in early 2024, I was noodling around with lyrics, and out of nowhere came the rhyme I\u2019d been waiting two decades for: Chronicles and Canonical. I mean, come on! That\u2019s lyrical gold. Angels probably high-fived, and I knew\u2014it was time. I had to finish this song.<\/p>\n

So I dove in and finally tackled the ultimate Bible memorization challenge. I didn\u2019t want to just list out the books\u2014I wanted something fun, singable, and sneaky-smart.<\/p>\n

Making this Books of the Bible song was a ride. I went through at least half a dozen different beats trying to nail the vibe. I pulled in my buddy Funny Man Dan to help me rap, and together we finally got it out of my head and into the world.<\/p>\n

Honestly? If 20 years from now some grown-up is folding laundry and randomly breaks into \u201cWe\u2019re keeping it canonical,\u201d I\u2019ll call that a win for faith-based education, and my personal mission to make learning the Bible way more fun.<\/p>\n

LYRICS:<\/p>\n

VERSE 1
\nGenesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers
\nDeuteronomy, Joshua and Judges
\nUp next Ruth then Samuel, Kings and Chronicles
\nTwo books each, yeah we\u2019re keeping it canonical<\/p>\n

VERSE 2
\nEzra, Nehemiah, Esther and Job
\nPsalms Proverbs wisdom from long long ago
\nEcclesiastes, Song of Songs
\nIsaiah, Jeremiah and Lamentations<\/p>\n

VERSE 3
\nEzekiel, Daniel, Hosea, Joel
\nAmos, Obadiah, Jonah and his whale
\nMicah, Nahum, Habakkuk we\u2019re over halfway through this book
\nZephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi<\/p>\n

VERSE 4
\nMatthew, Mark, Luke and John, all four of the Gospels
\nHoly Spirit turns up Acts of the Apostles
\nRomans, two letters to Corinthians
\nGalatians, Ephesians and Philippians<\/p>\n

VERSE 5
\nA letter to Colossians and two to Thessalonians
\nFirst and second Timothy, Titus and Philemon
\nHebrews and James, two Peter\u2019s, three Johns
\nThe penultimate Jude and Revelation<\/p>\n

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