Reviewed by Keith Singleton

Musically this album is excellent, almost straying into a progressive rock feel in places, and Dave's voice is quite strong; if Neil Diamond and Yes ever do a col­laboration album it might sound something like this! There's not a lot wrong with the content of the lyrics either, with a good, sound message, but the lyrics read more like poems than songs and when put together with the music don't gel very well. "A Christian Isn't" which sounds like a gospel tract or the first page of Journey Into Life or something, and "Open Heart" which sounds like a sermon set to music just don't work very well as songs, and almost border on being corny. From a ministry point of view though, it is clear that Dave has a real heart for getting a message across and the opening track, "Such Love Amazes Me" and "Walk With The One" are powerful songs about our relation­ship with God and are fine. Maybe this is where Dave's strengths lie.

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