Above image: WILL THERE BE CHOCOLATE IN HEAVEN?
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(…continued) Pastor Rob Kemppainen wrote many songs. He wrote for the worship services at his congregation, for his confirmation classes, for his Barbershop Quartet, and just for the fun of it. The six songs below each have a spiritual message, told with winsome and cheerful humor, sung to creative and catchy tunes. Enjoy, and learn!
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Rob wondered if there would be chocolate in heaven. This song was sung at his funeral service, and everyone who was at the funeral received a Hershey’s chocolate candy bar.
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Here is a song by Rob with the same theme as the old favorite Rock of Ages, but with a very different tune:
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In Isaiah 43:1 God said: “Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name; you are mine.” Here Rob sings about that wonderful promise:
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In John 15:5 Jesus said, “I am the vine, you are the branches.” Rob wrote about that in his song Hooked up to the Trunk:
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Matthew 28:2 says “There was a violent earthquake, for an angel of the Lord came down from heaven and, going to the tomb, rolled back the stone and sat on it.” Rob wrote a song about that amazing event and called it The Cover Was a Rolling Stone, using the tune from the 1970’s hit Cover of the Rolling Stone:
Thank you Rob for all the wonderful music!!
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Father, we reap where others have sown. We gather where others have planted. We receive where others have sacrificed. Therefore, allow our portion of giving to go on blessing others whom we have never met, until Thy kingdom comes. Amen.
–E. Lee Phillips (1941- ), author.
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P. S. One more, not by Rob, but just for the fun of it. In case you are too young to recognize the previous tune, here is the 1972 original by ‘Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show.’ As noted above, Rob worked with a wide variety of sources:
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