All Things Possible is the seventh studio album by contemporary Christian musician Mark Schultz. The album is the first with Columbia Records and Fair Trade Services. This album was released on September 4, 2012, and the producers were Pete Kipley and Seth Mosley.
Background
Album
Mark Schultz told CCM Magazines Caroline Lusk that the impetus around the album came from a sense "'I wanted my son to know before he showed up what it was like before him.'" In so doing, "'This album is not as heavy on the tears as the past albums, but have more of a younger, fresher feel.'" The way he went about it was different from in the past because he expressed "'Usually, you write a song, cross your fingers and hope that magic things happen,...Seth would pull out the guitar and lay down a track. You knew that day when you left. There's a freshness to it....'"
Songs
"All Things Possible" Mark Schultz shared that this song came from his 2005 bike ride to raise money for the James Fund, and in that journey it was done with a sense of being that "'True religion is taking care of widows and orphans...On the days that I was riding my bike and wanted to quit, I would cut out pictures of the kids we were helping. I knew these kids are important to God and they were important to me. By day 62, we had done 16 concerts, ridden 3700 miles and raised a quarter million dollars." Schultz shared the song meant that he "'...hope[d] that people are reminded that God can take what little we give and multiply it into something great.'"
"One Day" Schultz shared the meaning as being that he "'...hope[d] it encourages people that no matter what struggles we face in life, one day we will see Jesus and we will be free from those struggled forever.'"
"I Gave Up" Schultz shared the song "'talks about how loving each other and Christ well are more important than the things we have.'"
Critical reception
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