Liner Notes: Although over two thirds of the 500-plus parodies we've written are still waiting to be recorded, it seems we seldom venture into the vault when we're selecting songs for a fresh parody project. This CD is a prime example; we started almost totally from scratch. Consequently, we didn't know exactly what kind of theme would develop until we had rough ideas for all of the parodies. When the dust cleared, we noticed that two of the most powerful new songs had something (or somebody) in common Adam. One told the story of Adam and Eve and the other the story of Cain and Abel, but both were told from Adam's perspective. Those stories have been told so many times that it's easy to sleepwalk through them when you're reading Genesis, consequently missing the fact that they're true stories about real people. But they are indeed real people. The Apostle Paul speaks about Adam as a real person and not a symbolic figure (Romans 5:14, 1 Corinthians 15:22-45 , 1 Timothy 2:13-14), as does Jude (Jude 1:14) and the Gospel of Luke traces Jesus' genealogy back to Adam and his son Seth (Luke 3:38). Paul also mentions Eve in 2 Corinthians 11:3 and 1 Timothy 2:13. Jesus Himself speaks about Abel (Matthew 23:35, Luke 11:51), as does the author of the Epistle to the Hebrews (Hebrews 11:4, 12:24), who also mentions Cain (Hebrews 11:4) as do John and Jude ( 1 John 3:12, Jude 1:11). Having Adam give a play-by-play account of those two famous events really seemed to add something special to the songs and the entire project. With that in mind, it seemed appropriate to get Adam's name in the title. This CD features a large variety of Biblical characters from Adam up to the Apostles, in fact, everyone from Adam up to people today. All the previous ApologetiX projects have discussed both Old and New Testament characters and themes, but this is the first one that went from "Adam up," hence the name. On a more humorous note, we've released so many CDs over the years, it's getting hard for our feeble minds to remember just how many we have, especially if you count the Christmas EP CD, let alone the numerous studio and "live" cassettes we released in the early 1990's that are now (and forever) out of print, even though some of our diehard fans insist on including them in discographies on their websites :) So what number album or CD is this for us? Depends on your criteria for counting. The group Chicago cornered the market on albums named after numerals long ago. Now if somebody asks about this one, we can just say, "Add 'em up." Of course, we'll spell it "Adam Up." It won't be the first time ApologetiX spelled something differently, will it?

Liner Notes: We face a lot of deadlines in this life. Whether it's homework, bills, taxes, applications or registrations, every one of us could use a grace period now and then. This whole world is facing a deadline the return of Christ. The good news is that God has given the human race an incredibly long grace period, and the Bible explains why in 2 Peter 3:9: "The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance." Whether Christ returns in our lifetime or not, we each have a deadline at the end of our lives. As it says in Hebrews 9:27, "Just as man is destined to die once, and after that to face judgment." Unfortunately, none of us know just how long our particular grace period is going to last, which is why the Bible urges us, "Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts as you did in the rebellion" (Hebrews 3:15). It's kind of ironic that a grace period is an amount of time to get something done, and yet with God, it's not really about you doing something as much as it's about accepting something that He has already done for you: "For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith--and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God-- not by works, so that no one can boast" (Ephesians 2:8-9). As that verse points out, we are saved by grace period. Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary defines grace as "unmerited divine assistance given humans for their regeneration or sanctification." Both the dictionary and the Bible agree that we don't get grace because of anything we have done; it's unmerited. God didn't wait for us to save ourselves, because he knew we couldn't: "But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us" (Romans 5:8). And He didn't save us because we loved Him so much either: "This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins" (1 John 4:10). Again and again, the Bible hammers home the point that it is grace and grace alone that saves us. This is offensive to some people, but to those who know just how truly sinful they are, this is truly Good News. Grace is a gift, and like any gift, you can accept it or refuse it. It's our hope that you will accept it. "Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God" (John 1:12)

Liner Notes: When we embarked on "the quest of the best of," it was difficult to determine which criteria to use. What is "the test of the best of?" The biggest hits? Best performances? Best lyrics? Fans' favorites? Band's favorites? We decided early on to make it a two-CD set. Forty songs seemed like a nice goal, too. However, with 11 tracks making their debuts on this ApologetiX album, that left only 29 songs to represent the eight ApologetiX albums already in stores (and each of those albums contained 18-22 songs). Our goal has always been to make each album better than the one before it, yet each one has its shining moments, and we wanted this collection to represent the entire span of the band's career. We also wanted to show the scope of styles we've spoofed, including rock, pop, alternative, metal, rap, new wave, progressive, oldies, latin, adult contemporary, country, disco, etc. They're all here on this CD. Furthermore, it's always been very important to us to reach out to multiple generations, so the era of music covered on this CD stretches from the 1950's to today. No artist or group is spoofed more than once. The mission of ApologetiX is twofold: to reach those who don't know Christ and to teach those who already do. The mission of this CD is also twofold: to give first-time listeners a sampler of ApologetiX through the years and to give long-time fans a look at ApologetiX now?with new studio tracks and new "live" versions of some old favorites. In order to start everyone on common ground, this CD begins with brand new material that will be fresh for new and old fans alike. Then we gradually look back from our newest albums to our oldest, inserting the "live" tracks in the sections that contain songs from the album on which they originally appeared, so even our oldest fans can't say they've heard it all before. Maybe you feel you've heard it all before when it comes to the Bible?Adam & Eve, Cain & Abel, Noah & the Ark, Samson & Delilah, David & Goliath, Jonah & the Whale, Daniel & the Lions Den, blah, blah, blah. It is our hope that these little parodies will change your mind and make you want to read the full accounts of those true stories in the Bible and discover all the other wonderful things that await you there ... most importantly, a personal encounter with Jesus Christ.

Liner Notes: Life is about choices, so they say, and this CD is no exception. In July 2007, we gave our fans a list of unreleased parodies, and asked them to choose 10 favorites. We then performed the ones they'd chosen in front of a live audience in Lisbon, OH on August 3, 2007. In addition, we chose to rercord two previously unreleased tracks, because we thought our current live versions were better. So all the songs on this CD are chosen ones. Eternal life is all about choices, too. We have a tendency to think it's all about our choices, but the Bible says it's actually about God's choices. In John 15:16, Jesus says, "You did not choose Me but I chose you, and appointed you that you would go and bear fruit, and that your fruit would remain, so that whatever you ask of the Father in My name He may give to you." Three verses later, he adds that "I have chosen you out of the world." Jesus specifically calls God's people "chosen ones" in Luke 18:7, reiterating a term used six times in the Old Testament. Both Peter and Paul echo Christ's words. Peter says believers "have been chosen according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through the sanctifying work of the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ and sprinkling by his blood" (1 Peter 1:2) and are "a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God" (1 Peter 2:9). Paul calls believers "God's chosen people" (Colossians 3:12), elaborating in Ephesians 1:11: "In him we were also chosen, having been predestined according to the plan of him who works out everything in conformity with the purpose of his will..." Peter and Paul are chosen ones, too, of course, and each has a song representing that on this CD -- "Get a Bite" and "Never Been to Spain (Yet)." Other chosen ones featured prominently here include a famous tax collector ("Hey Zaccheus"), Joshua and the children of Israel ("Kosmik"), and all believers worldwide ("Born-Again Child," "Two-Time Baby," and "Fly Away From Hell.") Think about it; you chose these songs before you knew the title of the CD or the full content of the parodies. You have chosen wisely. Sounds like we all had a little help from ablove, doesn't it?

Liner Notes: Yeah, we admit that "Biblical Graffiti" is an unlikely combination of words, but, then again, so is "Christian Rock" and "Jesus Freak." Thirty-five years ago, Simon and Garfunkel said, "The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls and tenement halls." But thousands of years ago, you can find much older biblical graffiti– way back in the book of Daniel, chapter 5, with the original "writing on the wall." We confess that we weren't thinking about Daniel when the words "Biblical Graffiti" first came to us, although that was a confirmation. Actually, we were thinking about how this CD would have many songs encompassing many styles, so we considered spoofing some famous diverse double album from the past like the Beatles' White Album, the Rolling Stones' "Exile on Main Street," or Pink Floyd's "The Wall" (yeah, we obviously thought about that one.) Then, we remembered Led Zeppelin's "Physical Graffiti." and a light bulb went on. Not only is "Biblical Graffiti" a cool title, it's got a nifty little story behind it: When ApologetiX lyricist J. Jackson was in grade school, a bunch of kids in his grade were writing smutty graffiti on the walls and stalls of the boys' room and it bothered him. Although J. wasn't a born-again Christian yet, God was already working in his life and he started writing scripture verses and verse numbers (He didn't really know verse numbers so he made them up from what he remembered from church) next to the offensive graffiti. Anyway, it's kind of ironic because J. didn't know the Bible very well back then but there he was back then trying to sanctify the sacrilegious by adding scripture verses and verse numbers–way back in grade school. Kind of prophetic on God's part, don't you think? All in all, it was another brick in the wall of what God was building in ApologetiX.

Liner Notes: When we embarked on "the quest of the best of," it was difficult to determine which criteria to use. What is "the test of the best of?" The biggest hits? Best performances? Best lyrics? Fans' favorites? Band's favorites? We decided early on to make it a two-CD set. Forty songs seemed like a nice goal, too. However, with 11 tracks making their debuts on this ApologetiX album, that left only 29 songs to represent the eight ApologetiX albums already in stores (and each of those albums contained 18-22 songs). Our goal has always been to make each album better than the one before it, yet each one has its shining moments, and we wanted this collection to represent the entire span of the band's career. We also wanted to show the scope of styles we've spoofed, including rock, pop, alternative, metal, rap, new wave, progressive, oldies, latin, adult contemporary, country, disco, etc. They're all here on this CD. Furthermore, it's always been very important to us to reach out to multiple generations, so the era of music covered on this CD stretches from the 1950's to today. No artist or group is spoofed more than once. The mission of ApologetiX is twofold: to reach those who don't know Christ and to teach those who already do. The mission of this CD is also twofold: to give first-time listeners a sampler of ApologetiX through the years and to give long-time fans a look at ApologetiX now?with new studio tracks and new "live" versions of some old favorites. In order to start everyone on common ground, this CD begins with brand new material that will be fresh for new and old fans alike. Then we gradually look back from our newest albums to our oldest, inserting the "live" tracks in the sections that contain songs from the album on which they originally appeared, so even our oldest fans can't say they've heard it all before. Maybe you feel you've heard it all before when it comes to the Bible?Adam & Eve, Cain & Abel, Noah & the Ark, Samson & Delilah, David & Goliath, Jonah & the Whale, Daniel & the Lions Den, blah, blah, blah. It is our hope that these little parodies will change your mind and make you want to read the full accounts of those true stories in the Bible and discover all the other wonderful things that await you there ... most importantly, a personal encounter with Jesus Christ.

Liner Notes: FUTURE TENSE Past tense. Present tense. And if you thought they were tense, wait till you see the future: "Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places. All these are the beginning of birth pains. Then you will be handed over to be persecuted and put to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of me. At that time many will turn away from the faith and will betray and hate each other, and many false prophets will appear and deceive many people. Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold, but he who stands firm to the end will be saved." (Matt. 24:7-13) Yet the same person who said that, Jesus Christ, also said, "So do not worry, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?' For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." (Matt. 6:31-34) Similarly, the Apostle Paul painted a pretty pale picture for posterity: "But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God—having a form of godliness but denying its power." (2 Tim. 3:1-5a) But he also said, "I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us." (Rom. 8:18) A tentmaker by trade, Paul likened our bodies to tents: "Now we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands. Meanwhile we groan, longing to be clothed with our heavenly dwelling, because when we are clothed, we will not be found naked. For while we are in this tent, we groan and are burdened, because we do not wish to be unclothed but to be clothed with our heavenly dwelling, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life." (2 Cor. 5:1-4) Rather than focus on a tense future, Paul preferred to focus on our future tents. And if we follow his example, we'll all be happy campers. Think of this CD as a bunch of songs to sing while we're in the woods. HOW TO GET THE LYRICS For a legible, printable version of the lyrics for all 12 songs on this CD, go to: ApologetiX.com/FutureTenseLyrics TRACK LISTING 1. Turning a Little Seasick Parody of "Dirty Little Secret" performed by The All-American Rejects and written by Nick Wheeler & Tyson Ritter (Matt. 8:23-27; Psalm 22:1-5, 69:1-15) 2. Land of Delusion Parody of "Land of Confusion" performed by Disturbed and Genesis and written by Tony Banks, Phil Collins & Mike Rutherford (2 Thess. 2:11; 2 Tim. 3:13) 3. More Than a Healing Parody of “More Than a Feeling" performed by Boston and written by Tom Scholz & John Boylan (2 Cor. 4:18; Eph. 1:18; Prov. 22:6; Rom. 11:29) 4. Stupid's Stronghold/Reckless in America Parody of "Cupid's Chokehold/Breakfast in America" performed by Gym Class Heroes and written by Roger Hodgson & Rick Davies (2 Tim. 3:1-5) 5. Miss Martha Parody of "Miss Murder" performed by AFI and written by Davey Havok, Jade Puget, Hunter Burgan & Adam Carson (Luke 10:38-42) 6. Iraq & Iran Parody of "Jack & Diane" performed and written by John Cougar Mellencamp (Daniel 2:36-45, 4:17, 5:18-31, 7:17-27, 8:19-26, 11:1-45; Rev. 11:15) 7. The Tablecloth (Peter's Vision) Parody of "Over My Head (Cable Car)" performed by The Fray and written by Isaac Slade & Joe King (Acts 10:1-11:18; Matt. 28:19-20; Acts 1:8) ` 8. Transplants Parody of "Dance, Dance" performed by Fall Out Boy and written by Andy Hurley, Joe Trohman, Patrick Stump & Peter Wentz (Ezek. 18:31, 36:26-27; Jer. 17:9; Psalm 51:10; Rom. 3:10, 23) 9. Bethlehem's Boy Parody of “Best Friend's Girl" performed by The Cars and written by Ric Ocasek (Luke 2:8-18; Micah 5:2) 10. Tip from an Angel Parody of "Lips of an Angel" performed by Hinder and Jack Ingram and written by Brian Howes, Ross Hanson, Lloyd Garvey, Michael Rodden, Mark King & Austin Winkler (Psalm 23; Luke 2:8-18; Prov. 27:23) 11. Try Micah Parody of “Drive My Car" performed by The Beatles and written by John Lennon & Paul McCartney (Matt. 2:1-12; Micah 5:2; Num. 24:17) 12. Animals I Have Begun Parody of "Animal I Have Become" performed by Three Days Grace and written by Neil Sanderson, Adam Gontier, Brad Walst, Gavin Brown & Barry Stock (Genesis 2:18-25) APOLOGETIX IS: J. Jackson Lead Vocals, Lyrics Bill Hubauer Guitars, Keyboards, Vocals Keith Haynie Bass Jimmy "Vegas" Tanner Drums, Percussion WHO DID WHAT? All parody lyrics by J. John Jackson © 1992-2008 Produced, mixed, and mastered by Bill Hubauer Engineered by Jim Haydon at Complex One in Indiana PA Album artwork and design by Gerard Dominick Photos by Cheri Herron and Randy Hyde Jimmy "Vegas" Tanner uses Truth drums, Alchemy cymbals, and Trick Percussion pedals. SPECIAL THANKS TO: Our wives (Lisa Jackson, Bonnie Hubauer, Krista Haynie, and Eve Tanner), our kids (Janna, Heather, Kelly & Natalie Jackson; Aaron, Nathan, Sarah & Jonah Hubauer; Sam, Sarah & Abby Haynie; and Julie & Jimmy Tanner); and our parents (Frank & Pattie Jackson; Donna Reynolds: and Jim & Jan Tanner). Our sound and light crew: Micah "Crazy Dane" Clausen and Charlie "Batman" Freed. Our tech-support guy and occasional fill-in bassist: John "P.J." Taylor. Our bus drivers: Rich "Aquaman" Polick, "Super Dave" Johnson, Dana "DJ Clint" Brown, "Danger" Dan Uber, Dave "Ripper" Rippon, Alan Strobel, Randy Starbucks, and Jerry Nichols. Our concert volunteers: Marie Polick, Jenn "Superchick" Kipp, Nathan Jones, The Brothers Gross (Brandon & Evan/Ethan), Greg & Heidi Micher, Randy & Mandy Hyde, Ruth Hanawalt, Heather Delaney, Larry Davis, Audra Knatcal, Chris Bailey, and many others. Most importantly, thanks to God -- the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit -- for working all things together for our good, even when the future seems tense (Romans 8:28). This album is dedicated to the memory of Keith's mom, "Bonnie" Fay Haynie, and his brother, David Haynie, who both passed away in January 2008. Scripture taken from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. 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