Declaration (Steven Curtis Chapman album)

Declaration is the tenth studio album from Christian singer Steven Curtis Chapman. It was released on September 25, 2001 by Sparrow Records and it has been certified Gold.

The national concert tour that followed featured Nichole Nordeman as the opening act and traveled to over 70 cities in 2002. The tour featured a re-telling of the story of 5 missionaries who were killed by the Auca Indians in 1956 while working in Ecuador. Each night after the story, Steven introduced Steve Saint (son of slain missionary Nate Saint) and Mincaye (an Indian who killed the missionaries) as his guests onstage. On Declaration, Mincaye can be heard chanting in his native language at the end of "No Greater Love".

Track listing

All songs written by Chapman, except where noted.

1. "Live Out Loud"(Chapman, Geoff Moore) – 3:55
2. "This Day" – 4:36
3. "Jesus Is Life"(Chapman, Elliot) – 3:32
4. "No Greater Love" – 4:58
5. "God is God" – 4:17
6. "See The Glory"(Chapman, Caleb Chapman) – 3:36
7. "Bring It On" – 4:16
8. "When Love Takes You In" – 4:43
9. "Magnificent Obsession" – 5:02
10. "Declaration Of Dependence" – 3:51
11. "God Follower" – 4:19
12. "Carry You To Jesus" – 4:05
13. "Savior" – 5:36

Track Information

• "Live Out Loud" references Who Wants to be a Millionaire? and Regis Philbin, comparing non-evangelizing Christians to Millionaire winners who hide the money and tell no one they've won. "Imagine this / I get a phone call from Regis / Says 'Do you want to be a millionaire?' / They put me on the show and I win / With two lifelines to spare. ... Well, I've been given more than Regis ever gave away."
• Steven co-wrote "See The Glory" with his son Caleb Chapman. The song also includes the sounds of a GameBoy.
• "When Love Takes You In" was written inspired by Steven's family's experience of adopting their first of three adopted daughters, Shaohannah. Since Declaration, the Chapman family has adopted two more orphan girls from China, Stevey Joy and Maria Sue, who eventually died in a car accident in 2008.