Geoff Bullock is an Australia

Australia

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n Christian singer-songwriter and pianist best known for his song "The Power of Your Love". He began his journey of faith in 1977, when he was in his early twenties.

Geoff Bullock was born in Sydney Australia on November 6, 1955. He went to "Knox Grammar School" from 1964 to 1972.

Geoff is now a singer of songs and the teller or stories. He draws his inspiration from the work of grace in his own life and the "Jesus stories" that have fired his imagination and spiritual life.

In 2003 Geoff was diagnosed as having bipolar disorder

Bipolar disorder

Bipolar disorder or bipolar affective disorder, historically known as manic–depressive disorder, is a psychiatric diagnosis that describes a category of mood disorders defined by the presence of one or more episodes of abnormally elevated energy levels, cognition, and mood with or without one or...

 type 2. He shares openly about his struggles with mental disease.

Geoff has recorded over 20 albums and has authored two books: "Hands of Grace" and "The power of your love... Jesus the unexpected God".

Public life

Geoff worked as a television cameraman at ABC Television

ABC Television

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 from 1975 until 1984, including work on "The Marcia Hines Show", "Farnham and Byrne", "Mastermind", "Parkinson", "The Norman Gunston Show", Play School

Play School (Australian TV series)

Play School is an Australian educational television show for children produced by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. It is the longest-running children's show in Australia, and the second longest running childrens show in the world. An estimated 80% of pre-school children under six watch the...

, and "News" and "Current affairs" before taking up music ministry full time.

Geoff was part of the team that pioneered "Hills Christian Life Centre in 1983. He was appointed the Worship

Worship Music

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 Pastor

Pastor

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 for the Hillsong Church

Hillsong Church

Hillsong Church is a Pentecostal megachurch affiliated with Australian Christian Churches and located in Sydney, Australia. The church's senior pastors, Brian and Bobbie Houston, began the church in 1983 as the Hills Christian Life Centre in Baulkham Hills...

 in Sydney

Sydney

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 and was the convenor of the annual Hillsongs Conference from 1987 - 1995. During that time "Hillsong" recorded 6 albums. He went through a marriage breakdown in 1996.

Songs

Some of his best known songs are:

• "The Power Of Your Love"
• "You Rescued Me"
• "Just Let Me Say"
• "The Heavens Shall Declare"
• "This Kingdom"
• "Now Is The Time"
• "Deeper and Deeper".
• "The Stone's Been Rolled Away"
• "The Great Southland"
• "I Will Never Be"
• "Refresh My Heart"
• "Show Your Glory"
• "Have Faith In God"
• "No Longer I"
• "I Am Carried"

Over the last decade Geoff has written alternative words to his most well known song. Words that reflect the changes in his life and spirituality.

Hillsong-era

Some of the songs he wrote while in ministry at Hillsong include:

• "The Heavens Shall Declare" (from Spirit and Truth
  Spirit and Truth
  Spirit and Truth is a studio-recorded album and was the very first album released by Hillsong Music Australia .-Making of the album:...
  
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• "Show Your Glory" (from Show Your Glory
  Show Your Glory
  Show Your Glory was the second studio-recorded album released by Hillsong Music Australia.-Making of the album:The recording took place at Nightlight Studios...
  
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• "I'm Your Child" and "I'll Take This Time" (from Show Your Glory)
• "The Power of Your Love" (from The Power of Your Love
  The Power of Your Love
  The Power of Your Love is the first album in the live praise and worship series of Christian Contemporary music to be released by Hillsong Church.-Making of the album:...
  
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• "The Time Has Come" (from The Power of Your Love)
• "You Are My God" (from The Power of Your Love)
• "The Great Southland" (from The Power of Your Love)
• "The Stone's Been Rolled Away" (from Stone's Been Rolled Away
  Stone's Been Rolled Away
  Stone's Been Rolled Away is the second album in the live praise and worship series of Christian Contemporary music by Hillsong Church.-Making of the album:...
  
  )
• "I Believe" (from Stone's Been Rolled Away)
• "I Surrender" (from Stone's Been Rolled Away)
• "You Rescued Me" (from People Just Like Us
  People Just Like Us
  People Just Like Us is the third live praise and worship album of Christian Contemporary music by Hillsong Church.-Making of the album:People Just Like Us was recorded live at the Hills Entertainment Centre by Geoff Bullock, Darlene Zschech and the Hillsong team...
  
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• "The Power and The Glory" (from People Just Like Us)
• "Have Faith In God" (from People Just Like Us)
• "Just Let Me Say" (from People Just Like Us)
• "I'll Worship You"(from Friends in High Places)
• "Now Is The Time" (from Friends in High Places)
• "You're All I Need" (from Friends in High Places)
• "Salvation" (from Friends In High Places)
• "This Kingdom" (from Friends in High Places)

Post-Hillsong / Revisions

Since leaving Hillsong, Bullock has revised the lyrics to many of his songs, realising that his previous lyrics tended to focus on 'self' rather than take the perspective of God's divine grace

Divine grace

In Christian theology, grace is God’s gift of God’s self to humankind. It is understood by Christians to be a spontaneous gift from God to man - "generous, free and totally unexpected and undeserved" - that takes the form of divine favour, love and clemency. It is an attribute of God that is most...

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He has also released multiple albums such as "Now Is the Time", "You Rescued Me", "Deeper And Deeper", and "Geoff Bullock". Songs written since leaving Hillsong include:

• "Beautiful Saviour"
• "Deeper and Deeper"
• "When Weary Hands were Young"
• "No Longer I"
• "I Am Carried"
• "Love Overcomes"
• "Unfailing love"
• "Oh The Mercy Of God".
• "You Lift Me Up"
• "Southern Cross"