I'm Not Religious, I Just Love the Lord (1977)

Joel Caballero
May 9
2 min read

Updated: May 10

I'm Not Religious, I Just Love the Lord is the third studio album by Christian

singer - songwriter Scott Wesley Brown. It was released on November 16, 1977 and it is his first album on Sparrow Records, his label home for the next decade. Brown produced the album himself and co-mixed it with Bill Maxwell.

I'm Not Religious... marked his shift from independent to more established label support. Brown handled production, songwriting, arrangements, and instrumentation, including guitars and vocals, while a young musician named Steve Camp contributed backup vocals and acoustic guitar shortly after high school. The members of the Christian band GLAD also contributed on the album.

The title song and "I Wish You Jesus" were his first charted songs on the Christian music chart. Brown also covers Kenny Loggins' "House At Pooh Corner," inspired by the final chapter of A. A. Milne's 1928 children's book The House at Pooh Corner,

which depicts Christopher Robin's farewell to his childhood friends in the Hundred Acre Wood.

I'm Not Religious... is not available on digital platforms. A YouTube link to listen to the album is posted below this article.

Track listing

All songs written by Scott Wesley Brown, except where noted.

1. I'm Not Religious, I Just Love the Lord -3:09

2. House At Pooh Corner (Kenny Loggins) -3:29

3. I Wish You Jesus -4:58

4. It's So Nice -3:38

5. Learning -2:40

6. Dance -3:58

7. Friend (Jim Morgan) -4:59

8. Once Again -3:05