Organ harvesting from Falun Gong practitioners in China must be taken from a living donor (kidneys must be transplanted within 24–48 hours; livers within 12 hours, and hearts within 8 hours). Kirk C. Allison, Associate Director of the Program in Human Rights and Medicine at the University of Minnesota, wrote that the "short time frame of an on-demand system [as in China] requires a large pool of donors pre-typed for blood group and HLA matching," which is consistent with reports of Falun Gong prisoners having blood and tissue tested in custody. He wrote that China's short organ wait times could not be assured on a “random death” basis,
The Water & the Blood deep lyrics that give the listener something more than a series of clichés to grasp at" with regards to this album's songs. At New Release Tuesday, Mary Nikkel wrote that "Although musically this album does not set itself too far apart from other recent indie-leaning worship projects, the thoughtful lyrics and joyful spirit make this an album well worth an attentive listen." Jonathan Kemp at The Christian Music Review Blog told that release "features possibly the most theologically sound and theologically deep lyrics" that he has listened to in quite sometime. "The Water & the Blood" garnered critical acclaim from