[8] The album marked the return of producer Willie Mitchell, who had last worked on 1976's Have a Good Time.

[2] It was recorded at Royal Studios, with many of the same musicians Green employed in the 1970s.

[9] Robert Christgau wrote that "Leroy Hodges's famous bottom keeps the record flowing like none of Green's other Jesus LPs, but it's still songs that make or break--and in this case do neither.

"[3] Rolling Stone declared that "the only great new Al Green song here is 'Power', which builds on 'Jesus Is Waiting' and 'Have You Been Making Out O.K.'

"[10] The Globe and Mail called He Is the Light "a gorgeous record: spare, crisp production, and tunes that haunt you.