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Music
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‘Oceans’ Keeps RisingWhy the Hillsong hit still tops the charts.
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B. B. King, My Soundtrack for SufferingWhat the late King of the Blues reminded me about the King of Kings.
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Christmas Albums 2020: What’s on Our PlaylistFrom Tori Kelly to Maverick City Music, here are our favorite new releases by Christian artists.
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Lauren Daigle’s Christmas Cheer Doesn’t Pause for a PandemicAhead of her first televised special, the chart-topping Christian artist told CT her music has taken on special meaning in 2020.
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The Trinity Is Missing from Christian Worship MusicWhile churches praise God from whom all blessings flow, they don't praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.
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‘The Blessing’ Sung Around the World: 100 Virtual Choirs Spread Worship AnthemHow a familiar Old Testament benediction became a viral hit during the pandemic.españolPortuguêsIndonesian
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On Eliza Hamilton’s FaithYou have no control who lives, who dies, who tells your story-- so let's not forget hers.
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The Gospel Takes Center Stage in ‘Hamilton’As the hit Broadway musical makes its screen debut in a time of social unrest, its themes of hope and redemption resound all the louder.Português
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Bring Back Isaac Watts’s Biggest HitYou’ve probably never heard this famous hymn. That’s a shame.Indonesian
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Singing in the Storm With Rain for RootsThe group’s latest album offers a timely message for this global moment.
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What Edith Blumhofer Taught Me on Writing About Strong WomenA tribute to a pathbreaking Pentecostal historian who also knew the value of a cannoli to a grad student.
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Billie Eilish Can Help Us Understand Teenage AnxietyThe Grammy-award winning teen’s dark music can help us have necessary conversations with our children.
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There is a Balm in Gilead: A Missional Strategy for Churches in the 21st CenturyWhat is the church to do in such a tumultuous climate of rapid change?
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Sing to the Lord, All the Earth (and Minnesota)Listen: Immigrant congregations bring diverse worship to the Lutheran Midwest.
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One-on-One with Andrew PetersonChrist’s love enables us and calls us to do more than just create. It enables us, by his power, to redeem.
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Our Favorite New Christian Christmas Albums of the YearMix up your holiday listening with releases from Phil Wickham, Audrey Assad, and others.
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Is November Too Early for Christmas Music?While most Christian radio stations still wait until after Thanksgiving, Spotify proves that most listeners are busting out their jingle bells earlier than that.
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What Kanye West’s Sunday Service Taught Me About GraceWhen I visited Kanye's Sunday Service, I was met by contradiction, a mix of characters, and a spiritual lesson.
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One-on-One with Keith Getty on SING! An Irish Christmas, Just Released Today“High Christianity’s positive contribution to artistic culture can actually spill into every area of our lives.”
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After His Son’s Death, TobyMac Tells Fans: ‘We Follow God Because We Love Him’Truett Foster McKeehan, 21, performed his first hip hop show a week before he died.
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Andrew Peterson: Creativity Isn’t Just for ‘Creatives’Artists and storytellers cultivate beauty and mystery. So do teachers, parents, and church potluck planners.
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Master’s Seminary Grad Takes Kanye’s Crowds to ChurchHow the pastor of a small, nondenominational Bible church ended up in Kanye’s circle.
Best-Of Lists
- The 2012 CT Music AwardsChristianity Today picks the top 12 albums of the year.
- Notable Sacred Music for 2012From ye olde classics to African-American spirituals to more modern fare, a versatile mix.
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