Reviews
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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Lent Is a Time to Sing the BluesIn the American music of brokenness and sorrow, my church learns to long for God’s restoration.
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Died: Carman, Christian Showman Who Topped Charts with Triumphant FaithSinger of “Satan, Bite the Dust!” and “R.I.O.T. (Righteous Invasion of Truth)” believed in the power of celebrity and spectacle to draw people to Jesus.
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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.
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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