Who Will Stumble Because of Michael Tait’s Fall?
It may be that Michael Tait’s greatest legacy as a Christian music star is making it that much harder for an unbelieving world to believe in Christ.
Finding Treasure in a Broken Land: America’s Best Songwriter, Thirty Years On
An antidote to both hopeless secularism and blind, unreflective faith, Mark Heard’s songs grab listeners by the lapels and shake them awake.
Unboxing Christian Music: Colony House Blurs Industry Lines
By moving past the bounds of the Christian music genre, Colony House pours truth into people who might not hear it anywhere else.
Singing a Better Song: CCM’s Incomplete Witness on Race
Race’s conspicuous exclusion from mainstream Christian music (CCM) communicated something implicit and insidious.
Music Matters: In Search of 90’s CCM that Doesn’t Suck
A search for Contemporary Christian Music from the 1990’s that is aesthetically pleasing and theologically rich.
The Minority Report: Why I Quit Listening to Christian Music
“Singing along to CCM felt like some weird existential experience–standing outside myself applauding my own deep seated faith and many spiritual victories.”
Music at Mars Hill: The Followers, Josh White, and Musical Division in the Church
“Ultimately it’s unclear what purpose Wounded Healer was made for. It’s tongue-in-cheek tone seems too silly for congregational worship, while the lyrics seem far too much like Christian worship cliches to be enjoyed by those outside the Church.”
Christian Appreciation of “Secular” Music
Recognizing beauty is a Christian issue whether the artist is or not
