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Amy Grant “Be Still and Know… Hymns and Faith” Album Review

Amy Grant knows how to cross pollinate across genres with fecundity. Way before artists know how to knock off scaffolding between the secular and religious, Grant scores #1 hits on both the Christian and the pop charts with magniloquence. On the Christian charts, she dotted it with #1 faith-builders such as "Hope Set High," "Sing Your Praise to the Lord," "Father's Eyes," "El Shaddai" and many others. Equally successful on the secular front is Grant when she perched on the lofty #1 with "The Next Time I Fall" and "Baby Baby."
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Chris August “The Maker” Album Review

Chris August's new album "The Maker" reads like a well-narrated autobiography where he does not just chronicle linearly and uneventfully his timeline of events. Rather, he gives exposition at life's intersection between his own personal struggles and God's revelation of Himself through the pages of Holy Scripture.
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Derek Johnson “Real Love” Album Review

Derek Johnson's "Real Love" is a six-pack worship album without a single ounce of fat. Never one to waste words, each of these 12 cuts are given a careful workout where they are so trimmed that they are unequivocally focused upon the Gospel and what Jesus has done for us. If you are looking for a worship album of brand new songs that doesn't mince its words but present the Gospel of Jesus Christ with a full-barrel perspicuity and with a heartfelt passion, "Real Love" is the real beef.
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Point of Grace “Directions Home (Songs We Love, Songs You Know)” Album Review

Drive time will be so much more enjoyable and rewarding with Point of Grace's "Directions Home." Not only do they navigate well in GPSing us home (whether it's literal or/and spiritual), they have encompass great scenic routes where we get to hear the trio sing some of the old verdant songs from the past all the way to today's biggest hits.
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Jason Crabb “Through the Fire: The Best of Jason Crabb” Album Review

Does Jason Crabb warrant a greatest hits compilation? Without a shadow of a doubt, the answer is an unequivocal yes. As part of the Crabb Family, they have chartered 16 #1 hits. To date, they still hold the record of having the most No.1 songs on the Singing News Top 80 Radio Airplay Charts. But does Jason Crabb as a solo artist deserve a "best of" collection now?
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Newport Worship “Paradise” Album Review

To cite Holy Writ, "every good tree produces good fruit." With the proliferation of prodigious talents such as Darlene Zschech, Mia Fieldes, Miriam Webster, UNITED, and Brooke Fraser, we are indeed enjoying the luscious fruits of Hillsong Church.
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Heather Rice “Heather Rice” Album Review

It's a challenge to try to pigeonhole Heather Rice's new album. Like an exquisite piece of vintage oil painting, there are splashes of folk-country, dashes of New Orleans blues, splurges of New-Age-y jazz, and gallops of old school Gospel. They are all pigmented together to make this eponymous album one of the most enjoyable and colorful albums in a long while. With its variegated styles and its intricate creative nuances, there's hardly a soporific moment on these 10 cuts.
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NCC Worship “You Alone” Album Review

The depth of one's worship is intrinsically bound up with the quality of nourishment one imparts into his or her soul. With senior pastor Mark Batterson (writer of best sellers such as "The Grave Robbers" and "The Circle Maker") as the gatekeeper of the Washington DC's National Community Church's spiritual food intake, you probably wouldn't expect their worship team to churn out emaciated spiritual songs filled with platitudes of clichéd triteness and superficially thin concepts.
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Hillsong UNITED "Touch the Sky" Single Review

After spending almost a year at the penthouse position of the Billboard Christian Songs tally with their uber hit "Oceans (Where Feet May Fail)," looks like UNITED's empire is not ready to topple.
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Our Top 7 Favorite Easter Worship Songs

With Easter around the corner, churches often struggle to find new worship songs to sing. We have decided to offer our suggestions of some of our favorite (newer) worship songs that speak to the truths of the Easter season. Here are our top 7 recommendations:
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