Results for: contemporary christian music

Matthew Ward and Oden Fong Revitalize Yesterday’s Music and Today’s Faith
https://redstate.com/jerrywilson/2023/08/01/matthew-ward-and…en-fong-revitalize-yesterdays-music-and-todays-faith-n785536
– Viejo (California) sanctuary on Saturday, July 29th, to see two men whose names are written in the Book of Life and inscribed into Christian … The audience was enthusiastic throughout, in tune with the music and Ward’s gentle ministering between songs. … This was not an event for contemporary trendsetters or social media influencers.…
Drag Queen's Shame-Slaying Song Tops the iTunes Christian Charts
https://redstate.com/alexparker/2023/08/01/drag-queens-shame-slaying-song-tops-the-itunes-christian-charts-n785597
– Last week, the world of Christian music was crowned a new king — or, more accurately, queen. … In the frame: Tiffany, Derek, Flamy, and once-Christian Contemporary Music singer (now out-and-proud lesbian) Jennifer Knapp. … From MSN Monday: Last week, the drag performer/contemporary Christian musician Flamy Grant took the No. 1 position on iTunes’ Christian
Abbey Sitterley’s Folk Music Is From and for the Soul
https://redstate.com/jerrywilson/2023/10/07/abberly-sitterleys-folk-music-from-and-for-the-soul-n2164797
– Marketing associate by day, writer by night, and honest Christian 24/7, contemporary folk singer Abbey Sitterley has recently released … Musically, as mentioned, Sitterley is solidly entrenched in the contemporary folk genre. … Based on music appeal alone, Sitterley is an artist well worth a listen.…
What Is a Cephas Hour and Why Should Someone Listen to It?
https://redstate.com/jerrywilson/2021/07/10/what-is-a-cephas-hour-and-why-should-someone-listen-to-it-n408876
– journalist covering the contemporary Christian music scene for different publications. … The latter portion of the show is devoted to music. … While non-mainstream Christian music may not be your thing, if you have either fond memories of classic Christian rock and/or are eager…
While the Left Gets Ridiculous, the Right Gets Ready
https://redstate.com/jerrywilson/2021/07/25/while-the-left-gets-ridiculous-the-right-gets-ready-n415726
– California) in the 1970s, a church where the late Chuck Smith pastored a flock of young Jesus people whose hippie hair, clothes, and musicChristian music at the time, a landscape dominated by übersoft pop and equally marshmallow lyrics. … Come For The Children is unashamedly purposeful art, a work where even as the music is of highest quality, said music serves as a vessel…
Tragedy Strikes the Close-Knit Christian Community: TobyMac's 21-Year-Old Son Passes Away at Home
https://redstate.com/alexparker/2019/10/24/tragedy-strikes-c…mmunity-music-icons-21-year-old-son-passes-away-home-n118436
–     Those of you familiar with Contemporary Christian Music are no doubt aware of TobyMac. … Toby McKeehan began his music career as leader of the rap/rock/soul juggernaut DC Talk in the late 80’s. … He was by no means a cookie cutter Christian but give me a believer who fights to keep believing.…
San Francisco Church to Hold "Beyoncé Mass"
https://redstate.com/kiradavis/2018/04/19/san-francisco-church-hold-beyonce-mass-n88323
– The evening will feature music, readings from scripture by women of color and a sermon by Rev. … don’t even classify it as a “Christian” church any longer. … to every faithful Christian that those who avail themselves of the umbrella of “the Christian church” are so brazenly casting aside…
World's Largest Baptist University Hosts 'Queer Sex Ed' Night
https://redstate.com/alexparker/2023/04/29/worlds-largest-baptist-university-hosts-queer-sex-ed-night-n738591
– On March 23rd, the school hosted an event certifying its contemporary credentials. … LGBT Mural Christian Divinity School Recites Prayer to the ‘Great Queer One,’ Who’s a ‘Drag Queen and Trans Man’ Christian University … For a very long time, “Christian” was a fairly narrow distinction.…
Jenna Ellis Makes People Squirm With Her Club Q Comments
https://redstate.com/jerrywilson/2022/11/24/jenna-ellis-makes-people-squirm-with-her-club-q-comments-n663616
– embrace of current music bringing an evangelical lyric message. … Christian music at the time, a landscape dominated by über-soft pop. … No one makes music like this today. Few, even from the fieriest of pulpits, preach with such unblinking honesty.…
Celebrating Kemper Crabb, a Man of Christ's Peace and True Wisdom
https://redstate.com/jerrywilson/2022/12/23/celebrating-kemper-crabb-a-man-of-christs-peace-and-true-wisdom-n677759
– In a former life, I was a music journalist actively covering the contemporary Christian music scene. This was from 1987 to 1994. … In the interview, I discovered a man as filled with Christ’s peace as his music indicated. … Crabb is a true renaissance man far and above his interest in Renaissance music. He is an author, a pastor, and a teacher.…
Of Cephas Hour and Music That Matters
https://redstate.com/jerrywilson/2023/01/03/of-cephas-hour-and-music-that-matters-n682022
– As I referenced here in December 2022, at one time I was a highly active Christian music journalist. … U2 has changed the world with its music and commitment to humanitarian causes. … In a former life, I was a music journalist actively covering the contemporary Christian music scene. This was from 1987 to 1994.…
Cephas Hour's Tasty Cornucopia of Music New and Classic
https://redstate.com/jerrywilson/2021/11/03/cephas-hours-tasty-cornucopia-of-music-new-and-classic-n465702
– Seriously, great music for you. … Artists are: • 2nd Chapter of Acts — 2nd Chapter of Acts was one of the pioneer groups in contemporary Christian music. … • Sweet Comfort Band — If there is ever a Mount Rushmore of contemporary Christian music, Sweet Comfort Band deserves a prominent…
Cephas Hour Artist Spotlight: Bringing Home
https://redstate.com/jerrywilson/2021/11/23/cephas-hour-artist-spotlight-bringing-home-n480366
– The question occasionally arises as to why there are posts about contemporary Christian music on a conservative news website. … An example: Amber comments, “Our goal is to create music that is different and set apart from mainstream Christian music. … After going through some really hard times as a Christian and battling things that the Christian music industry doesn’t bring light…
Derek Webb's Drag Appearance at the 54th Annual Dove Awards Is a Last Gasp for Relevance
https://redstate.com/jenniferoo/2023/10/22/derek-webbs-drag…4th-annual-dove-awards-is-a-last-gasp-for-relevance-n2165422
– Webb, a former Contemporary Christian music star, just released his new album, “The Jesus Hypothesis,” and as part of that, collaborated … Christian music.  … to participate in the Gospel Music Association’s Dove Awards, Contemporary Christian Music’s premier event recognizing achievement…
Foo Fighters Show up the Super Bowl Halftime Show Without Even Being There
https://redstate.com/jerrywilson/2022/02/15/foo-fighters-sho…he-super-bowl-halftime-show-without-even-being-there-n522413
– Sarcasm aside, true music fans and musicians alike have been a notoriously colorblind bunch over the past century. … music. … Real music by and for real people who care about what they consume?…
‘Six’ by Extreme Takes Hard Rock Excellence to the … Yes, Extreme
https://redstate.com/jerrywilson/2023/06/10/six-by-extreme-takes-hard-rock-excellence-to-the-yes-extreme-n759104
– Its music was too adventuresome and sophisticated to comfortably fit alongside the Mötley Crües and innumerable variations thereof. … Lyrically, Extreme has never hesitated to embrace specifically Christian themes, and “Six” is no exception. … Yet it is precisely at such times we need good music for relief and restoration.…
The Psalms of Undercover
https://redstate.com/jerrywilson/2022/03/11/the-psalms-of-undercover-n534570
– Undercover, veteran Christian rockers whose importance to the genre cannot be overstated, will play their first concert in ten years … Undercover burst out of the 1980s contemporary Christian music scene based at Calvary Chapel Santa Ana under the guidance of church … Undercover’s music horrified old-school fundamentalists, but its message was right up their alley.…
A Song for Ukraine Joins Songs for Believers
https://redstate.com/jerrywilson/2022/03/17/a-song-for-ukraine-joins-songs-for-believers-n537385
– There’s been a saying floating around contemporary Christian music for years: You can write songs about the Light, i.e. … music scene. … Prayerfully the music and ministry in Cephas Hour‘s new episode will help point to the answers … and, of course, the Answer.…
The Unbreakable Glass Harp
https://redstate.com/jerrywilson/2022/04/08/the-unbreakable-glass-harp-n547231
– Keaggy entered into a decades-long career as one of contemporary Christian music’s most celebrated artists. … While if one looks hard enough, there is quality new music available (may I suggest Glass Hammer and Five for Fighting?)…
Actor Mark Wahlberg's Message to America: 'Let's Do the Rosary Together,' Stay 'Prayed Up'
https://redstate.com/alexparker/2022/04/26/actor-mark-wahlbe…o-america-lets-do-the-rosary-together-stay-prayed-up-n556725
Contemporary Hollywood isn’t known for its diversity of thought, but Mark Wahlberg continues to prove he’s unlike most. … Mark has been very public about his Christian faith for years. In fact, he appears to be increasingly turning toward it. … to Honor God Brought the Blessing of His Wife Christian Persecution: Actor Chris Pratt Announces a Period of Fasting & Prayer, the…
The Healing Masterful Muse of Phil Keaggy
https://redstate.com/jerrywilson/2022/05/11/the-healing-masterful-muse-of-phil-keaggy-n563203
– and electric, plus his tuneful McCartney-esque rock/pop songwriting skill, has firmly placed him among the greats, not only in contemporaryChristian music but in popular music period. … The album’s highlight is “Let Everything Else Go,” with its pastoral, soaring beauty in music and words.…
A Donald Trump Candidacy Still Doesn't Bother Me Because Things Can Always Be Much Worse
https://redstate.com/streiff/2016/02/29/donald-trump-candidacy-still-doesnt-bother-things-can-always-much-worse-n57170
– Men who, to all appearances, try to live Christian lives. Against them you have a man born into wealth. … Jokes about guns, banjo music, in-breeding, people without teeth and so forth often followed. … The fact that Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz can’t gain traction is that participating in contemporary politics has become so disreputable…