Christian Music Fan

“Nightlights and Melted Ice” by Jordan Critz is a journey into a musical world of great instrumental arrangement layered through powerful lyrics sung from a voice with almost hypnotic tone.
It’s weird, when I first popped this CD into my car stereo to begin listening to, I really didn’t like it too much. I’m not sure what kind of mood I was in at the time, but after listening to it more, specifically this evening I’ve completely changed my perspective.
Tonight I’ve had it playing in the background as I’ve been working on some other projects and it’s been immersing my …read more

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One of the albums I’ve been listening to for a number of weeks now is Jeff Johnson’s “Glorious Day” album. This is Jeff’s 3rd album. He first released “Shaken” in 2003 and “Enter In” in 2005.
If you’re an American Idol fan, you may recognize Jeff’s face and name. If I’ve got my timing right, he was a contestant during Season 4, with Carrie Underwood being the final winner. This article on Crosswalk.com talks a little about Jeff’s experience on the show and I love his response to the situation:
One of the celebrity judges, Gene Simmons from the secular rock …read more

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Here are the Top 10 songs as reported by Top 20 The Countdown Magazine for this week:

Casting Crowns – East To West
Chris Tomlin – Amazing Grace (My Chains Are Gone)
Lincoln Brewster – Love The Lord
David Crowder Band – Everything Glorious
Steven Curtis Chapman – Miracle of the Moment
Aaron Shust – Give Me Words To Speak
Point of Grace – How You Live
Brandon Heath – I’m Not Who I Was
Natalie Grant – In Better Hands
Rush of Fools – When Our Hearts Sing

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HearItFirst has been a fount of free Christian music for me since I came across their website quite awhile back. Now I’ve found out about another service they have called “the hearitfirst.com playlist.
Right now if you join the playlist you can get the following free songs:

“Stand Amazed” – 33 Miles
“Intermission to the Moon” – A Dream Too Late
“Holiday” – Britt Nicole
“Love Like Rain” – Daniel Doss Band
“Love Somebody” – Mandisa
“Your Own” – Nate Huss
“Salvation Station” – Newworldson
“Cross the Line” – Ruth
“Not Afraid” – Stephanie Smith
“Say it Sooner” – The Almost
“Hear Our Prayers” – The Glorious Unseen

If you want to …read more

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Take advantage of this opportunity to vote for the final design on Jars of Clay Christmas t-shirt design.
Vote for the Jars of Clay Christmas t-shirt design here

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Tickets are now on sale for Michael W Smith’s Christmas tour concert. The tour will also be featuring Melinda Doolittle and The Katinas.
The tour looks to be opening in Binghamton, NY on November 29th. For a complete list of concert dates you can visit Michael W Smith’s website.

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I just received an e-mail requesting my participation in a survey about projection screen usage at our church. If you complete the survey you have the opportunity to win a Da-Lite 9′x12′ front/rear portable projection screen.
The survey is pretty short if you’re interested in completing it. There were a few questions where an appropriate answer wasn’t available. For instance, a variety of “How many….” questions didn’t provide an option for “0″.
Regardless, complete the survey to the best of your ability and be entered to win a free screen from Da-Lite.

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This week’s free music downloads from MyFreeMusicFriday include the following songs:

“Time Has Come” from All That Is Within Me by MercyMe
“Everything Glorious” from Remedy by David Crowder Band
“Live For You” by Connersvine

It must be noted that Connersvine includes the vocal talent of Hunter Smith. Don’t know that name? You’re obviously not from Indianapolis or a fan of NFL football. Hunter is the punter for the World Champion Indianapolis Colts.

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Casting Crowns – East To West
Chris Tomlin – Amazing Grace (My Chains Are Gone)\
Steven Curtis Chapman – Miracle of the Moment
David Crowder Band – Everything Glorious
Lincoln Brewster – Love The Lord
Aaron Shust – Give Me Words To Speak
Point of Grace – How You Live
Brandon Heath – I’m Not Who I Was
Rush of Fools – When Our Hearts Sing
Natalie Grant – In Better Hands

A little bit of movement this week with MercyMe’s “Bring the Rain” falling out of the Top 10 and Point …read more

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I recently got a new car stereo that connects directly to my iPod. I’ve spent a little bit of time today organizing some playlists and making sure everything is updated in my music library.
After working on my CCM Favorites playlist I figured I’d share with everyone the first 10 random songs that play in my playlist.

 
Song Title
Artist
Album

1
“This Man”
Jeremy Camp
Live Unplugged

2
“Love Me Good”
Michael W. Smith
WOW 1999 – Disc 1

3
“All I Need Is Jesus
Sean Dietrich
Sean Dietrich

4
“Steady On”
Point of Grace
WOW 1999 – Disc 2

5
“The Power of A Moment”
Chris Rice
WOW 1999 – Disc 2

6
“Time to Believe”
Clay Crosse
WOW 1999 – Disc 2

7
“It’s Gonna Rain”
Take 6
Join …read more

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