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

Third Day: Call My Name
Matt Maher: Your Grace Is Enough
Fee: All Because Of Jesus
Mercy Me: You Reign
Casting Crowns: Every Man
Jeremy Camp: Let It Fade
Robbie Seay Band: Song Of Hope (Heaven Come Down)
Chris Tomlin: Jesus Messiah
Matthew West: You Are Everything
Natalie Grant: I Will Not Be Moved

Good to see a little bit more movement around the charts again and some great performers on the list but that’s pretty standard each week right?
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A recent commentary on Christian Music Today entitled “‘Idol’ Worship?” obviously caught my eye since one of my other blogs on the b5media network is Idol Stalker.
This specific article discusses the copying or imitations of American Idol type shows for Christian artists to participate in, like Gifted on TBN or Gospel Dream on the Gospel Music Channel.
They polled readers to find out if they liked the Christian spin-off ideas of Idol and the results were down the middle: 46% in favor and 54% against.
One thought in general that has sparked some discussion came from the following:
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Some of you may be aware that one of my other b5media blogs is Idol Stalker where we cover all things about the current season of American Idol as well as past contestants and winners. Sadly, I was not aware that two of the contestants that have moved forward to Hollywood are worship pastors at their local churches.
One participant, Chris Sligh, is a worship leader at Seacoast Church in Greenville, SC. The other contestant, Sean Michel, is a member of First Southern Baptist Church in Bryant, AR.
You can read the full-story here: Ouachita grad, on ‘American Idol,’ stirs talk about …read more

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