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by Vince Wright | January 2, 2022 | 11:59 am

Hillsong Worship – Forever Reign

Happy new year! Australian megachurch Hillsong is perhaps the number one producer of modern Christian music.  Their songs dominate radio, worship sets, and youth retreats. Their discography is huge! They occasionally receive awards within

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by Vince Wright | January 2, 2022 | 10:30 am

January 2022 Poll IV – Vote for Future Reviews

Happy new year! Thank you for voting on my third January 2022 poll! JPCC Worship’s More Than Enough took the lead while Passion’s It is Finished scraped by for second. This post contains one

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by Vince Wright | December 29, 2021 | 11:59 am

Andy Park – Spirit of the Sovereign Lord

As usual, I will end the year with a positive and uplifting review.  I first heard Andy Park’s Spirit of the Sovereign Lord when my family’s band, Revelation, covered it several decades ago based

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by Vince Wright | December 26, 2021 | 11:59 am

Sovereign Grace Music – All I Have Is Christ

Sovereign Grace Music, much like Hillsong, Bethel, and Elevation Worship, is a church-based organization that releases their own music. Beginning in 1984, They released more than 50 albums! Also, check out my reviews of Show

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by Vince Wright | December 26, 2021 | 10:30 am

January 2022 Poll III – Vote for Future Reviews

Thank you for voting on my second January 2022 polls! Both polls were pretty close.  In Poll A, Hillsong Young & Free’s This Is Living won, while Keith & Kristyn Getty, Matt Papa &

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by Vince Wright | December 22, 2021 | 11:59 am

Anonymous – O Come O Come Emmanuel

The song that we know today as O Come O Come Emmanuel has its roots in Latin, from a likely six-century evening prayer book known as O Antiphons.  It also happens to be my

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by Vince Wright | December 19, 2021 | 11:59 am

Noël Regney – Do You Hear What I Hear?

French WW2 Veteran Léon Schlienger (written backwards as Noël Regney, minus the “Schl and replacing “i” with “y”) was drafted into the Nazi army.  Some have claimed that he later became a double-agent, leading

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by Vince Wright | December 19, 2021 | 10:30 am

January 2022 Polls II – Vote for Future Reviews

Thank you for voting on my last December 2021 and first January 2022 poll! Sovereign Grace Music’s All I Have Is Christ snagged first, while Hillsong Worship’s Forever Reign was only two votes behind,

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by Vince Wright | December 15, 2021 | 11:59 am

William Chatterton Dix – What Child Is This?

English hymnist William Chatterton Dix wrote several Christmas songs.  Though he was professionally known as a marine insurance broker, he was passionate about writing hymns and carols.  His most famous works include To You,

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by Vince Wright | December 12, 2021 | 1:59 pm

December 2021 and January 2022 Poll – Vote for Future Reviews

This post contains one regular poll with eight songs.  Vote for up to three songs.  I will review the top two voted songs.  Ties will be broken based on earliest submission. This poll will

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