Category Archives: Contemporary Christian Music (CCM)

In 1999, Bethel Church started a conference entitled “Jesus Culture” that grew into an entire ministry, led by youth pastor Banning Liebscher.  It grew into a nationwide event, spawning its own label and albums,

Lead by award-winning contemporary Christian songwriter Michael Neale, Prestonwood Worship resides from Prestonwood Baptist Church, a megachurch founded in 1977 and located in Plano, Texas.  Releasing their live version of Songs of the People in 2016, they released Horizon

Gungor is a duet formed in 2006 from a husband and wife couple named Michael and Lisa Gungor.  Their first album and title track Beautiful Things released in 2010, earning a nomination for the Grammy categories

Hillsong is a name that needs no introduction.  As of this posting, I reviewed four other songs from this juggernaut, including Oceans, So Will I, What a Beautiful Name, and P E A C

Irish worship band We Are Messengers are the new kids on the block.  Forming in 2015, they released their first album of the same name the following year.  Their hit song Magnify peaked at number 10

When I was growing up, my grandfather, himself a guitarist and lead singer within the family band which will remain unnamed, played this particular tune on several occasions.  Though mostly it was to lead

Josh Wilson is best known for his hit single Savior, Please released from Trying to Fit the Ocean in a Cup (2008) and Before the Morning from Life is Not a Snapshot (2009).  He won ASCAP Singer/Songwriter of the Year in

Jeremy Camp has been around since early 2000.  With 14 other albums, multiple ASCAP awards, and 41 radio No. 1’s under his belt, Jeremy, along with songwriters Ed Cash, Scott Cash, Colby Wedgeworth, Ethan Hulse, Josh

When I was growing up, this song was a staple at my local congregation.  I had no idea who the artist was.  I assumed that Michael W. Smith wrote the lyrics to this ditty.