This page contains a history of updates by year. It does not contain review releases, only updates to reviews and pages. However, only 2023 contains a full list. The rest of the years are incomplete. I’ll continue to fill in updates as I have time until everything is added.
All columns are sortable and searchable.
| Artist | Track/Page | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elevation Worship | Resurrecting | 2024/04/23 | Updated commentary on conclusion by adding a new sentence at the end. |
| Keith & Kristyn Getty | O Church Arise | 2024/03/25 | Hien discovered that I did not comment on Chorus! I fixed this. |
| UPPERROOM | I Thank God (Feat. Chuck Butler, Maryanne J. George, Dante Bowe & Aaron Moses) | 2024/03/25 | In light of Steve's comments, removed my criticism on obedience and increased this song's score from 7.5/10 to 9.5/10. |
| Maverick City Music | I Thank God (Feat. Chuck Butler, Maryanne J. George, Dante Bowe & Aaron Moses) | 2024/03/25 | In light of Steve's comments, removed my criticism on obedience and increased this song's score from 7.5/10 to 9.5/10. |
| Big Daddy Weave | God Is In This Story | 2024/01/24 | Forgot to update section 4 rating after previous change. Thanks to Brett Michael Rocker for catching it. This did not affect the offerall score. |
| Katy Nichole | God Is In This Story | 2024/01/24 | Forgot to update section 4 rating after previous change. Thanks to Brett Michael Rocker for catching it. This did not affect the offerall score. |
| Bethel Music | No Longer Slaves | 2024/01/09 | Neal Cruco found a substantive typo in Chorus! I updated it. |
| We The Kingdom | Light of the World (Sing Hallelujah) | 2023/12/20 | Updated Bridge to remove the reference to Revelation 19:12 with a replacement explanation. Thank you Alan Versaw for correcting me on this verse! |
| Downhere | How Many Kings | 2023/12/19 | Micah informed me that the Magi did not know precisely where Jesus was born. This raised the song's rating from 7.5/10 to 9/10. |
| Phil Wickham | Manger Throne | 2023/12/19 | Thanks to Neal Cruco's comments, I realized that this song inaccurately reported that Jesus reigned as a baby. Therefore, I lowered this song's overall score from 10/10 to 8/10 and removed my recommendation for corporate worship. |
| Downhere | How Many Kings | 2023/12/05 | Thanks to Daniel Krenn's comments, I updated my commentary on the Magi visiting the manger and lowered my overall score from 8/10 to 7.5/10. |
| McKenna Hixson | Peace in Christ | 2023/11/29 | Added disclaimer for this artist's beliefs based on Mormon doctrine. Thanks to Pastor Carl Fischer's comments for the reminder. |
| Chris Davenport | Plead the Blood (Feat. Brandon Lake & Cody Carnes) | 2023/11/14 | Dave Whitcroft (KDMusic) convinced me to update this review based on his comments on "the enemy can't take my family". Thus, I lowered the score from 9.5/10 to 8/10 and reduced my recommendation to corporate worship to "perhaps". |
| N/A (Page) | Resourcesx | 2023/10/06 | Added a new category for âInteresting Projectsâ and added The Bible Song as an entry. |
| Phillips Brooks | O Little Town Of Bethlehem | 2023/10/06 | Re-examined this song for corporate worship and subsequently altered the reviewâs end. |
| Joseph Mohr | Silent Night | 2023/10/06 | Re-examined this song for corporate worship and subsequently altered the reviewâs end. |
| Anonymous | God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen | 2023/10/06 | Re-examined this song for corporate worship and subsequently altered the reviewâs end. |
| Tasha Layton | Into the Sea (Itâs Gonna Be OK) | 2023/09/19 | Neal Cruco caught me with an incomplete thought in section 4! I updated it. |
| Brandon Lake | House of Miracles | 2023/09/19 | Per conversation with Jodi, I updated my commentary on Bridge, lines 1-4. Scoring remains unchanged. |
| Hillsong Worship | King of Kings | 2023/09/11 | In light of Will Tell's comment, corrected commentary on Bridge, line 5. Scoring remains unchanged. |
| Wholehearted | A Thousand Hallelujahs | 2023/08/23 | Dodge informed me that Wholehearted is the original artist. I updated this review to reflect this change. |
| Godfrey Thring | Crown Him with Many Crowns | 2023/08/22 | Updated review to include Biblical support for singing angels. Thanks to Luis Acosta for pointing this out and J for reminding me to examine Luis' comment. This slightly increased my overall rating from 8.5/10 to 9/10. |
| Timothy Brindle | The Preciousness of Time | 2023/08/22 | Fixed a bunch of typos. Thanks to J for pointing out one of them! |
| Hillsong Worship | This I Believe (The Creed) | 2023/08/03 | J caught a typo! The Apostles are no longer greedy. |
| N/A (Page) | August 2023 Polls II â Vote for Future Reviews | 2023/07/31 | Thanks to Tyeisha for reporting that I goofed on Poll B! I corrected it and extended the due date to the end of August 7th, 2023 (EDT). |
| Audrey Assad | Lead, Kindly Light | 2023/07/25 | Added a side note within Introduction based on an email received by Rolando Orellana. |
| Martin Luther | A Mighty Fortress Is Our God | 2023/07/24 | Added Scripture reference to "The body they may kill" as per J's comment. |
| Keith & Kristyn Getty | Speak O Lord | 2023/07/24 | J helped me figure out why the link to the lyrics on the original review was missing. Chiefly, because I had permission and neglected to post the lyrics! Corrected. |
| Shane & Shane | Psalm 23 (Surely Goodness, Surely Mercy) | 2023/07/13 | Updated commentary on Verse 2, lines 3 and 4. Thanks to J for the great catch! |
| Mosaic MSC | Tremble | 2023/07/11 | Changed "shutter" to "shudder". Thanks to John for finding it! |
| Phil Wickham | His name is Jesus | 2023/05/31 | Forgot to write text to summarize section 2. Thanks to Tyeisha for finding it! |
| KB | 10k | 2023/05/22 | Steven Closson and God's Child each addressed unclarity I had concerning the end of Chorus, line 3, and Verse 2, lines 2-4. This raised the song's overall rating from 9/10 to 9.5/10. |
| N/A (Page) | About The Berean Test | 2023/05/10 | Added 11-15. Thanks to Steve MacDonald for suggesting it and James Brackett for helping me with the edits! |
| Bethel Music | Son Of Suffering (Feat. David Funk & Matt Redman) | 2023/04/18 | Based on reading Steve Barhydt's comment, I added side notes to each section to explain how I would have rated Bethel Music's version of this song. I also updated the Song Review Index to include an entry for Bethel Music. |
| Maverick City Music | Son Of Suffering (Feat. David Funk & Matt Redman) | 2023/04/18 | Based on reading Steve Barhydt's comment, I added side notes to each section to explain how I would have rated Bethel Music's version of this song. I also updated the Song Review Index to include an entry for Bethel Music. |
| Jeremy Riddle | All Hail King Jesus | 2023/04/13 | My apologies! My first draft of this song contained me criticizing âThere on the cross made for sinnersâ based on the historical nature of Roman vs. Old Testament law in terms of how God metes out punishment. It was supposed to be updated to Romans 6:23 in support this, but I forgot to hit the âsaveâ button before it went live. I just pressed âsaveâ now. Thank you Michael Ramsey for pointing out my error! |
| Hillsong Worship | What a Beautiful Name | 2023/04/12 | After prayerfully considering Steve Barhydt's comments, I came to the conclusion that he is correct: Verse 2, line 1 is about God's desire for what He wants for heaven, which includes people like us worth saving. I adjusted my commentary and restored the original score to 10/10. |
| Hillsong Worship | What a Beautiful Name | 2023/04/04 | I completely forgot to update section 2 with my commentary on why Verse 2's first line is unbiblical! Thanks to David for reminding me. This lowered the overall score from 8.5/10 to 8/10. |
| Bethel Music | Holy Forever | 2023/03/21 | Changed the designation of Bethelâs work âCome Up Hereâ from EP to Album. Thanks to Tyeisha for correcting me! |
| Sovereign Grace Music | Turn Your Eyes | 2023/03/09 | Updated commentary on Verse 1 to include the source of these lyrics. Thanks to Michelle S for discovering this! |
| Big Daddy Weave | God Is In This Story | 2023/03/08 | Caleb and Rick made excellent points that challenged my criticism of torn-up pages. After much prayer and consideration, I accepted their correction and removed my criticism of Verse 1, raising this song's score from 8/10 to 9.5/10. |
| Katy Nichole | God Is In This Story | 2023/03/08 | Caleb and Rick made excellent points that challenged my criticism of torn-up pages. After much prayer and consideration, I accepted their correction and removed my criticism of Verse 1, raising this song's score from 8/10 to 9.5/10. |
| Delirious? | Find Me In The River | 2023/03/07 | Corrected a typo that originally said âcrowsâ. Thanks to J Bolinge for discovering it! |
| Big Daddy Weave | I Know | 2023/02/15 | Fixed the introduction to include both previous Big Daddy Weave reviews and place this information right above the lyrics link. |
| Phillips, Craig & Dean | Your Grace Still Amazes Me | 2023/02/13 | The original review did not contain introductory text for section 2. Thanks to Tyeisha for finding it! |
| Hillsong Young & Free | P E A C E | 2023/02/10 | To remain consistent with the artistâs actual name, I changed "Hillsong Young and Free to "Hillsong Young & Free". |
| Keith Getty | In Christ Alone | 2023/02/10 | After prayerfully considering karen gould's comments, I decided to include her concerns into the review concerning life before birth and its implications on abortion for any reason. This lowered the overall score from 10/10 to 9.5/10, and modified my corporate worship recommendation to "perhaps". |
| Stuart Townend | In Christ Alone | 2023/02/10 | After prayerfully considering karen gould's comments, I decided to include her concerns into the review concerning life before birth and its implications on abortion for any reason. This lowered the overall score from 10/10 to 9.5/10, and modified my corporate worship recommendation to "perhaps". |
| Hillsong UNITED | Even When It Hurts (Praise Song) | 2023/02/08 | Added Psalm 73:25 to the list of Verses to support Bridge, lines 1-3. Thanks to AndrÊ Ay for finding it! Also, I previously commented that this song does not tell us why we praise God. However, I discovered one reason, namely, that He washes us clean from our guilt. Therefore, I significantly altered the score from 5.5/10 to 8/10 and changed corporate worship recommendation to "Perhaps". |
| Hillsong UNITED | Oceans (Where Feet May Fail) | 2023/02/08 | To remain consistent with the artistâs actual name, I capitalized the word âUnitedâ. |
| Hillsong UNITED | So Will I (100 Billion X) | 2023/02/08 | To remain consistent with the artistâs actual name, I capitalized the word âUnitedâ. |
| Phil Wickham | Anthem | 2023/02/02 | Just so that the issue surrounding grace says I'm worthy/unworthy is settled, and based on commentary both from Steve Barhydt and Spirit & Truth Ministries, I've covered both versions in this review as Biblical. |
| Maverick City Music | Son Of Suffering (Feat. Mav City Gospel Choir, Chandler Moore & Jekalyn Carr) | 2023/02/01 | Seth reported that Chorus' final iteration states that God still bleeds. This is false. Therefore, I updated my review, lowering the overall score from 9.5/10 to 8/10. I also changed the corporate worship rating to "perhaps". |
| Phil Wickham | Anthem | 2023/01/30 | Katharine discovered that the Genius lyrics concerning "Grace says I am worthy" are incorrect! The actual lyrics state, "Your grace is unworthy". I updated my review, significantly raising its score from 7.5/10 to 10/10. |
| William McDowell | The Cry | 2023/01/30 | The album Perfect Vision 2020 was incorrectly attributed to this William McDowell. Therefore, I removed it. Thanks to Michael Ramsey for finding it! |
| N/A (Page) | Criteria for Evaluating Christian Music | 2023/01/15 | In section âRecommendation for Corporate Worshipâ, added an explanation for âotherâ category. |
| N/A (Page) | Song Review Index | 2023/01/15 | I added a new category to the Corporate Worship column, âOtherâ, to represent songs that are not appropriate or recommended for corporate worship, but could potentially be useful during a church service. I also added a link to History of Updates. I also added a link to History of Updates. Finally, I added a link to the Evaluation Criteria page for convenience. |
| Sovereign Grace Music | All I Have Is Christ | 2023/01/12 | Per Aaron Greshamâs advice, I cleaned up references to Sovereign Grace Music and replaced them with pronouns. |
| Zach Williams | Fear is a Liar | 2023/01/12 | Updated Closing Comments to clarify that this song is not appropriate for corporate worship, but could be useful during church service for personal reflection. |
| Hillsong Worship | Awake My Soul | 2023/01/10 | Thanks to Michael Ramsey's inquiry, I removed my commentary on Word of Faith and increased this song's score from 9/10 to 9.5/10. I also updated my recommendation for corporate worship to "perhaps". |
| Elevation Worship | This Is the Kingdom (Feat. Pat Barrett) | 2023/01/06 | Added commentary at the end of this review about potential church service usage for this song. |
| Dennis Jernigan | You Are My All In All | 2023/01/04 | Spirit & Truth Ministries informed me that Dennis Jernigan released this song on an earlier album, Break My Heart, Oh God, in 1990. I updated this review to use the earlier release date. I also updated the video link to point to this earlier recording. Aside from an extra repeated Chorus at the end, and the final line of Chorus repeated three times thereafter, all the words from the lyrics in the link provided are identical to the 2002 release. |
| Timothy Brindle | The Preciousness of Time | 2023/01/03 | D.I.D.A.C.T.I.C.'s comment helped me understand that Brindle wasn't judging Jackson's salvation. He was referencing Remember the Time to make a point about regretting decisions. This increased the song's overall score from 9/10 to 9.5/10 |
| Maverick City Music | I Thank God (Feat. Chuck Butler, Maryanne J. George, Dante Bowe & Aaron Moses) | 2022/12/20 | Garrett's comment helped me to realize that "perhaps" is a more appropriate rating for corporate worship. I updated conclusion to reflect that. |
| Upperroom | I Thank God (Feat. Chuck Butler, Maryanne J. George, Dante Bowe & Aaron Moses) | 2022/12/20 | Garrett's comment helped me to realize that "perhaps" is a more appropriate rating for corporate worship. I updated conclusion to reflect that. |
| Albert E. Brumley | I'll Fly Away | 2022/12/19 | Jason Millican found Biblical support for "fly away"! I updated all sections and raised the overall score from 4/10 to 6/10. |
| CityAlight | Yet not I but through Christ in Me | 2022/12/14 | Updated Intro to clarify that CityAlight is structured similarly to Hillsong, Bethel, and CityPointe. Thanks to Asinega Asinegad for finding it! |
| Casting Crowns | I Heard The Bells on Christmas Day | 2022/12/02 | Added a link to the story behind the original poem. Thanks to Scott Burdett for suggesting it! |
| All Sons and Daughters | Great Are You Lord | 2022/11/21 | Updated commentary on âeveryâ to be consistent with other reviews. This raised its score from 8/10 to 9.5/10. Thanks to clicky (in his comment on Living Hope) for finding it! |
| Phil Wickham | Great Things | 2022/11/17 | Updated commentary on "every" to be consistent with other reviews. This raised its score from 8/10 to 10/10. Thanks to clicky (in his comment on Living Hope) for finding it! |
| Hillsong Worship | Who You Say I Am | 2022/11/16 | Removed leftover criticism regarding repetition in section 3 and conclusion. Also, I changed pronouns in section 4 from "we/us" to "I/me", per Sam Gregory's suggestion. |
| Charitie Lees Smith | Before the Throne of God Above | 2022/11/10 | Fixed several typos. Thanks to LaRae for discovering one in the Intro! |
| CityAlight | Jerusalem | 2022/11/09 | After a brief exchange with Harold Geern, I updated the review to shift the timeline concerning Verse 2, lines 2-4, and removed my critique concerning Jesus' silence. This bumped this song's score, from 9/10 to 9.5/10 and changed my corporate worship rating to "Yes". |
| Elevation Worship | This Is the Kingdom (Feat. Pat Barrett) | 2022/11/08 | After a lengthy conversation with Spirit and Truth Ministries, I changed my mind about the two confusing statements. Therefore, I updated my review, raising the overall score from 7/10 to 8.5/10. |
| CityAlight | There is One Gospel | 2022/11/07 | Fixed a typo in section 2 where the intro said âimpairedâ instead of âinspiredâ. Thanks to Genilyn McCaffrey and Joe Wright for pointing it out! |
| Michael Neale and Krissy Nordhoff | Your Great Name | 2022/11/02 | Updated section 3 and conclusion to include concern regarding unbelievers who interpret "all condemned feel no shame" as an invitation to say "Jesus" and continue to sin. Thanks to Dwayne Malley for finding it! This slightly lowered its overall score, from 9/10 to 8.5/10. |
| N/A (Announcement) | Announcement â Regarding Human Love Songs | 2022/10/28 | After a brief conversation with Elijah, I've changed my mind about this announcement. I humbly apologize to the person who requested Casting Crowns - Scars in Heaven and the voters who wanted me to review it. Therefore, I have done the following: 1. Restored the polling results to what it was before this announcement. This includes a review of Casting Crowns â Scars of Heaven. 2. Added Hillsong Worship â Still to the end of the Extra Songs list. Unfortunately, I donât have time to review more than two songs per week in the foreseeable future. Also, since I already made this announcement, it doesnât seem fair to not review this song. 3. Changed the policy to âI will consider submissions with lyrics primarily focused on love between humans on a case-by-case basis.â Thank you Elijah for speaking up! |
| N/A (Page) | Request Song for Review | 2022/10/28 | Updated romantic/human love language to accept submissions on a case-by-case basis. |
| N/A (Page) | Request Song for Review | 2022/10/26 | Added romantic/human love as songs I wonât review. |
| Anonymous | O Come All Ye Faithful | 2022/10/25 | Upon recent information from Heather's comment on Joseph Mohr's Silent Night, I updated my commentary on the singing angels. While this rose section 1's score, the overall rating is unaffected. |
| Dara Maclean | Bethlehem Skies (Feat. Dave Barnes) | 2022/10/25 | Upon recent information from Heather's comment on Joseph Mohr's Silent Night, I updated my commentary on the singing angels. However, I also adjusted the rating based on similar reviews, lowering the song's overall rating from 8.5/10 to 8/10. I also removed the potential recommendation for corporate worship. |
| Hillsong Worship | Prince of Heaven | 2022/10/25 | Upon recent information from Heather's comment on Joseph Mohr's Silent Night, I updated my commentary on the singing angels. This did not affect the song's rating. |
| James Chadwick | Angels We Have Heard On High | 2022/10/25 | Upon recent information from Heather's comment on Joseph Mohr's Silent Night, I updated my commentary on the singing angels. This raised the song's overall score, from 9/10 to 9.5/10. |
| Jason Soroski | Christ the Lord Has Come | 2022/10/25 | Upon recent information from Heatherâs comment on Joseph Mohrâs Silent Night, I updated my commentary on the singing angels. The songâs rating is unaffected. |
| Joseph Mohr | Silent Night | 2022/10/25 | Upon recent information, I updated my commentary on the singing angels. While this rose section 1âs score, the overall rating is unaffected. |
| Lauren Daigle | Light of the World | 2022/10/25 | Upon recent information from Heather's comment on Joseph Mohr's Silent Night, I updated my commentary on the singing angels. This raised the song's overall score, from 8/10 to 8.5/10. |
| We the Kingdom | Dancing on the Waves | 2022/10/25 | After a brief email exchange with Adison Ransley, I changed my mind on this review, lowering it from 9/10 to 5.5/10. |
| William Chatterton Dix | What Child Is This? | 2022/10/25 | Upon recent information from Heatherâs comment on Joseph Mohrâs Silent Night, I updated my commentary on the singing angels. While this rose section 1âs score, the overall rating is unaffected. |
| Vertical Worship | Faithful Now | 2022/10/24 | After reading Josh D's comment on Believe For It, I re-examined this review based on other reviews and my current thinking. This led to several changes in all sections. I raised this song's overall score from 4/10 to 6.5/10. |
| N/A (Page) | Guest Review List | 2022/10/22 | Per Theological Depth Rating announcement, I added a new column that displays the theological depth of song lyrics. |
| N/A (Page) | Song Review Index | 2022/10/22 | Per Theological Depth Rating announcement, I added a new column that displays the theological depth of song lyrics. |
| N/A (Page) | Song Review Index (Christmas Edition) | 2022/10/21 | Per Theological Depth Rating announcement, I added a new column that displays the theological depth of song lyrics. |
| Crowder | Good God Almighty | 2022/10/20 | Updated review based on current thinking on "all" statements. This significantly raised this song's score from 7.5/10 to 10/10. Thanks to David Meek for finding it! |
| Keith & Kristyn Getty | Speak O Lord | 2022/10/20 | Added a link to the lyrics that were previously missing from the original review. |
| Maverick City Music | Communion (Feat. Brandon Lake & Steffany Gretzinger) | 2022/10/20 | Added a link to the lyrics that was missing in my initial review. |
| MercyMe | Flawless | 2022/10/20 | Upon examination, I changed my mind about my recommendation for corporate worship. |
| N/A (Page) | Criteria for Evaluating Christian Music | 2022/10/20 | Added a new section, Theological Depth Rating, that provides criteria for determining theological depth rating for songs that are "8" or higher, or songs rated for corporate worship as "perhaps" or "yes". I also slightly increased the text size for headers and included a header for Song Criteria. |
| Iron Maiden | For the Greater Good of God | 2022/10/18 | The original review did not include a link to the lyrics. |
| Keith & Kristyn Getty | See What A Morning (Resurrection Hymn) | 2022/10/18 | Forgot to include a summary of section 2. Also, fixed formatting issues with the lyrics. |
| Life Worship | We Believe | 2022/10/18 | Michael Ramsey informed me that Life Worship is the original artist for this song. However, I'll leave the title alone for this review because Newsboys' version came out first. |
| Newsboys | I Am Free (Who the Son Sets Free) | 2022/10/18 | Corrected a typo in section 1 that stated Newsboys were free to sin. Thanks to James S. Frazier for finding it! |
| Newsboys | We Believe | 2022/10/18 | Michael Ramsey informed me that Life Worship is the original artist for this song. However, I'll leave the title alone for this review because Newsboys' version came out first. |
| Stuart Townend | See What A Morning (Resurrection Hymn) | 2022/10/18 | Forgot to include a summary of section 2. Also, fixed formatting issues with the lyrics. |
| William McComb | Chief of Sinners Though I Be | 2022/10/08 | Added commentary on the âhidden lifeâ. Thanks to Steve B for asking about it! |
| Keith & Kristyn Getty | O Church Arise | 2022/10/06 | Removed criticism of âFor now the weak can say that they are strongâ. Thanks to Tino for correcting me! |
| Housefires | Good Good Father | 2022/10/04 | Cleaned up review to conform commentary on repetition to conform with other reviews, removed an inaccuracy that Housefires hinted that God was not pleased with sin, and clarified my commentary to move closer to Tim's comment. Although I slightly bumped up my rating for section 1, this did not affect my overall score. |
| Bethel Music | No Longer Slaves | 2022/09/30 | Fixed commentary on Interlude, lines 3 and 4. Thanks to Neal Cruco for finding it! |
| We The Kingdom | God So Loved | 2022/09/27 | Andrew found that the first two lines of Bridge come from a hymn. Great find, Andrew! |
| Maverick City Music | Refiner (Feat. Steffany Gretzinger & Chandler Moore) | 2022/09/26 | Updated commentary on Pre-Chorus, line 3 such that that which is consumed is not our zeal for God, but self in the refinement process. |
| Bryan & Katie Torwalt | When You Walk Into The Room | 2022/09/14 | An email exchange with Kate Brumback caused me to change my mind about giving God permission. This lowered this song's rating, from 9/10 to 7/10. |
| N/A (Page) | Criteria for Evaluating Christian Music | 2022/09/09 | Explained precisely why I add references to Casper the friendly ghost in my reviews. |
| Rick Founds | Lord I Lift Your Name On High | 2022/09/09 | After reading commentary from Jonathan L, Teressa, and Steve, I realized that there were Biblical answers to the "earth to the cross" questions I had. Therefore, I updated this review, increasing it from 9/10 to 10/10. |
| Cody Carnes | Christ Be Magnified | 2022/08/10 | After prayerfully considering Neal Cruco's words and noticing the word "enraptured", I updated my commentary on all sections and adjusted scoring for sections 1, 2, and 4, raising this song's score from 7.5/10 to 9/10 and corporate worship appropriateness to "perhaps". |
| Cory Asbury | Christ Be Magnified | 2022/08/10 | After prayerfully considering Neal Cruco's words and noticing the word "enraptured", I updated my commentary on all sections and adjusted scoring for sections 1, 2, and 4, raising this song's score from 7.5/10 to 9/10 and corporate worship appropriateness to "perhaps". |
| Lauren Daigle | First | 2022/08/05 | Updated scoring in sections 3 and 4 to align with similar reviews. This raised this song's score, from 4.5/10 to 5.5/10. |
| N/A (Page) | Upcoming Reviews and Song Submission Queue | 2022/07/31 | Per July 31st, 2022 announcement, I will further reduce the polling queue cap by two per poll release until it reaches 24. Also, there will be no poll once a month, with songs filled from the "extra songs" list. I also updated the language for the scheduling process. |
| Hillsong Worship | O Praise The Name (AnĂĄstasis) | 2022/07/27 | Moved the first update to way down here and updated section 4 to include rationale and remove the "all Hillsong songs reviewed glorify God" reference that is no longer accurate. |
| Meredith Mauldin | You Gave (Feat. Abbie Gamboa) | 2022/07/18 | Added missing Final Score section in Closing Comments. |
| Upperroom | You Gave (Feat. Abbie Gamboa) | 2022/07/18 | Added missing Final Score section in Closing Comments. |
| Here Be Lions | I Speak Jesus | 2022/07/12 | I managed to forget Verse 3! Thanks to Brett Rocker for discovering my mistake. |
| Brooke Ligertwood | Honey In the Rock (Feat. Brandon Lake) | 2022/07/03 | Updated commentary on Chorus 1, lines 1-3 to include Psalm ?81:16, which directly supports the songâs title. Thanks to Neal Cruco for discovering this! |
| Brandon Lake | Gratitude | 2022/06/28 | Removed criticism that Lake didn't explain why we worship God. I also cleaned up redundancies and updated section 4 to remove my claim that obedience is our sole reply. This increased the song's rating from 5.5/10 to 7.5/10. Thanks to Steve Barhydt for commenting! |
| Third Day | Soul on Fire (Feat. All Sons & Daughters) | 2022/06/21 | Updated review to correct incorrect lyric in Genius link. Thanks to PK for finding it! |
| CityAlight | Ancient of Days | 2022/06/18 | Changed Introduction from "Castle Church" to "Castle Hill". Thanks to Astrid Barends for finding it! |
| CityAlight | Christ Is Mine Forevermore | 2022/06/18 | Changed Introduction from âCastle Churchâ to âCastle Hillâ. |
| CityAlight | Jesus, Strong and Kind | 2022/06/18 | Changed Introduction from âCastle Churchâ to âCastle Hillâ. |
| CityAlight | It Was Finished Upon That Cross | 2022/06/18 | Changed Introduction from âCastle Churchâ to âCastle Hillâ. |
| CityAlight | Jesus Is Alive | 2022/06/18 | Changed Introduction from âCastle Churchâ to âCastle Hillâ. |
| CityAlight | Only a Holy God | 2022/06/18 | Changed Introduction from âCastle Churchâ to âCastle Hillâ. |
| CityAlight | Yet not I but through Christ in Me | 2022/06/18 | Changed Introduction from âCastle Churchâ to âCastle Hillâ. |
| Elevation Worship | Graves Into Gardens (Feat. Brandon Lake) | 2022/06/18 | After reading Andrew Khan's comment, I removed much of my criticism and significantly improved this song's score, from 7/10 to 9/10. |
| Hillsong UNITED | Another in the Fire | 2022/06/03 | Per peacefulhomemaker's request, I added Scripture for God's spiritual protection. |
| CityAlight | Yet not I but through Christ in Me | 2022/05/24 | Per conversation with Andy Treece, I decided that Tim Keller is incorrect. Based on the one-ness of Christ, all glory given to Jesus also belongs to the Father. Therefore, I reversed my previous decision, restoring this review to its original 10/10 rating. |
| N/A (Page) | Criteria for Evaluating Christian Music | 2022/05/21 | Added information to section "Recommendation for Corporate Worship" on altering copyrighted material. |
| Cody Carnes | Christ Be Magnified | 2022/05/19 | Quinn's comment made me realize that I could recommend this song for corporate worship if worship leaders change Verse 3. |
| Cory Asbury | Christ Be Magnified | 2022/05/19 | Quinn's comment made me realize that I could recommend this song for corporate worship if worship leaders change Verse 3. |
| Passion | It Is Finished (Feat. Melodie Malone) | 2022/05/18 | Updated "Word of Faith" commentary to be consistent with other reviews. This slightly bumped up this song's score, from 6.5/10 to 7/10. Thanks to Andrea for bringing it to my attention! |
| Cody Carnes | Christ Be Magnified | 2022/05/17 | After prayerfully consideration Dave Whitcroft's comments, I agreed with him about Verse 1. Thus, I updated my review to update my current thinking about Verse 2, raising the song's score from 6.5/10 to 7.5/10. |
| Cory Asbury | Christ Be Magnified | 2022/05/17 | After prayerfully consideration Dave Whitcroft's comments, I agreed with him about Verse 1. Thus, I updated my review to update my current thinking about Verse 2, raising the song's score from 6.5/10 to 7.5/10. |
| Brandon Lake | Pour Me Out | 2022/05/12 | Forgot to include a review of We Praise You, which came earlier than this review. |
| Brandon Lake | Too Good To Not Believe | 2022/05/12 | Forgot to include a review of Brandon Lake's We Praise You, which came earlier than this review. |
| Cody Carnes | Too Good To Not Believe | 2022/05/12 | Forgot to include a review of Brandon Lake's We Praise You, which came earlier than this review. |
| Housefires | Build My Life | 2022/05/09 | Upon reexamining this song, I realized that my criticism regarding this song not providing why we worship Jesus lacks merit, alongside love as the foundation vs. Jesus. I also re-examined the unbeliever's interpretation, concluding that it's clearer than I initially thought. Thus, I updated my review and significantly improved its score, raising it from 6/10 to 10/10 with a recommendation for corporate worship. |
| Pat Barrett | Build My Life | 2022/05/09 | Upon reexamining this song, I realized that my criticism regarding this song not providing why we worship Jesus lacks merit, alongside love as the foundation vs. Jesus. I also re-examined the unbeliever's interpretation, concluding that it's clearer than I initially thought. Thus, I updated my review and significantly improved its score, raising it from 6/10 to 10/10 with a recommendation for corporate worship. |
| Martin J. Nystrom | As the Deer | 2022/05/05 | Based on Ezra's comments, I prayerfully re-examined my review and came to agree with their conclusion. Therefore, I removed my criticism of taking Psalm 42 out of context. I also changed section 3's rating to align with other reviews. This raised this song's score from 8/10 to 10/10. |
| Bethel Music | Son Of Suffering | 2022/05/03 | Thanks to commenter Michael Ramsey, I learned that Maverick City Music is the earliest artist for this song! Thus, I altered the entire review to orient it around their version. I also forgot to finish commenting on Bridge, lines 5-8 in my original review. I included an Intro and two additional Interlude sections that weren't in Bethel's version. I removed the side note from section 1 because it's MUCH less repetitious. This altered my recommendation for corporate worship. Finally, I removed Outro, as it doesn't exist in this version. |
| Keith Getty | In Christ Alone | 2022/05/03 | Changed the review to title Keith Getty & Stuart Townend as co-artists, with the exclusion of Krystyn Getty. I also included an artist profile for Stuart, lightly edited the review to include proper artist references, and updated the Artist Profile section. Thanks to Phil Harman for reminding me to change this review! |
| Maverick City Music | Son Of Suffering (Feat. David Funk & Matt Redman) | 2022/05/03 | Thanks to commenter Michael Ramsey, I learned that Maverick City Music is the earliest artist for this song! Thus, I altered the entire review to orient it around their version. I also forgot to finish commenting on Bridge, lines 5-8 in my original review. I included an Intro and two additional Interlude sections that weren't in Bethel's version. I removed the side note from section 1 because it's MUCH less repetitious. This altered my recommendation for corporate worship. Finally, I removed Outro, as it doesn't exist in this version. |
| Rend Collective | My Lighthouse | 2022/05/03 | Slightly altered commentary to describe the lighthouse function of warning others of danger rather than following them. Thanks to Caitlin Fletcher for correcting me! |
| Stuart Townend | In Christ Alone | 2022/05/03 | Changed the review to title Keith Getty & Stuart Townend as co-artists, with the exclusion of Krystyn Getty. I also included an artist profile for Stuart, lightly edited the review to include proper artist references, and updated the Artist Profile section. Thanks to Phil Harman for reminding me to change this review! |
| North Point InsideOut | Death Was Arrested | 2022/04/28 | Per Artist Theology announcement, I expanded the red text to encourage others to study North Point InsideOutâs theology. |
| N/A (Page) | About The Berean Test | 2022/04/27 | Added an "Interviews" section, which contains links to other people who have interviewed me on my work. Also, slightly modified the language to paragraph 5 within "What Is This Website About?". |
| N/A (Page) | Song Review Index | 2022/04/27 | Added page for guest reviews and updated page to list different review types. |
| Matt Redman | 10,000 Reasons (Bless the Lord) | 2022/04/26 | Added commentary to the end of Chorus to include Scripture to support worshipping Godâs name. |
| N/A (Page) | Criteria for Evaluating Christian Music | 2022/04/25 | Moved commentary on corporate worship in "Final Considerations" to section "Recommendation for Corporate Worship". |
| Crowder | Good God Almighty | 2022/04/20 | Added a first, more likely interpretation of "You'll ever let me down" while preserving the original explanation. I also updated commentary on all sections except for 3, with improved scores and worship recommendation changed to "perhaps". This raised the song's overall score, from 6/10 to 7.5/10. |
| John Mark McMillan & Sarah McMillan | King of My Heart | 2022/04/20 | Updated review to align with others concerning "never gonna let you down". This lowered the song's overall score from 8/10 to 6.5/10. |
| Rend Collective | Counting Every Blessing | 2022/04/12 | Removed âRecent Supportersâ based on user feedback. |
| Cody Carnes | Christ Be Magnified | 2022/04/08 | Rescored sections 1, 2, and 4 to match similar reviews, raising this song's overall score from 5.5/10 to 6.5/10. |
| Cory Asbury | Christ Be Magnified | 2022/04/08 | Rescored sections 1, 2, and 4 to match similar reviews, raising this song's overall score from 5.5/10 to 6.5/10. |
| Elevation Worship | Faithful | 2022/04/08 | Re-reviewed the entire song based on current thinking, significantly raising this song's score from 3/10 to 9/10, with corporate worship recommendation changed to "Perhaps". Thanks to Michael Ramsey for letting me know! |
| John Mark Mcmillan | How He Loves | 2022/04/07 | In section 1, changed "why" to "how". Thanks for mikeyisawsome26 for finding this! |
| N/A (Page) | About The Berean Test | 2022/04/07 | Moved the Statement of Faith page into this one. Thanks to James Brackett for helping me with the edits! |
| Josh Baldwin | Stand In Your Love | 2022/04/05 | Slightly raised section 3's score and added the word "somewhat" to "unclear" in Closing Thoughts. This did not affect the song's overall rating. |
| N/A (Page) | Song Review Index | 2022/04/01 | Added a link to April Fools Reviews. |
| Jesus Culture | Move (Feat. Chris McClarney) | 2022/03/31 | Per Artist Theology announcement, I expanded the red text to encourage others to study Jesus Culture's theology. |
| Jesus Culture | Fierce | 2022/03/31 | Per Artist Theology announcement, I expanded the red text to encourage others to study Jesus Culture's theology. |
| Jesus Culture | In The River (Feat Kim Walker-Smith) | 2022/03/31 | Per Artist Theology announcement, I expanded the red text to encourage others to study Jesus Culture's theology. |
| Jesus Culture | Rooftops | 2022/03/31 | Per Artist Theology announcement, I expanded the red text to encourage others to study Jesus Culture's theology |
| Jesus Culture | You Won't Relent | 2022/03/31 | Per Artist Theology announcement, I expanded the red text to encourage others to study Jesus Culture's theology. |
| Jesus Culture | Your Love Never Fails | 2022/03/31 | Per Artist Theology announcement, I expanded the red text to encourage others to study Jesus Culture's theology. |
| Zach Williams | Fear is a Liar | 2022/03/31 | Forgot to score section 3. Kudos to Christen B for finding it! |
| Elevation Worship | O Come to the Altar | 2022/03/30 | Updated recommendation to reflect a "perhaps" designation, not "yes". |
| Hillsong UNITED | From the Inside Out | 2022/03/23 | Upon prayerfully considering Neal Cruco's comments, I removed my criticism of Hillsong's usage of "should" and "light that fades". I also updated my scoring, raising this song's overall score from 4.5/10 to 6/10. |
| John Newton | Amazing Grace | 2022/03/23 | Updated commentary to "I once was lost, but now am found" in Verse 1. Merriam-Webster recently updated their definition of prodigal to include "one who has returned after an absence", which was originally a mandela effect. |
| N/A (Page) | Song Review Index (Christmas Edition) | 2022/03/23 | Added a new column, âReview No.â, to keep track of the number of reviews released. |
| N/A (Page) | Song Review Index | 2022/03/23 | Added a new column, "Review No.", to keep track of the number of reviews released. Also, fixed errors from the TablePress conversion and discovered four reviews missing:
I added these to the Song Review Index. |
| N/A (Page) | Song Review Index (Christmas Edition) | 2022/03/22 | Used the TablePress plugin to convert the entire Song Review Index into a sortable and searchable table. Works great for mobile and tablet! Also, the Review Date field was converted to Year/Month/Day to ensure sorting works properly. Finally, moved older updates to the bottom of the page. |
| N/A (Page) | Song Review Index | 2022/03/22 | Used the TablePress plugin to convert the entire Song Review Index into a sortable and searchable table. Works great for mobile and tablet! Also, the Review Date field was converted to Year/Month/Day to ensure sorting works properly. Finally, moved older updates to the bottom of the page. |
| CityAlight | It Was Finished Upon That Cross | 2022/03/21 | Added commentary to Verse 1, line 5. Thanks to Harold Geern for finding this! |
| N/A (Page) | Song Review Index (Christmas Edition) | 2022/03/21 | To keep this page consistent with the Song Review Index page, converted the entire Song Review Index (Christmas) content into Google Documents and embedded directly into page. This is a temporary solution until I can come up with something better. |
| N/A (Page) | Song Review Index | 2022/03/21 | Ran into an unrecoverable error due to page size. Converted the entire Song Review Index content into Google Documents and embedded directly into page. This is a temporary solution until I can come up with something better. |
| Housefires | I'll Give Thanks (Feat. Kirby Kaple) | 2022/03/20 | Rescored to align with similar reviews and changed language to reflect "potential misleading" instead of "likely misleading". This increased the song's overall score from 5/10 to 6.5/10. |
| Sinach | Way Maker | 2022/03/20 | Updated "all" criticism to align with other reviews. This raised this song's score from 9/10 to 9.5/10, with a recommend for corporate worship. |
| Delirious? | Did You Feel the Mountains Tremble? | 2022/03/09 | After a brief conversion with Martyn Ingham, as well as carefully listening to the song in question, my criticiam of Spontaneous is based on a misleard lyric. I corrected the line and updated my commentary. I also updated criticism of Verse 3 in section 2, to clarify precisely my critique. I did not alter my score. |
| Paul Baloche | Open the Eyes of My Heart | 2022/03/09 | Corrected Artist Info and removed side note in Introduction. Thanks to FJ Fortner for inspiring this change! |
| Ghost Ship | Adoption | 2022/02/26 | Rescored section 3, raising its overall score from 8/10 to 8.5/10. |
| Brandon Lake | We Praise You | 2022/02/25 | Updated content/scoring to align with similar reviews. This raised the overall score from 6/10 to 8/10, with recommend bumped up to "Perhaps". I also fixed a dangling modifier in my commentary on Verse 1, lines 1-3, and toned down critiques. |
| Matt Redman | We Praise You (Feat. Brandon Lake) | 2022/02/25 | Updated content/scoring to align with similar reviews. This raised the overall score from 6/10 to 8/10, with recommend bumped up to "Perhaps". I also fixed a dangling modifier in my commentary on Verse 1, lines 1-3, and toned down critiques. |
| Maverick City Music | Promises (Feat. Joe L Barnes & Naomi Raine) | 2022/02/25 | Updated commentary on Bridge, line 2. Thanks to Robbie Smithwick for informing me that I didn't address it! |
| Brandon Lake | We Praise You | 2022/02/23 | Added a side note to Introduction. |
| Elevation Worship | See A Victory | 2022/02/23 | Rescored this song to align with other reviews, alongside slight word changes to tone down my critiques. This raised the song's score from 8/10 to 9/10 and changed my recommendation to "Perhaps". |
| Matt Redman | We Praise You (Feat. Brandon Lake) | 2022/02/23 | Added a side note to Introduction. |
| Charity Gayle | Thank You Jesus For The Blood | 2022/02/19 | Neal Cruco offered some great observations that deserve to be included in this review. Namely, references to two Hymns: Would You Be Free From the Burden of Sin? and Down at the Cross Where My Savior Died. |
| Elevation Worship | My Testimony | 2022/02/19 | Based on Danielsâ comments, I combined my commentary on Chorus lines 1-6, with an additional line that explicitly states Elevation was dead in sin, and are now alive in Christ. |
| Delirious? | Find Me In The River | 2022/02/17 | Added links to previous reviews in Introduction. |
| Delirious? | I Could Sing of Your Love Forever | 2022/02/17 | Added link to a previous review in Introduction. |
| Delirious? | Thank You for Saving Me | 2022/02/17 | Added links to previous reviews in Introduction. |
| Planetshakers | God Is On The Throne | 2022/02/16 | Added other Planetshakers reviews to Introduction. |
| Cory Asbury | Endless Alleluia | 2022/02/15 | After re-reading these lyrics, I found reasons that Asbury offers as rationale. Namely, countless miracles and that there's nothing better. I've removed my criticism in sections 1, 3, and 4, raising its score from 8/10 to 10/10, with a recommend for corporate worship. |
| Elevation Worship | The Blessing (Feat. Cody Carnes & Kari Jobe) | 2022/02/15 | After prayerfully considering Steve Barhydt's comments, I decided that my rating for section 3 was too harsh. I updated it, raising the song's overall score from 8.5/10 to 9.5/10. I also updated conclusion to explicitly state that it's not appropriate for corporate worship, and that seeker-sensitive churches should offer an explanation. |
| Elevation Worship | Jireh (Feat. Naomi Raine & Chandler Moore) | 2022/02/15 | Updated review to remain consistent with others with a similar critique, raising this song's score from 8/10 to 9/10. |
| Maverick City Music | Jireh (Feat. Naomi Raine & Chandler Moore) | 2022/02/15 | Updated review to remain consistent with others with a similar critique, raising this song's score from 8/10 to 9/10. |
| Austin French | Rest For Your Soul | 2022/02/10 | Added review of Born Again to introduction. |
| Bethel Music | Champion (Feat. Dante Bowe) | 2022/02/08 | Updating review to be consistent with current beliefs on "every", raising this song's score from 8.5/10 to 9/10. |
| Brandon Lake | Too Good To Not Believe | 2022/02/08 | Updated review to remain consistent with others with a similar critique. This significantly raised the song's overall score, from 6.5/10 to 9/10. I also updated my recommendation from "no" to "perhaps". |
| Cody Carnes | Too Good To Not Believe | 2022/02/08 | Updated review to remain consistent with others with a similar critique. This significantly raised the song's overall score, from 6.5/10 to 9/10. I also updated my recommendation from "no" to "perhaps". |
| Phil Wickham | Battle Belongs | 2022/02/08 | Per conversation with Jake and Steve Barhydt, I updated my review based on a different understanding of God winning every battle. This raised the overall score, from 8/10 to 9/10, with recommendation for corporate worship changed from "No" to "Perhaps". I also removed the song's format in section 1 as it does not pertain to the song's message. |
| N/A (Page) | Criteria for Evaluating Christian Music | 2022/02/07 | Upon multiple inquiries, I included a section that contains criteria I consider when giving my "corporate worship" evaluation. I created a new section, "Recommendation for Corporate Worship", to include this information. |
| N/A (Page) | Upcoming Reviews and Song Submission Queue | 2022/01/30 | Per January 30th, 2022 announcement, I will reduce the polling queue cap by two per poll release until it reaches 40. This process will begin on February 6th, 2022. |
| N/A (Page) | Criteria for Evaluating Christian Music | 2022/01/27 | Moved scoring criteria right before section "1. What message does the song communicate?" and added that a higher score is better. I also added an explanation to the color-coding. Thanks to Karen Patrick for your question about scoring! |
| N/A (Page) | Criteria for Evaluating Christian Music | 2022/01/23 | Under "Final consideration", updated fifth paragraph to clarify commentary on an artist's questionable theology. Thanks to Lan for finding it! Also, I removed bolding in "updates" dates. This is consistent with other pages and reviews. Finally, I placed the italicized "agree/disagree" statement above "Updates". |
| N/A (Page) | Request Song for Resources | 2022/01/21 | Added link and description to Church Clarity website. |
| Planetshakers | God Is On The Throne | 2022/01/21 | Re-added missing "Note to new users" that appears in every review. |
| Red Rocks Worship | Breakthrough | 2022/01/21 | Per Artist Theology announcement, I expanded the red text to encourage others to study Red Rock Worshipâs theology. |
| Red Rocks Worship | Echo Holy | 2022/01/21 | Per Artist Theology announcement, I expanded the red text to encourage others to study Red Rocks Worshipâs theology. |
| Red Rocks Worship | Not Afraid | 2022/01/21 | Per Artist Theology announcement, I expanded the red text to encourage others to study Red Rocks Worshipâs theology. |
| Red Rocks Worship | On Earth as in Heaven | 2022/01/21 | Per Artist Theology announcement, I expanded the red text to encourage others to study Red Rocks Worshipâs theology. |
| Keith Getty | In Christ Alone | 2022/01/19 | Clarified in introduction that Keith wrote the music and Townend wrote the lyrics. Thank you Jay Thompson! |
| Passion | Whole Heart (Feat. Kristian Stanfill) | 2022/01/19 | Upon reading Emâs reply, I added commentary to Bridge on âgood intentionsâ. |
| Stuart Townend | In Christ Alone | 2022/01/19 | Clarified in introduction that Keith wrote the music and Townend wrote the lyrics. Thank you Jay Thompson! |
| KDMusic | The Grace | 2022/01/18 | Added sheet music to the songâs closing comments. Also, swapped out the image for KDMusic cover art for The Grace. |
| CityAlight | Yet not I but through Christ in Me | 2022/01/12 | Updated commentary to critique CityAlight's statement that all glory belongs to Jesus. Thanks to Tim Keller for finding this! I updated my review from 10/10 to 9/10. |
| Hillsong Young & Free | This Is Living (Feat. Lecrae) | 2022/01/11 | Added commentary on "forever young in your love" based on Dan's comment. |
| Hillsong Worship | Forever Reign | 2022/01/04 | Added Christmas song "Seasons" to introduction. |
| Avril Lavigne | Head Above Water | 2022/01/03 | After reading Beth's comments, I toned down my criticism of Bridge's ending and removed my commentary on repentence vs. remorse. I also updated section 3 to include criticism on lack of pointers to a specific deity and removed "word of faith" possibility. Finally, I increased the score for sections 1, 2, and 4, raising this song's overall rating from 6.5/10 to 7.5/10. |
| Anonymous | O Come O Come Emmanuel | 2021/12/28 | The original commentary on Verse 2, line 1, incorrectly stated that Jesus is a descendant on both David and Maryâs side. Thanks to Elaine for correcting me! |
| Anonymous | The First Noel | 2021/12/20 | Toned down language regarding the number of wise men who visited Jesus. Also, I removed my commentary on the "cold night" and was more precise on which lines were incorrect in section 2. I also removed my criticism of "magi" being wise men. Both are in various translations of Scripture. Given these changes, I raised the score for section 1, 2, and 4. This increased this song's overall score, from 7/10 to 8/10. Thanks to Steve for challenging me! |
| Natalie Grant | I Believe | 2021/12/06 | Removed criticism of "stories" in favor of contrast between unbeliever and believer's view of Christmas. Thanks to Jonathan for pointing this out! I increased this song's score, raising it from 7/10 to 9/10. |
| Lauren Daigle | Rebel Heart | 2021/11/30 | Updated corporate worship recommendation to "yes". Thanks to Meg Ferrante for bringing this to my attention! |
| Casting Crowns | Nobody (Feat. Matthew West) | 2021/11/22 | Updated commentary on Bridge based on suggestion by Neal Cruco. |
| Planetshakers | God Is On The Throne | 2021/11/16 | Replaced "Planetboom" with "Planetshakers" throughout this review. Thanks to Daniel for catching it! |
| Cody Carnes | Nothing Else | 2021/11/12 | Removed a link to lyrics that has nothing to do with this song. |
| Michael English | Mary, Did You Know | 2021/11/10 | Updated commentary on Verse 3, line 4, to remove agnosticism towards its writing as nation/nations and added a few Revelation passages. Thanks to Jonathan for his contribution! |
| N/A (Page) | Criteria for Evaluating Christian Music | 2021/11/10 | Under "Final consideration", I added a new sixth paragraph that explains why I recommend songs from artists with abhorrent theology with an alternative to those not wanting to support said artists. |
| N/A (Page) | Song Review Index (Christmas Edition) | 2021/11/10 | Added âCorporate Worshipâ column to the index list. It contains three ratings: Yes, Perhaps, and No. Thanks to Nathan Boyd for inspiring it! |
| Housefires | I'll Give Thanks (Feat. Kirby Kaple) | 2021/11/04 | Removed two albums from Intro section. Thanks to Tyeisha for correcting me! |
| N/A (Page) | Criteria for Evaluating Christian Music | 2021/11/04 | Updated sixth paragraph to make it clear that all reviews are based on lyrical examination based on its own merits. |
| Cody Carnes | Christ Be Magnified | 2021/11/02 | Added an EP to Carnes' list. |
| Cody Carnes | Nothing Else | 2021/11/02 | Added an EP to Carnes' release list. |
| Cody Carnes | Run to the Father | 2021/11/02 | Updated Intro to include an additional EP and changed the language slightly. |
| Cody Carnes | The Cross Has the Final Word | 2021/11/02 | Added an EP to Carnes' release list. |
| Phil Wickham | Hymn of Heaven | 2021/11/02 | After conversing with several users about all prayers prayed in desperation, I decided to temper the language to say potentially, Wickham says all prayers are prayed in desperation. I also increased the song's overall score, from 8/10 to 9/10. |
| N/A (Page) | Song Review Index | 2021/10/31 | Added âCorporate Worshipâ column to the index list. It contains three ratings: Yes, Perhaps, and No. Thanks to Nathan Boyd for inspiring it! |
| TobyMac | Help Is On The Way (Maybe Midnight) | 2021/10/29 | After re-considering these lyrics, I updated recommendation for corporate worship from "maybe" to "no". |
| Chris Tomlin | Whom Shall I Fear (God of Angel Armies) | 2021/10/27 | Updated commentary on Chorus, line 2. Thank you Neal Cruco for correcting me! I also forgot to completely write out my closing comments. |
| Matthew West | Truth Be Told | 2021/10/27 | Softened my commentary toward Matthew West and added more examples. Thank you Neal Cruco for your comment! |
| Jesus Culture | Fierce | 2021/10/26 | After reading Cait's feedback, I changed "boyfriend" to "human lover" to make it more gender-neutral. |
| Planetboom | LEMME TELLYA | 2021/10/26 | Per Artist Theology announcement, I expanded the red text to encourage others to study Planetboomâs theology. |
| Planetshakers | We Speak Life | 2021/10/26 | Per Artist Theology announcement, I expanded the red text to encourage others to study Planetshakers' theology. |
| Planetshakers | You Call Me Beautiful | 2021/10/26 | Per Artist Theology announcement, I expanded the red text to encourage others to study Planetshakers' theology. |
| Red Rocks Worship | Breakthrough | 2021/10/25 | After much prayer and examining other similar lyrics, I concluded that my vendetta against Word of Faith was unjustified in this review, except possibly with unbeliever interpretation (especially due to Spontaneous). I updated the entire review, signifigantly raising this song's score from 4.5 to 7.5. |
| Maverick City Music | Man of Your Word (Feat. KJ Scriven & Chandler Moore) | 2021/10/24 | I missed an obvious reference to "Yahweh" in my review. I updated my commentary in section 3 and conclusion and raised its scoring a bit. However, the overall score was unaffected. Thank you Linita Clinton for finding this! |
| Audrey Assad | I Shall Not Want | 2021/10/22 | Updated intro to exclude information about criticism of my review of Good To Me. |
| N/A (Page) | Song Review Index | 2021/10/21 | Updated introductory paragraph to include link to guest review. |
| Tauren Wells | Hills and Valleys | 2021/10/21 | Per Artist Theology announcement, I expanded the red text to encourage others to study Tauren Wells' theology via Lakewood Church. |
| Tauren Wells | Known | 2021/10/21 | Per Artist Theology announcement, I expanded the red text to encourage others to study Tauren Wellsâ theology via Lakewood Church. |
| Andy Park | In The Secret | 2021/10/15 | I should give this song's message a little bit of credit! So, I changed it to a "2", raising this song's overall score from 4/10 to 4.5/10. |
| Keith Getty | In Christ Alone | 2021/10/12 | Thank you Phaythful for correcting me about authorship! I removed Kristyn as this song's writer. |
| Stuart Townend | In Christ Alone | 2021/10/12 | Thank you Phaythful for correcting me about authorship! I removed Kristyn as this song's writer. |
| Tauren Wells | Known | 2021/10/12 | Thanks to Katherine for showing me what "And it's not one or the other" means. I did not change the score. |
| Fellowship Creative | Grace On Top of Grace | 2021/10/08 | Per Artist Theology announcement, I expanded the red text to encourage others to study Fellowship Creativeâs theology. |
| Elevation Worship | Jireh (Feat. Naomi Raine & Chandler Moore) | 2021/09/24 | Thanks to Wyatt Erickson for questioning my recommendation! I changed it from "I don't recommend" to "It's not for me, but you might want to take a look at it". |
| Maverick City Music | Jireh (Feat. Naomi Raine & Chandler Moore) | 2021/09/24 | Thanks to Wyatt Erickson for questioning my recommendation! I changed it from "I don't recommend" to "It's not for me, but you might want to take a look at it". |
| Casting Crowns | Oh My Soul | 2021/09/23 | Added links to previous reviews. |
| Kings Kaleidoscope | A Prayer | 2021/09/21 | I updated this review to remove criticisms of a mushy Jesus that does not reflect my current thinking. Thanks to Andy Clipperton for questioning my review! I updated its score from 8/10 to 9.5/10. |
| Maverick City Music | I Thank God (Feat. Chuck Butler, Maryanne J. George, Dante Bowe & Aaron Moses) | 2021/09/21 | After reading Eric's comment and examining Revelation 19:10 more closely, I concluded that the song is missing the element of obedience to Christ when the artist interprets this Verse. Therefore, I lowered the song's score from 9/10 to 7.5/10. I also added a link to the lyrics. |
| Melody and Keith Green | There Is A Redeemer | 2021/09/21 | Corrected grammar on the word "Green's" to "Greens'". Thanks to Marianne Kelly for pointing this out! |
| Upperroom | I Thank God (Feat. Chuck Butler, Maryanne J. George, Dante Bowe & Aaron Moses) | 2021/09/21 | After reading Eric's comment and examining Revelation 19:10 more closely, I concluded that the song is missing the element of obedience to Christ when the artist interprets this Verse. Therefore, I lowered the song's score from 9/10 to 7.5/10. I also added a link to the lyrics. |
| Darlene Zschech | Shout To The Lord | 2021/09/14 | Per Artist Theology announcement, I expanded the red text to encourage others to study Darlene Zschech's theology via Hillsong. |
| Darlene Zschech | Victor's Crown | 2021/09/14 | Per Artist Theology announcement, I expanded the red text to encourage others to study Darlene Zschech's theology via Hillsong. |
| Darlene Zschech | Worthy is the Lamb | 2021/09/14 | Per Artist Theology announcement, I expanded the red text to encourage others to study Darlene Zschech's theology via Hillsong. |
| Darlene Zschech | In Jesus' Name | 2021/09/14 | Per Artist Theology announcement, I expanded the red text to encourage others to study Darlene Zschech's theology via Hillsong. |
| Darrell Evans | Trading My Sorrows | 2021/09/14 | Per Artist Theology announcement, I expanded the red text to encourage others to study Darrell Evan's theology based on his current church's beliefs. |
| Elevation Worship | Do It Again | 2021/09/14 | Per Artist Theology announcement, I expanded the red text to encourage others to study Elevation Worship's theology. |
| Elevation Worship | Faithful | 2021/09/14 | Per Artist Theology announcement, I expanded the red text to encourage others to study Elevation Worship's theology. |
| Elevation Worship | Graves Into Gardens (Feat. Brandon Lake) | 2021/09/14 | Per Artist Theology announcement, I expanded the red text to encourage others to study Elevation Worship's theology. |
| Elevation Worship | The Blessing (Feat. Cody Carnes & Kari Jobe) | 2021/09/14 | Per Artist Theology announcement, I expanded the red text to encourage others to study Elevation Worship's theology. |
| Elevation Worship | Echo (Feat. Tauren Wells) | 2021/09/14 | Per Artist Theology announcement, I expanded the red text to encourage others to study Elevation Worship's theology. |
| Elevation Worship | Never Lost (Feat. Tauren Wells) | 2021/09/14 | Per Artist Theology announcement, I expanded the red text to encourage others to study Elevation Worship's theology. |
| Elevation Worship | Fullness | 2021/09/14 | Per Artist Theology announcement, I expanded the red text to encourage others to study Elevation Worship's theology. |
| Elevation Worship | Give Me Faith | 2021/09/14 | Per Artist Theology announcement, I expanded the red text to encourage others to study Elevation Worship's theology. |
| Elevation Worship | Hallelujah Here Below | 2021/09/14 | Per Artist Theology announcement, I expanded the red text to encourage others to study Elevation Worship's theology. |
| Elevation Worship | Here Again | 2021/09/14 | Per Artist Theology announcement, I expanded the red text to encourage others to study Elevation Worship's theology. |
| Elevation Worship | Here as in Heaven | 2021/09/14 | Per Artist Theology announcement, I expanded the red text to encourage others to study Elevation Worship's theology. |
| Elevation Worship | Jesus I Come | 2021/09/14 | Per Artist Theology announcement, I expanded the red text to encourage others to study Elevation Worship's theology. |
| Elevation Worship | Jireh (Feat. Naomi Raine & Chandler Moore) | 2021/09/14 | Per Artist Theology announcement, I expanded the red text to encourage others to study Elevation Worship's theology. |
| Elevation Worship | O Come to the Altar | 2021/09/14 | Per Artist Theology announcement, I expanded the red text to encourage others to study Elevation Worship's theology. |
| Elevation Worship | RATTLE! | 2021/09/14 | Per Artist Theology announcement, I expanded the red text to encourage others to study Elevation Worship's theology. |
| Elevation Worship | Resurrecting | 2021/09/14 | Per Artist Theology announcement, I expanded the red text to encourage others to study Elevation Worship's theology. |
| Elevation Worship | See A Victory | 2021/09/14 | Per Artist Theology announcement, I expanded the red text to encourage others to study Elevation Worship's theology. |
| Elevation Worship | There Is a Cloud | 2021/09/14 | Per Artist Theology announcement, I expanded the red text to encourage others to study Elevation Worship's theology. |
| Elevation Worship | Unstoppable God | 2021/09/14 | Per Artist Theology announcement, I expanded the red text to encourage others to study Elevation Worship's theology. |
| Elevation Worship | Yours (Glory and Praise) | 2021/09/14 | Per Artist Theology announcement, I expanded the red text to encourage others to study Elevation Worship's theology. |
| Maverick City Music | Promises (Feat. Joe L Barnes & Naomi Raine) | 2021/09/13 | Upon reading Lindsey's comments, I added Matthew 7:24 to my commentary on Pre-Chorus, lines 1 and 2. |
| The Bill Gaither Trio | Because He Lives | 2021/08/25 | After reading and cross-examining T. Lewisâ comment, I discovered that I, along song Geniousâ capitalization, were mistaken. In sections 1-3, I corrected the capitalization in the lyrics and comments regarding the child. |
| Julia Ward Howe | The Battle Hymn of the Republic | 2021/08/24 | Forgot to link a version to listen. I added Lee Greenwordâs contemporary version. |
| Lauren Daigle | This Girl | 2021/08/16 | Clarified in section 2 that I assumed "You" is God. |
| Mosaic MSC | Tremble | 2021/08/11 | I'm not sure why I scored section 1 with a "9". Therefore, I increased its score from 9.5/10 to 10/10. Also, I added my recommendation for corporate worship. |
| TobyMac | Help Is On The Way (Maybe Midnight) | 2021/08/10 | My mom found a close match to the phrase "Rolling up his sleeves" in The Message paraphrase, which I decided to include as part of the review. |
| Stuart K. Hine | How Great Thou Art | 2021/08/06 | After reading and confirming Steve Brown's comment on altered lyrics, I restored the original words and added a double-asterisk for the current language used today. I also expanded my commentary in Verse 1 to include Psalm 8:2-9. |
| We The Kingdom | Holy Water | 2021/08/05 | I'm getting conflicting information about whether or not Lutherans use holy water. Therefore, I leaned towards Matt B.'s point and remove it from the list. |
| Bethel Music | Raise a Hallelujah | 2021/07/28 | Updated per email from Lydia, that Verse 2, line 4 is about removing fear itself, not fear of losing God. I also updated sections 1 and 2. |
| N/A (Page) | Upcoming Reviews and Song Submission Queue | 2021/07/28 | Per July 28th, 2021 announcement, I removed Hillsong and Elevation Worship queues and will add their submissions to the regular polling queue. |
| Stefan Green | Battlefield | 2021/07/21 | Fixed a typo in red text. Thanks, Neal! |
| Delirious? | I Could Sing of Your Love Forever | 2021/07/20 | After prayerfully considering Q's feedback, I decided that he was correct about "lifting hands" and the plural term "we", that these point us away from a reasonable boyfriend interpretation. Thus, I raised the song's score, from 5/10 to 10/10. |
| Maverick City Music | Man of Your Word (Feat. KJ Scriven & Chandler Moore) | 2021/07/19 | To keep reviews consistent, I increased the score for section 3, increasing this song's overall rating from 8.5/10 to 9/10. |
| Cory Asbury | Christ Be Magnified | 2021/07/16 | Per Artist Theology announcement, I expanded the red text to encourage others to study Bethel Music's theology, which Asbury is a leader. |
| Cory Asbury | Endless Alleluia | 2021/07/16 | Per Artist Theology announcement, I expanded the red text to encourage others to study Bethel Musicâs theology, which Asbury is a leader. |
| Cory Asbury | Reckless Love | 2021/07/16 | Per Artist Theology announcement, I expanded the red text to encourage others to study Bethel Musicâs theology, which Asbury is a leader. |
| Cory Asbury | Sparrows | 2021/07/16 | Per Artist Theology announcement, I expanded the red text to encourage others to study Bethel Musicâs theology, which Asbury is a leader. |
| Cory Asbury | The Father's House | 2021/07/16 | Per Artist Theology announcement, I expanded the red text to encourage others to study Bethel Musicâs theology, which Asbury is a leader. |
| Covenant Worship | Doxology (Feat. David & Nicole Binion) | 2021/07/16 | Per Artist Theology announcement, I expanded the red text to encourage others to study Covenant Worshipâs theology. |
| Cody Carnes | Christ Be Magnified | 2021/07/10 | Updated section 1, bullet 1, to be consistent with commentary in section 2. |
| Cory Asbury | Christ Be Magnified | 2021/07/10 | Updated section 1, bullet 1, to be consistent with commentary in section 2. |
| Red Rocks Worship | Echo Holy | 2021/07/09 | Added other Red Rocks Worship reviews and bolded "Final Score", with the word "Final" added. |
| Bethel Music | Extravagant | 2021/06/29 | Added link to other Bethel reviews. |
| Bethel Music | You Make Me Brave (Feat. Amanda Lindsay Cook) | 2021/06/29 | After consulting several sources, I changed my mind on the context and meaning of Psalm 42:7, which is about the depth of God's severe dealings and not love. Therefore, I removed it from this review. |
| Bethel Music | Champion (Feat. Dante Bowe) | 2021/06/29 | Added link to other Bethel reviews. |
| Bethel Music | Lion and the Lamb | 2021/06/29 | Added link to other Bethel reviews. |
| Jesus Culture | Fierce | 2021/06/29 | After consulting several sources, I changed my mind on the context and meaning of Psalm 42:7, which is about the depth of God's severe dealings and not love. Therefore, I removed it from this review. |
| Needtobreathe | Testify | 2021/06/29 | After consulting several sources, I changed my mind on the context and meaning of Psalm 42:7, which is about the depth of Godâs severe dealings and not love. Therefore, I removed it from this review. |
| Brandon Lake | This Is a Move | 2021/06/25 | Per Artist Theology announcement, I expanded the red text to encourage others to study Brandon Lakeâs theology via Bethel Music. |
| Andrea Bocelli | The Prayer (Feat. Celine Dion) | 2021/06/24 | Per Artist Theology announcement, I expanded the red text to encourage others to study Bocelli's beliefs. |
| Austin Stone Worship | This Glorious Grace | 2021/06/24 | Per Artist Theology announcement, I expanded the red text to encourage others to study Austin Stone Worship's beliefs. |
| Housefires | Build My Life | 2021/06/24 | Updated section 3 to be consistent with other reviews, lowering its score from 7.5/10 to 6/10. |
| Pat Barrett | Build My Life | 2021/06/24 | Updated section 3 to be consistent with other reviews, lowering its score from 7.5/10 to 6/10. |
| Red | Perfect Life | 2021/06/19 | Updated all references to Verse 3 to Bridge based on update on referenced Genius page. |
| Needtobreathe | Hard Love | 2021/06/16 | Added links to previous reviews. |
| Bethel Music | Be Enthroned | 2021/06/11 | Per Artist Theology announcement, I expanded the red text to encourage others to study Bethel Musicâs theology. |
| Bethel Music | Ever Be | 2021/06/11 | Per Artist Theology announcement, I expanded the red text to encourage others to study Bethel Musicâs theology. |
| Bethel Music | Extravagant | 2021/06/11 | Per Artist Theology announcement, I expanded the red text to encourage others to study Bethel Musicâs theology. |
| Bethel Music | You Make Me Brave (Feat. Amanda Lindsay Cook) | 2021/06/11 | Per Artist Theology announcement, I expanded the red text to encourage others to study Bethel Musicâs theology. |
| Bethel Music | God of Revival (Feat. Brian Johnson & Jenn Johnson) | 2021/06/11 | Per Artist Theology announcement, I expanded the red text to encourage others to study Bethel Musicâs theology. |
| Bethel Music | Champion (Feat. Dante Bowe) | 2021/06/11 | Per Artist Theology announcement, I expanded the red text to encourage others to study Bethel Musicâs theology. |
| Bethel Music | It Is Well (Feat. Kristene DiMarco) | 2021/06/11 | Per Artist Theology announcement, I expanded the red text to encourage others to study Bethel Musicâs theology. |
| Bethel Music | Goodness of God | 2021/06/11 | Per Artist Theology announcement, I expanded the red text to encourage others to study Bethel Musicâs theology. |
| Bethel Music | One Thing Remains | 2021/06/11 | Per Artist Theology announcement, I expanded the red text to encourage others to study Bethel Musicâs theology. |
| Bethel Music | Raise a Hallelujah | 2021/06/11 | Per Artist Theology announcement, I expanded the red text to encourage others to study Bethel Musicâs theology. |
| Bethel Music | No Longer Slaves | 2021/06/11 | Per Artist Theology announcement, I expanded the red text to encourage others to study Bethelâs theology. |
| Bethel Music | Lion and the Lamb | 2021/06/11 | Per Artist Theology announcement, I expanded the red text to encourage others to study Bethel Musicâs theology. |
| CityAlight | Ancient of Days | 2021/06/11 | Per Artist Theology announcement, I expanded the red text to encourage others to study CityAlightâs theology. |
| CityAlight | Christ Is Mine Forevermore | 2021/06/11 | Per Artist Theology announcement, I expanded the red text to encourage others to study CityAlightâs theology. |
| CityAlight | Only a Holy God | 2021/06/11 | Per Artist Theology announcement, I expanded the red text to encourage others to study CityAlightâs theology. |
| CityAlight | Yet not I but through Christ in Me | 2021/06/11 | Per Artist Theology announcement, I expanded the red text to encourage others to study CityAlightâs theology. |
| Mandisa | Overcomer | 2021/06/08 | Removed my commentary on my initial thought about Romans 8:37 on Chorus' beginning. It didn't make sense to exclude it, since I included it as part of a larger passage. |
| Elevation Worship | Jireh (Feat. Naomi Raine & Chandler Moore) | 2021/06/07 | After prayerfully considering Emmanuel's comments, much of my criticism was edited out, drastically raising this song's score from 5/10 to 8/10. |
| Laura Story | Grace | 2021/06/07 | After prayerfully considering Jordan's comments, I removed my criticism and granted this song a perfect score, a significant improvement from 7/10. |
| Maverick City Music | Jireh (Feat. Naomi Raine & Chandler Moore) | 2021/06/07 | After prayerfully considering Emmanuel's comments, much of my criticism was edited out, drastically raising this song's score from 5/10 to 8/10. |
| Delirious? | Thank You for Saving Me | 2021/06/03 | Fixed formatting issues with section 2. |
| Vertical Worship | Faithful Now | 2021/06/03 | I scored section 2 incorrectly. Thank you Collin Garner for catching my error! I increased section 2's rating. This raised the song's overall score, from 3/10 to 4/10. |
| Needtobreathe | Multiplied | 2021/06/01 | Fixed section 2 to place summary text before [Verse] instead of after. |
| CityAlight | Ancient of Days | 2021/05/27 | Added CCM as the primary genre, with Rock as the sub-genre. |
| Lauren Daigle | Come Alive (Dry Bones) | 2021/05/24 | Updated my commentary to Bridge, which connects better with Ezekiel's 37's theme of dry bones. |
| N/A (Page) | Upcoming Reviews and Song Submission Queue | 2021/05/22 | With the "Extra Songs" list cleared of promised song reviews, it will now contain random song selections that did not pass polling. I modified the language on step #4 and removed the phrase "(previously 'did not pass polling queue')" to fit this current process. See the May 2nd, 2021 announcement for more details. |
| Elevation Worship | See A Victory | 2021/05/17 | After reading Mimi B's question, I updated commentary on Verse 2, lines 1 and 2. |
| Hillsong UNITED | Another in the Fire | 2021/05/07 | Per Artist Theology announcement, I expanded the red text to encourage others to study Hillsong's theology. |
| Hillsong UNITED | Even When It Hurts (Praise Song) | 2021/05/07 | Per Artist Theology announcement, I expanded the red text to encourage others to study Hillsong's theology. |
| Hillsong UNITED | King of Majesty | 2021/05/07 | Per Artist Theology announcement, I expanded the red text to encourage others to study Hillsong's theology. |
| Hillsong UNITED | Not Today | 2021/05/07 | Per Artist Theology announcement, I expanded the red text to encourage others to study Hillsong's theology. |
| Hillsong UNITED | Oceans (Where Feet May Fail) | 2021/05/07 | Per Artist Theology announcement, I expanded the red text to encourage others to study Hillsong's theology. |
| Hillsong UNITED | So Will I (100 Billion X) | 2021/05/07 | Per Artist Theology announcement, I expanded the red text to encourage others to study Hillsong's theology. |
| Hillsong UNITED | The Stand | 2021/05/07 | Per Artist Theology announcement, I expanded the red text to encourage others to study Hillsong's theology. |
| Hillsong UNITED | Touch the Sky | 2021/05/07 | Per Artist Theology announcement, I expanded the red text to encourage others to study Hillsong's theology. |
| Hillsong Worship | Cornerstone | 2021/05/07 | Per Artist Theology announcement, I expanded the red text to encourage others to study Hillsong's theology. |
| Hillsong Worship | Elohim | 2021/05/07 | Per Artist Theology announcement, I expanded the red text to encourage others to study Hillsong's theology. |
| Hillsong Worship | Grace To Grace | 2021/05/07 | Per Artist Theology announcement, I expanded the red text to encourage others to study Hillsong's theology. |
| Hillsong Worship | I Surrender | 2021/05/07 | Per Artist Theology announcement, I expanded the red text to encourage others to study Hillsong's theology. |
| Hillsong Worship | King of Kings | 2021/05/07 | Per Artist Theology announcement, I expanded the red text to encourage others to study Hillsong's theology. |
| Hillsong Worship | Man of Sorrows | 2021/05/07 | Per Artist Theology announcement, I expanded the red text to encourage others to study Hillsong's theology. |
| Hillsong Worship | Mighty to Save | 2021/05/07 | Per Artist Theology announcement, I expanded the red text to encourage others to study Hillsong's theology. |
| Hillsong Worship | New Wine | 2021/05/07 | Per Artist Theology announcement, I expanded the red text to encourage others to study Hillsong's theology. |
| Hillsong Worship | O Praise The Name (AnĂĄstasis) | 2021/05/07 | Per Artist Theology announcement, I expanded the red text to encourage others to study Hillsong's theology. |
| Hillsong Worship | This I Believe (The Creed) | 2021/05/07 | Per Artist Theology announcement, I expanded the red text to encourage others to study Hillsong's theology. |
| Hillsong Worship | Through it all | 2021/05/07 | Per Artist Theology announcement, I expanded the red text to encourage others to study Hillsong's theology. |
| Hillsong Worship | What a Beautiful Name | 2021/05/07 | Per Artist Theology announcement, I expanded the red text to encourage others to study Hillsong's theology. |
| Hillsong Worship | Who You Say I Am | 2021/05/07 | Per Artist Theology announcement, I expanded the red text to encourage others to study Hillsong's theology. |
| Hillsong Young & Free | P E A C E | 2021/05/07 | Per Artist Theology announcement, I expanded the red text to encourage others to study Hillsong's theology. |
| Hillsong Young & Free | Wake | 2021/05/07 | Per Artist Theology announcement, I expanded the red text to encourage others to study Hillsong's theology. |
| Cory Asbury | Endless Alleluia | 2021/05/06 | Added Psalm 63:6-8 to commentary on Verse 3. Thanks to Karly McKinney for finding it! |
| Stuart Townend | How Deep the Father's Love for Us | 2021/05/06 | Corrected an error in section 1, where my original article stated Jesus' love is selfish. Thanks to Robin Newton for catching it! |
| Bryan & Katie Torwalt | When You Walk Into The Room | 2021/05/05 | Removed commentary on "consuming fire" in sections 1 and 2. |
| Third Day | Soul on Fire (Feat. All Sons & Daughters) | 2021/05/05 | Removed the word "consuming" in commentary on Verse 1, line 2. |
| Vertical Worship | Do What You Want To | 2021/05/05 | Per email from Pastor Farlow, I incorrectly exegeted Deuteronomy 4:24 and Hebrews 12:29 as God's Presence. They are about judgment. I updated all sections and lowered the song's rating, from 10/10 to 8/10. |
| Zach Williams | Fear is a Liar | 2021/05/05 | Updated commentary on Bridge to the Holy Spiritâs fire instead of the all-consuming fire. |
| Maverick City Music | Getting Ready | 2021/05/01 | The original review did not properly address Post-Chorus, particularly, âevery creedâ. Thanks to Caleb for finding it! |
| Upperroom | Getting Ready | 2021/05/01 | The original review did not properly address Post-Chorus, particularly, âevery creedâ. Thanks to Caleb for finding it! |
| Rend Collective | My Lighthouse | 2021/04/29 | I incorrectly attribute Bridge's first line to God as the all-consuming fire. This should have been the pillar of fire. I updated my commentary in sections 1 and 2. |
| Victory Worship | A Thousand Hallelujahs | 2021/04/29 | The original article did not include Victory Worshipâs 2019 release One Moment. |
| Victory Worship | For Your Purpose (Unplugged) | 2021/04/29 | The original article did not include Victory Worshipâs 2019 release One Moment or a link to my review of Tribes. |
| Influence Music | Spirit Lead Me (Feat. Michael Ketterer) | 2021/04/28 | I used the wrong Verses to support Verse 2, line 8. It should have been the Holy Spirit during Pentecost, not God's all-consuming fire. |
| Elevation Worship | Faithful | 2021/04/21 | Upon closer examination, I decided that this song deserves a much lower rating, based on its adherence to the "Word of Faith" movement. I significantly lowered its score, from 7/10 to 3/10. |
| Elevation Worship | The Blessing (Feat. Cody Carnes & Kari Jobe) | 2021/04/20 | After prayerfully considering Don's comments, I decided to update section 3 based on his direction. This reduced the song's overall score, from 10/10 to 8.5/10. |
| Passion | Holy Ground (Feat. Melodie Malone) | 2021/04/18 | The earlier article incorrectly stated that Passion City Church held conferences since 1997. Thank you Alie for finding this! |
| Michael English | Mary, Did You Know | 2021/03/30 | The original review also incorrectly stated that English co-wrote this song. Thanks to Ben for discovering my mistake! |
| Tom Fettke | Adoration | 2021/03/26 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Tori Kelly | Soul's Anthem (It Is Well) | 2021/03/26 | Updated per repetition announcement. I moved my commentary as a side note and updated section 4 and Conclusion. This raised the overall score, from 9.5/10 to 10/10. |
| Tourniquet | Broken Chromosomes | 2021/03/26 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Travis Cottrell | The Blood of Jesus Speaks For Me | 2021/03/26 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| United Pursuit | Fill Me Up (Feat. Will Reagan) | 2021/03/26 | Updated per repetition announcement. I moved my commentary to a side note and updated Conclusion. I also raised section 1's score, increasing the overall rating from 9/10 to 9.5/10. |
| United Pursuit | Nothing I Hold Onto | 2021/03/26 | Updated per repetition announcement. I moved my commentary to a side note and updated sections 2 and Conclusion. I also increased the score for section 1, raising the overall rating from 9.5/10 to 10/10. |
| Upperroom | Surrounded (Fight My Battles) | 2021/03/26 | After re-examining the song, and to keep this in line with other reviews, I've updated my entire review. I lowered its overall score, from 7.5/10 to 5.5/10. |
| Vertical Worship | 1000 Tongues | 2021/03/26 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Vertical Worship | Do What You Want To | 2021/03/26 | Updated per repetition announcement. I updated section 1 and raised its score, increasing the song's overall score from 9.5/10 to 10/10. |
| Vertical Worship | Found in You | 2021/03/26 | Updated section 1 to clarify that the message seems watered down, stripping it of its power. |
| Vertical Worship | Yes I Will | 2021/03/26 | Updated per repetition announcement. I also decided that my criticism on misunderstanding God as "never late" was unfounded, removing it completely from all sections. I also raised all scores to 10, significantly increasing the song's overall score, from 7/10 to 10/10. |
| Victory Worship | Tribes | 2021/03/26 | Updated per repetition announcement. I also increased section 1's score, raising the overall rating, from 9.5/10 to 10/10. |
| W. W. Walford | Sweet Hour Of Prayer | 2021/03/26 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| We The Kingdom | Holy Water | 2021/03/26 | Updated per repetition announcement. I increased section 1's score. This did not affect the overall rating. |
| We the Wellspring | Figs | 2021/03/26 | Updated per repetition announcement. I increased section 1's score. This did not affect the overall rating. |
| Wolves at the Gate | A Voice in the Violence | 2021/03/26 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Wolves at the Gate | East to West | 2021/03/26 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Wolves at the Gate | No Rival | 2021/03/26 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Zach Williams | To the Table | 2021/03/26 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Brandon Lake | This Is a Move | 2021/03/25 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Brandon Lake | We Praise You | 2021/03/25 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Darlene Zschech | Worthy is the Lamb | 2021/03/25 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Godfrey Thring | Crown Him with Many Crowns | 2021/03/25 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| John Mark McMillan & Sarah McMillan | King of My Heart | 2021/03/25 | Updated per repetition announcement. I moved my commentary to a side note, added the "echo" error in section 1, and slightly increased section 1's score. This raised the overall rating from 7.5/10 to 8/10. |
| John Newton | I Asked The Lord That I Might Grow | 2021/03/25 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Josh Baldwin | Stand In Your Love | 2021/03/25 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Josh Garrels | Farther Along | 2021/03/25 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Josh Gauton | O, Peace | 2021/03/25 | Updated per repetition announcement. Also, I had an incomplete thought in section 1. I finished it. |
| Kanye West | God Is | 2021/03/25 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Kanye West | Selah | 2021/03/25 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Kanye West | Use This Gospel (Feat. Clipse & Kenny G) | 2021/03/25 | Updated per repetition announcement. I slightly increased section 1's score, raising its overall rating from 8.5/10 to 9/10. |
| Kari Jobe | Forever | 2021/03/25 | Updated per repetition announcement. I moved my commentary to a side note and lowered section 1's score, to keep it consistent with other reviews. This did not affect the overall rating. |
| Kari Jobe | Heal Our Land | 2021/03/25 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Kb | Crowns & Thorns (Oceans) | 2021/03/25 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Kb | Not Today Satan (Feat. Andy Mineo) | 2021/03/25 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Keith & Kristyn Getty | Christ Our Hope in Life and Death (Feat. Matt Papa) | 2021/03/25 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Keith & Kristyn Getty | My Worth Is Not in What I Own (Feat. Fernando Ortega) | 2021/03/25 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Keith & Kristyn Getty | See What A Morning (Resurrection Hymn) | 2021/03/25 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Keith & Kristyn Getty | The Lord is My Salvation | 2021/03/25 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Keith Green | No One Believes in Me Anymore (Satan's Boast) | 2021/03/25 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Kings Kaleidoscope | Defender | 2021/03/25 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Kings Kaleidoscope | Felix Culpa | 2021/03/25 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Kirk Franklin | Love Theory | 2021/03/25 | Updated per repetition announcement. I moved my commentary to a side note and increased section 1's score. This did not affect the overall rating. |
| Kutless | Hearts of the Innocent | 2021/03/25 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Laura Story | Blessings | 2021/03/25 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Laura Story | Grace | 2021/03/25 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Laura Story | Indescribable | 2021/03/25 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Lauren Daigle | Come Alive (Dry Bones) | 2021/03/25 | Updated per repetition announcement. I moved my commentary to a side note and slightly increased section 1's score. This did not affect the overall rating. |
| Lauren Daigle | Everything | 2021/03/25 | Updated per repetition announcement. I raised section 1's score, increasing the overall rating from 9/10 to 9.5/10. |
| Lauren Daigle | First | 2021/03/25 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Lauren Daigle | Look Up Child | 2021/03/25 | Updated per repetition announcement. I moved my commentary to a side note, updated sections 1, 4, and conclusion, and increased the score for sections 1 and 4. This raised the overall score, from 7.5/10 to 8/10. |
| Lauren Daigle | Love Like This | 2021/03/25 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Lauren Daigle | Loyal | 2021/03/25 | Updated per repetition announcement. I increased section 1's score, raising the overall rating from 9/10 to 9.5/10. |
| Lauren Daigle | Rebel Heart | 2021/03/25 | Updated per repetition announcement. I raised section 1's score. This did not affect the overall rating. |
| Lauren Daigle | Remember | 2021/03/25 | Updated per repetition announcement. I moved my commentary to a side note. |
| Lauren Daigle | This Girl | 2021/03/25 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Lenny LeBlanc | Above All | 2021/03/25 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Lindy & The Circuit Riders | Driven By Love | 2021/03/25 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Manafest | Come Back Home (Feat. Trevor McNevan) | 2021/03/25 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Manafest | Pray | 2021/03/25 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Manny Benton | I Look To You | 2021/03/25 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Manny Benton | Strength and Shield | 2021/03/25 | Updated per repetition announcement. Also, updated grammatical error in Intro. |
| Marie Barnett | Breathe | 2021/03/25 | Updated per repetition announcement. I increased section 1's score, raising it from 8/10 to 8.5/10. |
| Martin Luther | A Mighty Fortress Is Our God | 2021/03/25 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Matisyahu | King Without A Crown | 2021/03/25 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Matt Boswell | Come Behold the Wondrous Mystery | 2021/03/25 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Matt Maher | Your Grace Is Enough | 2021/03/25 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Matt Redman | Better is One Day | 2021/03/25 | Updated per repetition announcement. I updated sections 1, 4, and conclusion. After raising their scores, this increased the overall rating, from 9.5/10 to 10/10. |
| Matt Redman | Blessed Be Your Name | 2021/03/25 | Updated per repetition announcement. I moved my commentary to a side note and slightly updated Conclusion. |
| Matt Redman | We Praise You (Feat. Brandon Lake) | 2021/03/25 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Matt Redman | Mercy | 2021/03/25 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Matt Redman | The Heart of Worship | 2021/03/25 | Updated per repetition announcement. I raised section 1âs score. This did not affect the overall rating. |
| Matthew Bridges | Crown Him with Many Crowns | 2021/03/25 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Matthew West | Day One | 2021/03/25 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Matthew West | Hello, My Name Is | 2021/03/25 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Maverick City Music | Promises (Feat. Joe L Barnes & Naomi Raine) | 2021/03/25 | Updated per repetition announcement. I moved my commentary to a side note and increased section 1's score, raising the overall rating from 9/10 to 9.5/10. |
| Maverick City Music | Man of Your Word (Feat. KJ Scriven & Chandler Moore) | 2021/03/25 | Updated per repetition announcement. I updated my commentary to a side note and increased section 1's score. This increased the overall rating, from 8/10 to 8.5/10. |
| Maverick City Music | You Keep On Getting Better (Feat. Majesty Rose) | 2021/03/25 | Updated per repetition announcement. I moved my commentary to a side note and increased section 1's score. This raised the overall rating, from 9.5/10 to 10/10. |
| Maverick City Music | Refiner (Feat. Steffany Gretzinger & Chandler Moore) | 2021/03/25 | Updated per repetition announcement. While I increased section 1's score and changed my commentary to a side note, my original score was incorrectly calculated. Curiously, correcting section 1 also corrected the overall rating. |
| Melody and Keith Green | There Is A Redeemer | 2021/03/25 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| MercyMe | Flawless | 2021/03/25 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Meredith Andrews | Open Up the Heavens | 2021/03/25 | Updated per repetition announcement. I moved my commentary to a side note, increased section 1's score, and updated my recommendation in Conclusion. This increased the overall rating, from 9.5/10 to 10/10. |
| Michael English | In Christ Alone | 2021/03/25 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Michael W. Smith | Agnus Dei | 2021/03/25 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Michael W. Smith | Let It Rain | 2021/03/25 | Updated per repetition announcement. I moved my commentary to a side note and significantly raised the score for sections 1, 3, and 4. I also updated the Conclusion. This significantly raised the overall score, from 7.5/10 to 10/10. |
| Michael W. Smith | Someday (Set the Children Free) | 2021/03/25 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Michael W. Smith | Ancient Words | 2021/03/25 | Updated per repetition announcement. I updated my score in sections 1 and 3. This did not affect the overall rating. |
| Nate Moore | This Is a Move | 2021/03/25 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Needtobreathe | Able | 2021/03/25 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Needtobreathe | Hard Love | 2021/03/25 | Updated per repetition announcement. I moved my commentary to a side note and increased section 1's score, raising the overall rating from 4/10 to 4.5/10. |
| Newsboys | I Am Second | 2021/03/25 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Nf | Oh Lord | 2021/03/25 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Passion | There's Nothing That Our God Can't Do (Feat. Kristian Stanfill) | 2021/03/25 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Passion | Holy Ground (Feat. Melodie Malone) | 2021/03/25 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Pat Barrett | Canvas and Clay (Feat. Ben Smith) | 2021/03/25 | Updated per repetition announcement. I moved my commentary to a side note and increased section 1's score. This raised my overall rating, from 9.5/10 to 10/10. |
| Pat Barrett | The Way (New Horizon) | 2021/03/25 | Updated per repetition announcement. I increased section 1's score, raising the overall rating from 9.5/10 to 10/10. |
| Paul Baloche | Above All | 2021/03/25 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Paul Baloche | Hosanna (Praise Is Rising) | 2021/03/25 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Paul Wilbur | For Your Name Is Holy | 2021/03/25 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| People & Songs | Throne Room Song (Feat. May Angeles, Ryan Kennedy & The Emerging Sound) | 2021/03/25 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Phil Wickham | Christ Is Risen | 2021/03/25 | Updated per repetition announcement. I moved my commentary to a side note. |
| Phil Wickham | Living Hope | 2021/03/25 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Phil Wickham | Messiah / You're Beautiful | 2021/03/25 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Phil Wickham | Tethered | 2021/03/25 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Phil Wickham | Your Love Awakens Me | 2021/03/25 | Updated per repetition announcement. I also placed my personal feelings as a side note and increased section 1's score, raising the overall rating from 9.5/10 to 10/10. |
| Planetboom | LEMME TELLYA | 2021/03/25 | Updated per repetition announcement. I moved my commentary to a side note. |
| Planetshakers | You Call Me Beautiful | 2021/03/25 | Updated per repetition announcement. I moved my commentary to a side note, increased section 1's score, and updated Conclusion. This increased the overall rating, from 8/10 to 9/10. |
| Prestonwood Worship | Here in the Holy | 2021/03/25 | Updated per repetition announcement. I increased section 1's score and updated Conclusion. This did not affect the overall rating |
| Psallos | The New | 2021/03/25 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Psallos | The Old | 2021/03/25 | Updated per repetition announcement. I moved my commentary as part of the side note in section 1. |
| Red Rocks Worship | Breakthrough | 2021/03/25 | Updated per repetition announcement. I moved my commentary to a side note. |
| Red Rocks Worship | Not Afraid | 2021/03/25 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Red | Perfect Life | 2021/03/25 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Reginald Heber | Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty! | 2021/03/25 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Rend Collective | Rescuer (Good News) | 2021/03/25 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Rend Collective | True North | 2021/03/25 | Updated per repetition announcement. I updated section 1, including moving my commentary on repetition to a side note. |
| Reuben Morgan | I Give You My Heart | 2021/03/25 | Updated per repetition announcement. I updated section 1's score and moved my commentary to a side note, raising its overall score from 9.5/10 to 10/10. |
| Rich Mullins | Awesome God | 2021/03/25 | Updated per repetition announcement. I moved my commentary to a side note and increased section 1's score, raising the overall rating from 9.5/10 to 10/10. |
| Riley Clemmons | Better For It | 2021/03/25 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Riley Clemmons | Broken Prayers | 2021/03/25 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Robert Robinson | Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing | 2021/03/25 | Updated per repetition announcement. Also, fixed several spelling errors. |
| Ron Kenoly | Ancient of Days | 2021/03/25 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Sam Smith | Pray (Feat. Logic) | 2021/03/25 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Sanctus Real | Lead Me | 2021/03/25 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Sandra McCracken | All Ye Refugees | 2021/03/25 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Selah | More and More of You | 2021/03/25 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Shai Linne | Supreme (Feat. Beautiful Eulogy) | 2021/03/25 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Shane & Shane | Though You Slay Me | 2021/03/25 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Shane & Shane | Yearn | 2021/03/25 | Updated per repetition announcement. Subtracted two points from section 3 based on JM's comment, slightly lowering its overall score from 10/10 to 9.5/10. |
| Sidewalk Prophets | You Love Me Anyway | 2021/03/25 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Sovereign Grace Music | Let Your Kingdom Come | 2021/03/25 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Sovereign Grace Music | Lord, Have Mercy | 2021/03/25 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Spoken | Through It All | 2021/03/25 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Stormzy | Blinded by Your Grace, Pt. 2 (Feat. MNEK) | 2021/03/25 | Updated per repetition announcement. Commenter Andrew helped me with my issue interpreting the opening of Verse 1. I had initially subtracted a point due to my limited understanding of "one time". Upon correction, I restored the point, slightly raising its score from 7.5/10 to 8/10. |
| Stuart K. Hine | How Great Thou Art | 2021/03/25 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Stuart Townend | See What A Morning (Resurrection Hymn) | 2021/03/25 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Stuart Townend | For The Cause | 2021/03/25 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Stuart Townend | How Deep the Father's Love for Us | 2021/03/25 | Updated per repetition announcement. I moved my commentary to a side note. |
| Stuart Townend | I Will Wait for You (Psalm 130) | 2021/03/25 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Switch | Symphony (Feat. Dillon Chase) | 2021/03/25 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Tasha Cobbs Leonard | This Is a Move | 2021/03/25 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Tauren Wells | Hills and Valleys | 2021/03/25 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Tauren Wells | Known | 2021/03/25 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Tedashii | Gotta Live (Feat. Jordan Feliz) | 2021/03/25 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| The City Harmonic | Holy (Wedding Day) | 2021/03/25 | Updated per repetition announcement. I increased section 1's score. This did not affect the overall rating. |
| The Modern Post | Grace Alone | 2021/03/25 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| The Modern Post | Rejoice | 2021/03/25 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| The Porter's Gate | Wood and Nails (Feat. Audrey Assad & Josh Garrels) | 2021/03/25 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Theocracy | I AM | 2021/03/25 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Third Day | Soul on Fire (Feat. All Sons & Daughters) | 2021/03/25 | Updated per repetition announcement. I moved my commentary as a side note and increased my score for sections 1 and 2, and changed my recommendation by removing "highly". This raised the overall score, from 9/10 to 9.5/10. |
| Thomas Chisholm | Great Is Thy Faithfulness | 2021/03/25 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Thousand Foot Krutch | Down | 2021/03/25 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Tim Hughes | Here I Am to Worship | 2021/03/25 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| TobyMac | Feel It (Feat. Mr. Talkbox) | 2021/03/25 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| TobyMac | I Just Need U. | 2021/03/25 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| TobyMac | Til the Day I Die (feat. NF) | 2021/03/25 | Updated per repetition announcement. I increased section 1's score and updated Conclusion to include a recommendation rather than congratulating TobyMac on having "one song" that passed muster. This raised the overall rating from 9.5/10 to 10/10. |
| Tony Brown | This Is a Move | 2021/03/25 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| United Pursuit | Break Every Chain | 2021/03/25 | Updated per repetition announcement. I raised section 1âs score. This did not affect the overall review. |
| Deluge | Open Up the Sky | 2021/03/24 | Updated per repetition announcement. I increased section 1's, score, raising its overall score from 9.5/10 to 10/10. |
| Demon Hunter | More Than Bones | 2021/03/24 | Updated per repetition announcement. I also slightly increased my score for sections 1 and 4. This did not affect my overall rating. |
| Demon Hunter | On My Side | 2021/03/24 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Edward Mote | My Hope is Built on Nothing Less | 2021/03/24 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Elevation Worship | Faithful | 2021/03/24 | Updated per repetition announcement. I increased section 1's score. This did not affect my overall rating. |
| Elevation Worship | Echo (Feat. Tauren Wells) | 2021/03/24 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Elevation Worship | Never Lost (Feat. Tauren Wells) | 2021/03/24 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Elevation Worship | Give Me Faith | 2021/03/24 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Elevation Worship | Hallelujah Here Below | 2021/03/24 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Elevation Worship | Here as in Heaven | 2021/03/24 | Updated per repetition announcement. I moved my commentary to a side note, increasing section 1's score. This raised the overall score from 7.5/10 to 8/10. |
| Elevation Worship | Jesus I Come | 2021/03/24 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Elevation Worship | RATTLE! | 2021/03/24 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Elevation Worship | Resurrecting | 2021/03/24 | Updated per repetition announcement. I increased section 1's score. This did not affect my overall rating. |
| Elevation Worship | See A Victory | 2021/03/24 | Updated per repetition announcement. I moved my commentary to a side note. |
| Elevation Worship | There Is a Cloud | 2021/03/24 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Elevation Worship | Unstoppable God | 2021/03/24 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Elevation Worship | Yours (Glory and Praise) | 2021/03/24 | Updated per repetition announcement. I moved my commentary to a side note and increased section 1's score. This raised the overall score from 9.5/10 to 10/10. |
| Ellie Rogers | Eagles | 2021/03/24 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Emu Music | Creation Awaits | 2021/03/24 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Ethafulm | Black Light Revelation | 2021/03/24 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| For King & Country | Burn The Ships | 2021/03/24 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| For Today | Devastator | 2021/03/24 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Francesca Battistelli | If We're Honest | 2021/03/24 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| George Duffield Jr | Stand Up, Stand Up for Jesus | 2021/03/24 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Henry Smith | Give Thanks | 2021/03/24 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Hillsong UNITED | Another in the Fire | 2021/03/24 | Updated per repetition announcement. I removed my comments about self-centeredness and increased section 1's score. This raised its overall score from 8.5/10 to 9/10. |
| Hillsong UNITED | Good Grace | 2021/03/24 | Updated per repetition announcement. I moved my commentary as a side note and chose not to increase section 1's score. |
| Hillsong UNITED | King of Majesty | 2021/03/24 | Updated per repetition announcement. Also, rephrased the last sentence in section 1. |
| Hillsong UNITED | Not Today | 2021/03/24 | Updated per repetition announcement. I moved my commentary as a side note and added a sentence to section 1 about Chorus. This did not affect any scoring. |
| Hillsong UNITED | The Stand | 2021/03/24 | Updated per repetition announcement. I raised my score for section 1, increasing its overall score from 9.5/10 to 10/10. |
| Hillsong UNITED | Touch the Sky | 2021/03/24 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Hillsong Worship | Cornerstone | 2021/03/24 | Updated per repetition announcement. I also forgot to state my overall thoughts on Biblical accuracy in section 2. I increased the score in section 1. This did not affect the overall rating. |
| Hillsong Worship | I Surrender | 2021/03/24 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Hillsong Worship | King of Kings | 2021/03/24 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Hillsong Worship | Mighty to Save | 2021/03/24 | Updated per repetition announcement. I increased section 1's score, raising the overall rating from 9.5/10 to 10/10. |
| Hillsong Worship | O Praise The Name (AnĂĄstasis) | 2021/03/24 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Hillsong Worship | This I Believe (The Creed) | 2021/03/24 | Updated per repetition announcement. I increased section 1's score and added the missing summary in section 2. This raised the overall score, from 9.5/10 to 10/10. |
| Hillsong Worship | Through it all | 2021/03/24 | Updated per repetition announcement. I increased the score for sections 1 and 4. This did not affect the overall score. |
| Hillsong Worship | Who You Say I Am | 2021/03/24 | Updated per repetition announcement. I increased section 1's score and updated the last sentence of section conclusion. My views on repetition are a side note. This increased the overall score, from 9/10 to 9.5/10. |
| Hillsong Young & Free | Wake | 2021/03/24 | Updated per repetition announcement. I also increased my score for sections 1 3, and 4 and updated commentary in all three sections. This significantly raised the overall score, from 2/10 to 5/10. |
| Housefires | Build My Life | 2021/03/24 | Updated per repetition announcement. I also increased section 1's score. Combined with an error in my math, this raised the overall rating from 7/10 to 7.5/10. |
| Housefires | Yes and Amen | 2021/03/24 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Iced Earth | Melancholy (Holy Martyr) | 2021/03/24 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Iron Bell Music | God That Saves (Feat. Stephen McWhirter) | 2021/03/24 | Updated per repetition announcement. I moved my commentary to a side note and increased section 1's score. This raised the overall score from 9.5/10 to 10/10. |
| Iron Maiden | For the Greater Good of God | 2021/03/24 | Updated per repetition announcement. I moved my commentary to a side note and increased section 1's score. This did not affect the overall rating. |
| Israel Houghton | Friend of God | 2021/03/24 | Updated per repetition announcement. I also increased the score for sections 1 and 4, raising the overall rating from 3/10 to 4.5/10. |
| Israel Houghton | Going To Another Level | 2021/03/24 | Updated per repetition announcement. Also, fixed several spelling and grammatical errors. |
| James Milton Black | When the Roll is Called Up Yonder | 2021/03/24 | Updated per repetition announcement. I increased section 1's score, raising the overall score, from 9/10 to 9.5/10. |
| Jamie Grace | Hold Me (Feat. TobyMac) | 2021/03/24 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Jeremy Camp | Give Me Jesus | 2021/03/24 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Jesus Culture | Move (Feat. Chris McClarney) | 2021/03/24 | Updated per repetition announcement. I increased section 1's score, raising its overall rating from 8.5/10 to 9/10. |
| Jesus Culture | Rooftops | 2021/03/24 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Jesus Culture | You Won't Relent | 2021/03/24 | Updated per repetition announcement. I moved my commentary to a side note and raised my score for section 1. This did not affect the overall rating. |
| Jesus Culture | Your Love Never Fails | 2021/03/24 | Updated per repetition announcement. I also increased the score for sections 1 and 4. This did not affect the overall rating. |
| John Mark McMillan | Death In His Grave | 2021/03/24 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| John Mark Mcmillan | How He Loves | 2021/03/24 | Updated per repetition announcement. I raised the score for sections 1 and 4, increasing its overall rating from 3.5/10 to 4/10. |
| Pat Barrett | Build My Life | 2021/03/24 | Updated per repetition announcement. I also increased section 1's score. Combined with an error in my math, this raised the overall rating from 7/10 to 7.5/10. |
| Casting Crowns | Nobody (Feat. Matthew West) | 2021/03/23 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Casting Crowns | Praise You In This Storm | 2021/03/23 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Casting Crowns | What This World Needs | 2021/03/23 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Charitie Lees Smith | Before the Throne of God Above | 2021/03/23 | Updated per repetition announcement. Also, fixed several spelling/grammatical errors and removed duplicate "update" section in the introduction. |
| Chris Tomlin | At The Cross (Love Ran Red) | 2021/03/23 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Chris Tomlin | God's Great Dance Floor | 2021/03/23 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Chris Tomlin | Jesus Loves Me | 2021/03/23 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Chris Tomlin | Wonderful Maker | 2021/03/23 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Chris Tomlin | My Deliverer | 2021/03/23 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Chris Tomlin | Our God | 2021/03/23 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Chris Tomlin | Resurrection Power | 2021/03/23 | Updated per repetition announcement. I moved my commentary as a side note, raising section 1's score. This slightly increased its overall score, from 8.5/10 to 9/10. |
| Cimorelli | My God is Here | 2021/03/23 | Updated per repetition announcement. I raised section 1's score, removed my personal feelings, and updated commentary in section 4. I also moved the first "update" to the bottom. This did not affect its overall score. |
| Cindy Walker | Child of the King | 2021/03/23 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Citipointe Worship | Into The Deep | 2021/03/23 | Updated per repetition announcement. I moved my commentary to a side note and raised section 1's, score. This increased my overall rating from 8/10 to 8.5/10. |
| CityAlight | Christ Is Mine Forevermore | 2021/03/23 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Cody Carnes | Christ Be Magnified | 2021/03/23 | Updated per repetition announcement. Also, fixed a few spelling and grammatical errors. |
| Cody Carnes | Nothing Else | 2021/03/23 | Updated per repetition announcement. My original score for the entire song was a 10, despite section 1 having a 9 score! After updating section 1's score, along with moving my commentary as a side note, I left the "10" rating. |
| Cody Carnes | Run to the Father | 2021/03/23 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Cody Carnes | The Cross Has the Final Word | 2021/03/23 | Updated per repetition announcement. I moved my commentary on repetition to a side note and slightly raised section 1's score, increasing my overall rating from 2/10 to 2.5/10. |
| Cory Asbury | Christ Be Magnified | 2021/03/23 | Updated per repetition announcement. Also, fixed a few spelling and grammatical errors. |
| Cory Asbury | Endless Alleluia | 2021/03/23 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Daniel Bashta | Like a Lion | 2021/03/23 | Updated per repetition announcement. I also moved my commentary to a side note increased section 1's score, raising my overall review from 9.5/10 to 10/10. |
| Daniel Ribeiro | God of Victory | 2021/03/23 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Daniel Ribeiro | Sanctuary (Let This Be A Place) | 2021/03/23 | Updated per repetition announcement. I moved my commentary on the song's structure to a side note. Scoring was unaffected. |
| Darlene Zschech | Shout To The Lord | 2021/03/23 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Darlene Zschech | Victor's Crown | 2021/03/23 | Updated per repetition announcement. I slightly increased section 1's score. This did not affect the overall rating. |
| Darlene Zschech | In Jesus' Name | 2021/03/23 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Darrell Evans | Trading My Sorrows | 2021/03/23 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| David Koo | Job's Song | 2021/03/23 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| DC Talk | Jesus Freak | 2021/03/23 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| DC Talk | Jesus Is Just Alright | 2021/03/23 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| DC Talk | What If I Stumble? | 2021/03/23 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Delirious? | Did You Feel the Mountains Tremble? | 2021/03/23 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Delirious? | I Could Sing of Your Love Forever | 2021/03/23 | Updated per repetition announcement. I moved my commentary to a side note and slightly increase section 1's score. I also increased section 4's score, to keep it in-line with other reviews. This increased my overall rating from 4/10 to 5/10. |
| Israel Houghton | In Jesus' Name | 2021/03/23 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Matt Redman | Wonderful Maker | 2021/03/23 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Newsboys | God's Not Dead (Like a Lion) | 2021/03/23 | Updated per repetition announcement. I also moved my commentary to a side note increased section 1's score, raising my overall review from 9.5/10 to 10/10. |
| Delirious? | Thank You for Saving Me | 2021/03/21 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Grits | Ooh Ahh (My Life Be Like) (Feat. TobyMac) | 2021/03/21 | Updated per repetition announcement. I increased section 1âs score. This did not affect my overall review. |
| Bethel Music | You Make Me Brave (Feat. Amanda Lindsay Cook) | 2021/03/19 | Updated per repetition announcement. This raised its score, from 6/10 to 6.5/10. |
| Bethel Music | One Thing Remains | 2021/03/19 | Updated per repetition announcement. I also raised my score for sections 1 and 4 and commentary for all sections, except 2. My view on repetition is now a side note. This raised its score from 6.5/10 to 7.5/10. |
| Bethel Music | Raise a Hallelujah | 2021/03/19 | Updated per repetition announcement. I raised section 1's score and updated my conclusion. I also fixed a grammatical error in section 1. This raised its score from 9.5/10 to 10/10. |
| Big Daddy Weave | Redeemed | 2021/03/19 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Billie Eilish | All The Good Girls Go To Hell | 2021/03/19 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Bryan & Katie Torwalt | When You Walk Into The Room | 2021/03/19 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Cageless Birds | Ain't No Grave | 2021/03/19 | Updated per repetition announcement. I updated my commentary on repetition in section 1 to a side note and increased its score. I also updated comments on section 3, slightly raising its score. This brought the overall score from 9/10 to 9.5/10. |
| Bethel Music | No Longer Slaves | 2021/03/18 | Updated per repetition announcement. Also, my personal feelings towards this song should not affect how I rate its message. I've rehauled almost my entire review, significantly raising its score from 7/10 to 9/10. |
| Bethel Music | Lion and the Lamb | 2021/03/18 | Updated per repetition announcement. Slightly increased score and removed repetition commentary in section 1. This raised its overall score, from 7.5/10 to 8/10. |
| Leeland | Lion and the Lamb | 2021/03/18 | Updated per repetition announcement. Slightly increased score and removed repetition commentary in section 1. This raised its overall score, from 7.5/10 to 8/10. |
| All Sons and Daughters | Great Are You Lord | 2021/03/17 | Updated per repetition announcement. Although I slightly raised the score in section 1 and removed my commentary on repetition, this did not affect the overall score. |
| Andrea Bocelli | The Prayer (Feat. Celine Dion) | 2021/03/17 | Updated per repetition announcement. I only removed some slight commentary in section 1. |
| Audrey Assad | Good To Me | 2021/03/17 | Updated per repetition announcement. I updated section 1 to sideline my commentary on repetition. I also changed my recommendation. This raised its score from 8.5/10 to 9/10. |
| Audrey Assad | I Shall Not Want | 2021/03/17 | Updated per repetition announcement. I increased my score for section 1 and 4, raising its overall score from 8/10 to 9/10. |
| Austin Stone Worship | This Glorious Grace | 2021/03/17 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Beautiful Eulogy | Omnipotent (Feat. Kings Kaleidoscope) | 2021/03/17 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Bethel Music | Be Enthroned | 2021/03/17 | Updated per repetition announcement. Though I raised section 1's score, this did not affect the overall score. |
| Bethel Music | Ever Be | 2021/03/17 | Updated per repetition announcement. After raising section 1's score, this raised the overall score from 9/10 to 9.5/10. |
| Bethel Music | Extravagant | 2021/03/17 | Updated per repetition announcement. Though I raised section 1âs score, it did not affect the overall score. |
| Bethel Music | God of Revival (Feat. Brian Johnson & Jenn Johnson) | 2021/03/17 | Updated per repetition announcement. Changed my commentary on repetition to a side note, raising section 1's score. This changed my overall score, from 9.5/10 to 10/10. |
| Bethel Music | Champion (Feat. Dante Bowe) | 2021/03/17 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Bethel Music | It Is Well (Feat. Kristene DiMarco) | 2021/03/17 | Updated per repetition announcement. Changed my commentary on repetition to a side note, raising section 1's score. This changed my overall score, from 9/10 to 9.5/10. |
| Bethel Music | Goodness of God | 2021/03/17 | Updated per repetition announcement. |
| Bryan & Katie Torwalt | Holy Spirit | 2021/03/17 | Updated per repetition announcement. Also, corrected Bryan's name. |
| N/A (Page) | Song Review Index | 2021/03/17 | Ran into an unrecoverable error when updating this page. Attempted to recreate it and clean up reordering issues. Also, abandoned correct capitalization for artists. It doesnât play nice with my sorter. |
| CityAlight | Yet not I but through Christ in Me | 2021/03/15 | Updated per repetition announcement, removing my commentary on the topic. |
| Elevation Worship | Graves Into Gardens (Feat. Brandon Lake) | 2021/03/15 | Updated per repetition announcement, relegating commentary as a side note. I left my concluding comments alone and did not raise the score. |
| Elevation Worship | The Blessing (Feat. Cody Carnes & Kari Jobe) | 2021/03/15 | Updated per repetition announcement. I tailored my commentary as a side note, to those sensitive to repetition. This raised this song's score from 9.5/10 to 10/10. |
| Sinach | Way Maker | 2021/03/15 | Updated per repetition announcement, relegating commentary as a side note. |
| N/A (Page) | Criteria for Evaluating Christian Music | 2021/03/14 | See repetition announcement. |
| Mosaic MSC | Tremble | 2021/03/10 | Updated commentary to Verse 3. Thanks to nidia for discovering it! |
| Ghost Ship | Adoption | 2021/03/08 | The original review incorrectly stated that Ghost Ship released two albums. Thanks to JM for discovering my error! |
| Hillsong Worship | What a Beautiful Name | 2021/03/07 | Cleaned up the grammar and fixed the date for the Billboard chart used in this review. |
| Sandra McCracken | All Ye Refugees | 2021/03/02 | Section 4 was incomplete upon initial release. I corrected it. |
| Darlene Zschech | Shout To The Lord | 2021/02/28 | The original review incorrectly stated that Darlene left Hillsong in 2006. Thanks to katrina637 for pointing it out! |
| Audrey Assad | Good To Me | 2021/02/26 | Chloe's comments made me realize that I reviewed this song poorly, pushing too much of section 3 into the rest of the review. I significantly altered it, raising its score from 5/10 to 8.5/10. |
| Phil Wickham | Great Things | 2021/02/04 | Caleb pointed out an inconsistency between this review and others where I've criticized the word "every". This changed this review's score, from 10/10 to 8/10. |
| Michael W. Smith | Let It Rain | 2021/01/27 | In response to comments, changed introduction so that it no longer states this song was released so that Michael W. Smith could release it. I also fixed several spelling/grammatical errors. |
| Hillsong Worship | What a Beautiful Name | 2021/01/26 | After much prayer and discussion with Neal Cruco and Tim Adams, along with decreased confidence about Verse 2's opening line, I decided to alter this review. All sections were updated, except for Introduction. I reduced its overall score from 10/10 to 8.5/10. |
| Michael English | Mary, Did You Know | 2021/01/19 | The original review incorrectly stated that English was with the Singing Samaritans from 1980 to 1982. |
| Housefires | Good Good Father | 2021/01/10 | After reading Greg, and re-reading my review and Housefire's lyrics, I'm not sure why I wrote that I had an issue with Chorus. I removed my comments and slightly raised my score on section 1, pushing its overall score into the green, from 7.5/10 to 8/10. |
| Elevation Worship | Graves Into Gardens (Feat. Brandon Lake) | 2021/01/08 | After prayerfully reading BRANDON D LEQUIEU's comment, I made a few alterations to dull my harshness of "every" in section 1 and in my concluding statements. I also added an alternative explanation for others to consider in section 2. Finally, I slightly raised my score for section 1, raising this song's rating from 6.5/10 to 7/10. |
| Hillsong UNITED | Good Grace | 2021/01/01 | Thank you Brock Jackson for providing better Scripture for "swing wide all you heavens"! I updated it. |
| N/A (Page) | Song Review Index | 2021/01/01 | Updated introductory paragraph to more clearly identify links to Christmas Reviews and Upcoming Reviews. |
| Passion | There's Nothing That Our God Can't Do (Feat. Kristian Stanfill) | 2020/12/30 | The original article incorrectly stated that Passion conferences started in 1985. I corrected this to 1997. |
| Passion | Holy Ground (Feat. Melodie Malone) | 2020/12/30 | The original article incorrectly stated that Passion conferences started in 1985. I corrected this to 1997. |
| John Mark Mcmillan | How He Loves | 2020/12/13 | Upon prayerfully considering Erik Michael Delange's comment, I removed references to Crowder's "unforeseen kiss". This is a review of Mcmillan's version and Crowder's "unforeseen kiss" is vague at best and unbiblical at worst, neither of which is helpful. This does not affect my rating. |
| Chris Tomlin | God's Great Dance Floor | 2020/12/01 | I Added âAdore: Christmas Songs Of Worship (2015)â as an album that Tomlin released prior to this review. |
| Chris Tomlin | Home | 2020/12/01 | I incorrectly stated that Tomlin released 13 albums at the time of this review. âAdore: Christmas Songs Of Worship (2015)â was not included on the list that I researched. I changed it to 14 albums. |
| Chris Tomlin | Jesus Loves Me | 2020/12/01 | I added "Adore: Christmas Songs Of Worship (2015)" as an album that Tomlin released prior to this review. |
| Chris Tomlin | Wonderful Maker | 2020/12/01 | I Added "Adore: Christmas Songs Of Worship (2015)" as an album that Tomlin released prior to this review. |
| Chris Tomlin | My Deliverer | 2020/12/01 | I Added "Adore: Christmas Songs Of Worship (2015)" as an album that Tomlin released prior to this review. |
| Chris Tomlin | Our God | 2020/12/01 | I Added "Adore: Christmas Songs Of Worship (2015)" as an album that Tomlin released prior to this review. |
| Matt Redman | Wonderful Maker | 2020/12/01 | I Added "Adore: Christmas Songs Of Worship (2015)" as an album that Tomlin released prior to this review. |
| N/A (Page) | Privacy and Disclaimer Policy | 2020/11/27 | Updated âDisclaimer of Endorsementâ section to remove reference to Amazon Affiliates. |
| Adolphe Adam | O Holy Night | 2020/11/24 | Slightly downgraded section 4 since this song contained errors; However, this did not impact my overall score. |
| Bethel Music | Champion (Feat. Dante Bowe) | 2020/11/24 | Commenter Mark pointed out a huge error in my commentary, that salvation could be earned. While I was attempting to communicate righteousness could technically be earned, it doesn't make sense of the context of Verse 1, which speaks of carrying Christ's victory. I also unfairly downgraded section 3. Therefore, I updated my review, raising its overall score from 7/10 to 8.5/10. |
| Pat Barrett | Canvas and Clay (Feat. Ben Smith) | 2020/11/19 | Added a link to the studio version in section 1. Also, I increased section 1's score. I penalized it too much for repetition, increasing its overall score from 9/10 to 9.5/10. |
| Hillsong UNITED | Another in the Fire | 2020/11/04 | In light of Morgan's comment, I lifted my criticism regarding Chorus 1. I also fleshed out section 4 and updated my conclusion to fit my present position. This raised my score from 8/10 to 8.5/10. |
| Elevation Worship | Graves Into Gardens (Feat. Brandon Lake) | 2020/11/03 | Neal Cruco informed me that Elevation Worship released a studio version that addressed much of my criticism. I added it as a note to the end of my review. |
| Hozier | Take Me to Church | 2020/10/30 | Updated section 2 to include lyrics. I recently received permission from Sony/ATV. Also, updated commentary to Chorus, line 1. My previous comment didnât make sense. Finally, I cleaned up the grammar. |
| Passion | There's Nothing That Our God Can't Do (Feat. Kristian Stanfill) | 2020/10/20 | Forgot to add links to previous Passion reviews to the introduction. |
| Horatio Spafford | It Is Well With My Soul | 2020/10/16 | Made a few grammatical changes to section 2 that doesn't affect the overall content or rating of this review. |
| Thomas Chisholm | Great Is Thy Faithfulness | 2020/10/16 | Cleaned up the grammar in sections 2-3 and added some humor to end section 2. |
| Jesus Culture | Move (Feat. Chris McClarney) | 2020/10/15 | Commenter Savannah Moore noticed an inconsistency with this review alongside my recent changes to Sinach's Waymaker and showed me Biblically how I was mistaken about God's justice. I've updated my review and significantly altered my scoring, raising it from 6.5 to 8.5/10. |
| Cindy Walker | Child of the King | 2020/10/12 | Commenters Neal Cruco and Steve Barhydt both challenged me on my criticism that the song is self-focused. I re-examined the lyrics and my own Biblical analysis, prayerfully seeking wise counsel. What I saw is personified humility, describing one's self as trajected from a state of lowliness to an adopted child of God. I updated the score from 8.5/10 to 9.5/10. I also plan to go back and examine all other reviews that I criticize a song for similar reasons. Also, Steve is correct: Cindy Walker is the original author. Since I already wrote the review under the requester's submitted artist, I added an entry in the Song Review Index for Cindy and added her information to the introduction. |
| Wolves at the Gate | A Voice in the Violence | 2020/10/07 | Removed some extraneous text in the introduction. I accidentally copied it from another Wolves at the Gate review. |
| Kb | Not Today Satan (Feat. Andy Mineo) | 2020/10/01 | Release year contained the album instead of the year. I corrected it. I also added my previous review of Crowns & Thorns (Oceans) to the introduction. |
| Kari Jobe | Forever | 2020/09/23 | Added further justification as to why I downgraded the song based on Verse 2, line 2. |
| MercyMe | Flawless | 2020/09/23 | After prayerfully considering Neal Cruco's comments, I decided to update my review. Since I have no other criticism to offer, this significantly increased its score, from 7/10 to 10/10. |
| Audrey Assad | I Shall Not Want | 2020/09/21 | Added further commentary to Verse 2, line 1, in response to Brendan's comment. This did not affect my score. Also, repaired several spelling errors. |
| Cory Asbury | Reckless Love | 2020/09/18 | Updated commentary on God's love fighting until we're found. This did not affect my rating. |
| Reuben Morgan | I Give You My Heart | 2020/09/16 | I forgot to finish the conclusion section! |
| Third Day | Soul on Fire (Feat. All Sons & Daughters) | 2020/09/09 | Charley identified a criticism that I forgot to update after I changed my mind. This did not affect my rating. |
| Keith Green | No One Believes in Me Anymore (Satan's Boast) | 2020/08/18 | Updated to perfect score after reading Neal Cruco's comments and realizing that I made a contradiction in my commentary in section 1. |
| Planetshakers | You Call Me Beautiful | 2020/08/15 | The original article incorrectly stated that Planetshakers formed from Planetshakers church, not Adelaide Assembly of God. |
| Housefires | Good Good Father | 2020/08/13 | Part of the closing comments ended up in section 4. I moved it down. |
| Elevation Worship | There Is a Cloud | 2020/08/12 | I forgot how to count when I first wrote this introduction. Elevation Worship released eight EP's, not nine. At least, as of this review. I also forgot the release year for their album There Is a Cloud. |
| All Sons and Daughters | Great Are You Lord | 2020/08/09 | Yona reminded me of my criticism of Sinach's Way Maker in their use of the word "every" that I missed on this review. I corrected it, lowing this song's score from 9/10 to 8/10. |
| MercyMe | Even If | 2020/08/09 | After prayerfully reading Ryan's comment, I changed my mind and removed my earlier criticism about MercyMe's vagueness. It does not bear merit given the rest of the song. This changed its score from 8/10 to 10/10. |
| Avril Lavigne | Head Above Water | 2020/08/01 | Chris Lamech mentioned that I left out Psalm 69 in my commentary. I added it to Chorus. I was also too harsh in my grading. I adjusted my scores, raising this song's rating from 5.5/10 to 6.5/10. |
| Crowder | All My Hope | 2020/07/30 | A little bird (Neal Cruco) told me that Merriam-Webster dictionary updated their dictionary for the word âProdigalâ Therefore, I am forced to take back my critique of this word, raising its score to perfection! |
| Josh Wilson | That Was Then, This is Now | 2020/07/30 | A little bird (Neal Cruco) told me that Merriam-Webster dictionary updated their dictionary for the word âProdigalâ Therefore, I am forced to take back my tongue-in-cheek critique of this word. This does not affect its score. |
| Lauren Daigle | Come Alive (Dry Bones) | 2020/07/30 | A little bird (Neal Cruco) told me that Merriam-Webster dictionary updated their dictionary for the word âProdigalâ Therefore, I am forced to take back my critique of this word, raising its score from 8/10 to 9/10. |
| Phil Wickham | Christ Is Risen | 2020/07/30 | A little bird (Neal Cruco) told me that Merriam-Webster dictionary updated their dictionary for the word âProdigalâ Therefore, I am forced to take back my critique of this word, raising its score to perfection! |
| Sinach | Way Maker | 2020/07/29 | In light of some prayer and discussion offline, I've come to the conclusion that these "all" statements, though technically incorrect, are slight objections. Therefore, I significantly raised its score from 7/10 to 9/10 and added a recommendation to address my issues in a corporate setting. |
| Cageless Birds | Ain't No Grave | 2020/07/27 | Jarod Dyess changed my mind about my commentary regarding the keys of death and hades. Also, I've updated the review to reflect my current position on lyrics that appear me-centered, but are much like the Psalms in terms of testimony. I've also found Biblical support for God as a weapon. These combined updates drastically raise its score from 6/10 to 9/10. |
| Sinach | Way Maker | 2020/07/27 | Othniell is correct. It doesn't make sense to include universalism when the scope of Sinach's song is, in fact, not everyone. I've removed all references to it in my review. This does not alter my score. |
| N/A (Page) | Upcoming Reviews and Song Submission Queue | 2020/07/25 | Added Elevation Worship polling that will run under the same rules as Hillsong. Also, updated step 7 in the review process to include this artist. |
| Kirk Franklin | Love Theory | 2020/07/22 | Kelly has a point about "I don't wanna love nobody but You", that it ignores loving others. I updated my commentary, lowering this score from 6.5/10 to 4.5/10. I also accidentally erased the title "Closing Comments" and score for section 4 when I initially created this review. I added it back. |
| N/A (Page) | Upcoming Reviews and Song Submission Queue | 2020/07/21 | Added a statement in red text about the 100-song cap mentioned in my August 2020 II poll. |
| Hillsong UNITED | Good Grace | 2020/07/20 | Thank you Devin for pointing out that I did not comment on "swing wide all you heavens"! I corrected this. |
| Lenny LeBlanc | Above All | 2020/07/19 | Updated wording in my commentary on Stanza 3 away from presumption of authorial intent. Thank you, Dave, for pointing this out! |
| Paul Baloche | Above All | 2020/07/19 | Updated wording in my commentary on Stanza 3 away from presumption of authorial intent. Thank you, Dave, for pointing this out! |
| Godfrey Thring | Crown Him with Many Crowns | 2020/07/14 | Commenter Kyle corrected me on my commentary of the rose metaphor in Verse 2. This does not affect my rating. |
| Matthew Bridges | Crown Him with Many Crowns | 2020/07/14 | Commenter Kyle corrected me on my commentary of the rose metaphor in Verse 2. This does not affect my rating. |
| N/A (Page) | Song Review Index | 2020/07/12 | Repaired a long-standing issue with mobile devices that prevented horizontal scrolling. |
| Godfrey Thring | Crown Him with Many Crowns | 2020/07/05 | Fixed a rating issue regarding the singing angels as it was not consistent with my Christmas reviews under similar criticism. This slightly lowered my overall rating from 9/10 to 8.5/10. |
| Matthew Bridges | Crown Him with Many Crowns | 2020/07/05 | Fixed a rating issue regarding the singing angels as it was not consistent with my Christmas reviews under similar criticism. This slightly lowered my overall rating from 9/10 to 8.5/10. |
| Keith & Kristyn Getty | Christ Our Hope in Life and Death (Feat. Matt Papa) | 2020/07/01 | Thanks to commenter Jessica for correcting me on my issue with Verse 3, lines 3 and 4. This significantly improved my score, from 8/10 to 10/10. |
| Lauren Daigle | You Say | 2020/06/30 | Steve Barhydt convinced me that Daigle's line "You say I am strong when I think I am weak" was not self-righteous. Therefore, I gave section 2 a perfect 10, bumping up its overall rating from 7.5/10 to 8.5/10. |
| Melody and Keith Green | There Is A Redeemer | 2020/06/28 | Steve Witwicki gave me a quick lesson in English, correcting me in my usage of the word "corporal" when I should have stated "corporate" in my closing arguments. |
| Sidewalk Prophets | You Love Me Anyway | 2020/06/20 | Neal Cruco pointed out an error to my overall summary in section 2, that my critique applies to Stanza 1, not stanza 2. Also, I added Neal's commentary on my criticism contained in Stanza 3. Finally, I felt that perfect scores were unjustified in the other sections, slightly lowering its overall score from 9/10 to 8.5/10. |
| Casting Crowns | If We Are The Body | 2020/06/19 | Reworded intro to include an unnumbered list of albums and one EP that was not included in my initial post. |
| Nf | Oh Lord | 2020/06/11 | Juliecc reminded me that NF is a singular male, not a group. I corrected my grammar. |
| Red Rocks Worship | Not Afraid | 2020/06/08 | In light of Val Khieya's comments, I modified my review and increased its overall score from 9/10 to 9.5/10. |
| Sinach | Way Maker | 2020/06/08 | After examining Dan Dan's comments, I agree with part of his conclusion, that the scope of Sinach's "every" statements is not all mankind. However, it still has universalism application given the high likelihood of unbelievers who will walk away unchanged. Therefore, I did not update my score. |
| Sinach | Way Maker | 2020/06/03 | After some discussion in the comments from Gbenga and Tom penner, I updated section 1, paragraph 2. I also forgot to list the other two attributes described in Chorus! |
| DC Talk | Jesus Freak | 2020/05/30 | Thanks to Jonathan Grandt, I updated my commentary regarding Verse 1's opening lines, slightly raising this song's score from 9/10 to 9.5/10. I also fixed explanatory and grammatical errors throughout this review. |
| Jesus Culture | Move (Feat. Chris McClarney) | 2020/05/23 | Added Scripture reference and commentary regarding Amos 5:24, where the phrase "let justice roll on like a river" derives. |
| Lauren Daigle | First | 2020/05/21 | The original review incorrectly stated that Lauren Daigle is seeing "You". It now says seeking. |
| Cory Asbury | Reckless Love | 2020/05/16 | Upon prayerfully examining Neal Cruco's "angel" theory for the 99 sheep in contrast to Dan's comments, I agree with him and updated my commentary with a mix of earlier edits and fresh ideas, sharply increasing its score from 5/10 to 7/10. I also fixed several spelling and grammatical errors. Finally, I moved all the updates to the end of the review to align with other pages, retrofitting the dates by which I updated this page. |
| Hillsong UNITED | So Will I (100 Billion X) | 2020/05/16 | In light of prayerfully considering Neal Cruco's analysis of the 99 as angelic beings in his commentary to Reckless Love and commentary from Gary, I took the following actions:
These combined efforts decreased its score from 9.5/10 to 8.5/10. |
| Chris Tomlin | Our God | 2020/05/14 | The original introduction incorrectly stated that Tomlin ended the public eye in 1993. He entered it that year. |
| CityAlight | Christ Is Mine Forevermore | 2020/05/14 | Neal Cruco is correct about the context of Verse 2. It is about overcoming tribulation, not old/new self. I updated my commentary to reflect this revelation. |
| Francesca Battistelli | He Knows My Name | 2020/05/14 | After much prayer and thought from Neal Cruco's commentary, I've reversed my criticism regarding Battistelli famous in God's eyes. This propels its score from 6.5/10 to 9/10. |
| Lauren Daigle | You Say | 2020/05/13 | In reaction to bob polo's comments, I clarified my statements in sections 1 and 3 and adjusted scoring based on a less stringent reaction to lack of attributes/acts of God. I also removed my commentary regarding theological depth/sparseness, restoring the original score back to 7.5/10. |
| Elevation Worship | The Blessing (Feat. Cody Carnes & Kari Jobe) | 2020/05/11 | Added Psalm 103:17-18 as a reference for Bridge 1, thanks to Linda Carroll! |
| Matisyahu | King Without A Crown | 2020/05/11 | Thanks to Neal's commentary on why Jews and Christians don't necessarily worship the same God, my intent was to explain why I'm not applying a two-point penalty in section 2. In hindsight, Matisyahu was clear as to which god he serves; therefore, no explanation is required. |
| Citipointe Worship | Into The Deep | 2020/05/04 | Commenter Nicholas, using Psalm 63, helped me see that it's OK for songs to focus on feelings rather than core truths about God. Given that I already rated it 10/10 for Scripture, I removed this criticism and increased its score from 6.5/10 to 8/10. I also added clarification on Bridge, line 3. |
| N/A (Page) | Upcoming Reviews and Song Submission Queue | 2020/05/03 | In step 1 of the review process, I added âat leastâ before âtwo reviewsâ. This clarifies that Iâll minimally do two reviews per week. There may be opportunities (such as the current COVID-19 crisis) where I could do more. |
| Elevation Worship | Here Again | 2020/04/29 | Removed a repeated Psalm 23:4 Thank you Jarred Dawkins for reporting it! |
| Kings Kaleidoscope | Defender | 2020/04/27 | Thanks to feedback from Neal Cruco and JM, I made several changes to this review:
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| United Pursuit | Nothing I Hold Onto | 2020/04/23 | To keep things consistent, I updated the band's name to "United Pursuit". |
| TobyMac | I Just Need U. | 2020/04/22 | Inspired by Jimmy Wilson's words, I re-reviewed the song without a requirement to explain the Gospel. I also broke section 2 by line as I have done in other reviews. This drastically raised this song's score, from 4/10 to 9.5/10. I also added the album title. |
| Hillsong Worship | Who You Say I Am | 2020/04/20 | Inspired to hear it again by commenter Brian, I no longer saw a self-focused song. Instead, I saw as he did: God defines who we are, not us. Therefore, I increased its score from 8.5/10 to 9/10. |
| Cody Carnes | The Cross Has the Final Word | 2020/04/19 | Commenter Jen helped me with my gender confusion, reminding me that Cody is Kari's husband and not her wife as I originally and erroneously stated. |
| Hillsong UNITED | Another in the Fire | 2020/04/17 | I had the wrong Scriptures for the world, flesh, and devil! I updated the references. |
| Tedashii | Gotta Live (Feat. Jordan Feliz) | 2020/04/17 | I had the wrong Scriptures for the world, flesh, and devil! I updated the references. |
| Hillsong UNITED | Good Grace | 2020/04/13 | After prayerfully considering commenter John's thoughts, I clarified my thoughts about the double-negative and added criticism to the word "madly", downgrading its rating from 8.5/10 to 7.5/10. |
| Marie Barnett | Breathe | 2020/03/30 | Neal's commentary caused me to rethink my review and ultimately, update section 1, section 4, and the conclusion. I also changed my mind about the "Holy Spirit as my boyfriend" plea. This bumped up its score from 7.5/10 to 8/10. |
| Bethel Music | Ever Be | 2020/03/27 | Upon further reflection and prayer, I decided that repetition does not impact an unbelieverâs interpretation or the lyricsâ inherent glorification of God. Therefore, I changed my score in sections 3 and 4, raising this review from 8/10 to 9/10. |
| Bethel Music | It Is Well (Feat. Kristene DiMarco) | 2020/03/27 | Upon further reflection and prayer, I decided that repetition does not impact an unbelieverâs interpretation or the lyricsâ inherent glorification of God. Therefore, I changed my score in section 4; However, it did not affect the overall score. |
| Daniel Bashta | Like a Lion | 2020/03/27 | Upon further reflection and prayer, I decided that repetition does not impact an unbeliever's interpretation or the lyrics' inherent glorification of God. Therefore, I changed my score in sections 3 and 4, raising this review from 9/10 to 9.5/10. |
| Elevation Worship | See A Victory | 2020/03/27 | Upon further reflection and prayer, I decided that repetition does not impact an unbelieverâs interpretation or the lyricsâ inherent glorification of God. Therefore, I changed my score in section 4, raising this review from 7.5/10 to 8/10. Also, I corrected paragraph 2 in my commentary in section 1. It should have said "believers" and not "unbelievers". |
| Elevation Worship | Yours (Glory and Praise) | 2020/03/27 | Upon further reflection and prayer, I decided that repetition does not impact an unbelieverâs interpretation or the lyricsâ inherent glorification of God. Therefore, I changed my score in sections 3 and 4, raising this review from 8.5/10 to 9.5/10. |
| Hillsong UNITED | Another in the Fire | 2020/03/27 | Upon much reflection and prayer on Aaron Scantlen's commentary, I decided that massive repetition should not impact an outsider's interpretation and God's inherent glorification. This increases the score from 7.5/10 to 8/10. This will impact all other reviews to which I offered this criticism. |
| Influence Music | Spirit Lead Me (Feat. Michael Ketterer) | 2020/03/27 | Upon further reflection and prayer, I decided that repetition does not impact an unbelieverâs interpretation or the lyricsâ inherent glorification of God. Therefore, I changed my score in section 4, raising this review from 8.5/10 to 9/10. |
| Jesus Culture | You Won't Relent | 2020/03/27 | Upon further reflection and prayer, I decided that repetition does not impact an unbelieverâs interpretation or the lyricsâ inherent glorification of God. Therefore, I changed my score in section 4, raising this review from 8.5/10 to 9/10. |
| Meredith Andrews | Open Up the Heavens | 2020/03/27 | Upon further reflection and prayer, I decided that repetition does not impact an unbelieverâs interpretation or the lyricsâ inherent glorification of God. Also, I didn't find any actual criticism to section 3, updating the conclusion. Therefore, I changed my score in sections 3 and 4, raising this review from 8.5/10 to 9.5/10. |
| Michael W. Smith | Ancient Words | 2020/03/27 | Upon further reflection and prayer, I decided that repetition does not impact an unbelieverâs interpretation or the lyricsâ inherent glorification of God. Therefore, I changed my score in sections 3 and 4, raising this review from 9/10 to 9.5/10. |
| Newsboys | God's Not Dead (Like a Lion) | 2020/03/27 | Upon further reflection and prayer, I decided that repetition does not impact an unbeliever's interpretation or the lyrics' inherent glorification of God. Therefore, I changed my score in sections 3 and 4, raising this review from 9/10 to 9.5/10. |
| North Point InsideOut | Death Was Arrested | 2020/03/27 | I am uncertain why I scored section 4 lower than 10. I updated it. |
| Pat Barrett | Canvas and Clay (Feat. Ben Smith) | 2020/03/27 | Upon further reflection and prayer, I decided that repetition does not impact an unbelieverâs interpretation or the lyricsâ inherent glorification of God. Therefore, I changed my score in sections 3 and 4, raising this review from 8.5/10 to 9/10. |
| Planetshakers | We Speak Life | 2020/03/27 | Upon further reflection and prayer, I decided that repetition does not impact an unbelieverâs interpretation or the lyricsâ inherent glorification of God. Therefore, I changed my score in sections 3 and 4, raising this review from 8.5/10 to 9/10. |
| United Pursuit | Nothing I Hold Onto | 2020/03/27 | Upon further reflection and prayer, I decided that repetition does not impact an unbelieverâs interpretation or the lyricsâ inherent glorification of God. Therefore, I changed my score in sections 3 and 4, raising this review from 8.5/10 to 9.5/10. |
| Upperroom | Surrounded (Fight My Battles) | 2020/03/27 | Upon further reflection and prayer, I decided that repetition does not impact an unbelieverâs interpretation or the lyricsâ inherent glorification of God. Therefore, I updated my commentary sections 3 and 4 and updated my score in section 4, raising this review from 7/10 to 7.5/10. |
| We the Wellspring | Figs | 2020/03/27 | Upon further reflection and prayer, I decided that repetition does not impact an unbelieverâs interpretation or the lyricsâ inherent glorification of God. Therefore, I changed my score in section 4, raising this review from 8.5/10 to 9/10. |
| Passion | Glorious Day | 2020/03/25 | Updated commentary for the last line of Verse 1. |
| Hillsong Worship | Grace To Grace | 2020/03/16 | Added commentary on "The passion that tore through hell like a rose" in response to commenter anotherberean. |
| MercyMe | Even If | 2020/03/05 | Clarified on my criticism of Verse 1. |
| Hillsong Worship | Cornerstone | 2020/02/28 | Added Hebrews 6:19-20 and commentary surrounding the anchor that enters the veil. Thanks to Musicalworship for this wonderful find! |
| Hillsong Worship | Cornerstone | 2020/02/26 | Neal pointed out that Cornerstone is "built" on the work of Edward Mote. I added this credit to the introduction. |
| Elevation Worship | Yours (Glory and Praise) | 2020/02/21 | The original article identified Hillsong as the author in section 3. It now says "Elevation Worship". Thank you Val for finding this error! |
| Hillsong Worship | New Wine | 2020/02/21 | After a lengthy email discussion with Nathan, I've changed my view on the meaning of "new wine". This alters my review score from 8/10 to 6/10. |
| Lauren Daigle | Trust in You | 2020/02/21 | After a lengthy discussion with commenter Val, I added clarification to Chorus, line 3. This did not affect my rating. |
| Sinach | Way Maker | 2020/02/21 | Upon reviewing Val's commentary, I removed all references to physical healing and replaced them with univeralism thinking. This did not affect my rating. |
| Charitie Lees Smith | Before the Throne of God Above | 2020/02/14 | Added more commentary to the song's end based on commentary by Robert. |
| Hillsong UNITED | Not Today | 2020/02/08 | Added paragraph separation in section 2 and updated the conclusion to include my recommendation for corporal worship. |
| Delirious? | Did You Feel the Mountains Tremble? | 2020/02/07 | Corrected lyric in Verse 3, line 4. Thank you again Sue! |
| Hillsong Worship | Who You Say I Am | 2020/02/07 | Added a summary to section 2 that was previously missing. Also, to keep this review in line with others, I removed my commentary on its use. This is a private matter left for worship leaders to decide and should not affect this song's message score. This slightly increased the rating from 8/10 to 8.5/10. |
| Delirious? | Did You Feel the Mountains Tremble? | 2020/02/05 | Added further commentary in Chorus to explain the purpose of singing and dancing. Thank you Sue for asking about it! |
| John Mark McMillan | Death In His Grave | 2020/02/03 | Deleted a duplicate set of lines in Verse 1. Thanks to commenter JM for pointing this out! |
| Big Daddy Weave | Redeemed | 2020/01/26 | Commenter Steve Barhydt has once again provided a compelling case for why the Chorus is Biblical, providing Hebrews 12 as his basis. Upon further prayer and examination, I've accepted his arguments and updated the score from 7/10 to 9.5/10. |
| John Mark Mcmillan | How He Loves | 2020/01/26 | Removed interrogative comment in Pre-Chorus and added a Bible verse to Verse 2 that does not affect my rating. |
| Hillsong UNITED | Another in the Fire | 2020/01/20 | Upon prayerfully reflecting on commenter Maggie's response, I agree with her and updated my review. It received a small bump, from 7/10 to 7.5/10. |
| Hillsong UNITED | So Will I (100 Billion X) | 2020/01/18 | This review became inconsistent upon updating my review of Reckless Love based on my rejection of the Parable of the Lost Sheep in connection with God. I reflected that change here also. I've slightly lowered the score from 10/10 to 9.5/10. Thank you Daniel Namkung for pointing this out! |
| Hozier | Take Me to Church | 2020/01/18 | Upon reflecting on commenter Venus' considerations, I modified this review to include correct points that Hozier makes. I've increased the score from 0.5/10 to 2/10. |
| N/A (Poll) | February 2020 Poll II â Vote for Future Reviews | 2020/01/17 | User Neal Cruco informed me that I chose the wrong selection of songs for this poll. He is correct! Those who voted early must vote again on this poll. I kept your votes for a future poll. |
| Depeche Mode | Higher Love | 2019/12/05 | Upon commenter Bill Tavis' challenge and another closer examination, I admit that I was wrong about my interpretation of infinity. It is not the "infinity" that guides Depeche Mode, but a "higher love", altering the entire review and significantly raising my score from a big fat 0/10 to 5/10. |
| Meredith Andrews | Open Up the Heavens | 2019/11/27 | Commenter Steve Barhydt is correct: There is a double-meaning throughout these lyrics that include authentic worship here and now. I incorporated his thoughts throughout this review. |
| Meredith Andrews | Open Up the Heavens | 2019/11/24 | Upon Sue's challenge, I found that Vertical Church Band's version contains a Verse/Chorus/Bridge format. I incorporated it into this review. |
| Big Daddy Weave | Redeemed | 2019/11/20 | Commenter Janet Giles raised a question about line 3 within the Chorus that, upon prayer and reflection, I cannot accept as Biblical. I changed the score from 9/10 to 7/10. |
| Delirious? | Did You Feel the Mountains Tremble? | 2019/11/12 | As a result of my conversation with BuzzBuzzMeow, I updated my commentary on Verse 3. I did not alter the score. |
| N/A (Page) | Criteria for Evaluating Christian Music | 2019/11/12 | Placed "updates" section at the end of the page. |
| N/A (Page) | Upcoming Reviews and Song Submission Queue | 2019/11/12 | See this page for changes to upcoming reviews. |
| Robin Mark | Days of Elijah | 2019/11/12 | As part of the post-review announcement, I updated this review to align with my changed mind on figurative usage of historical events. Thanks to commenter Kevin for finding a straggler! Having said that, my commentary remains largely unchanged given that I direct my criticism towards the inaccurate Scriptural usage rather than using historical events figuratively, except Verse 2, lines 1 and 2. I changed my commentary on that section, slightly bumping up my score from 4.5/10 to 5/10 |
| Charitie Lees Smith | Before the Throne of God Above | 2019/11/10 | Thanks to commenters James and Mitchell Hunt for their contribution! I added James' Scripture regarding God's engraved hands and clarification on repetition. |
| Sarah Reeves | Right Where You Want Me | 2019/11/02 | Commenter praiser gave correct verses about prayer used as an enemy; however, reexamination of this line uncovered another error. These combined updates did not alter the overall score. |
| Vertical Worship | Spirit of the Living God | 2019/10/27 | Steve Barhydt challenged my update since Gilbert commented. I examined the context of the entire song and the Scriptures he brings to his commentary. I had forgotten my initial comment that the entire song is about the Holy Spirit. Therefore, I restored the score to its former 8.5/10. |
| Rend Collective | Boldly I Approach (The Art Of Celebration) | 2019/10/24 | Commenter Sarah Fisher got me thinking about angelic fear as deep reverence and respect for God. Upon closer examination, I agreed with her, causing me to remove my criticism of Verse 1 line 2 and raising the overall score from 7/10 to 9/10. |
| N/A (Page) | Song Review Index (Christmas Edition) | 2019/10/23 | Received a recommendation from Timothy King to include the review date. I added it as the third column. |
| N/A (Page) | Song Review Index | 2019/10/23 | Received a recommendation from Timothy King to include the review date. I added it as the third column. |
| Martin J. Nystrom | As the Deer | 2019/10/17 | This song originally scored 9.5/10. My correspondence with commenter Nicholas Kleszczewski changed my mind, resulting in a re-evaluation, lowing its score to 8/10. |
| Bethel Music | No Longer Slaves | 2019/10/15 | As part of my conversation with others on my review on Cindy Walker's Child of the King, I re-examined this song and my own comments wish a fresh perspective. In this review, I only brought it up in section 4. I replaced it with criticism regarding the lack of gospel. While the math did not change the score much, I realized that I misscored (mis-scored? miscored? miss-scored?) it after my first update. It should have been 7/10. |
| Lauren Daigle | You Say | 2019/10/15 | After reading Jeff's comment, I updated my commentary on the line "You say I am strong when I think I am weak", altering my perception of this phrase and my score from 7.5/10 to 6.5/10. |
| Hillsong Worship | New Wine | 2019/10/14 | Thanks to the challenge of commenter Binny, I realized that I did not provide Scriptural support for my interpretation of "new wine" and the vessel therein. I added that to section 2, Verse 1. |
| Rita Springer | Defender | 2019/10/11 | After a brief conversation with commenter Briana Santillana, she made a compelling case for the possibility of multiple ways to salvation within the Chorus. I summarized it in section 1 and took away a point; However, due to rounding, the overall score remains the same. I also changed the "we/our" pronouns to Springer, since her lyrics contain "I/me". |
| Vertical Worship | Spirit of the Living God | 2019/10/07 | Commenter Gilbert Johnson challenged me on my Scripture references for Jesus falling. I realized that it was not referring to His death, but his physical falling three times, which is not supported in Scripture. I altered its score, slightly lowering it from 8.5/10 to 8/10. |
| Hillsong UNITED | Another in the Fire | 2019/09/30 | Zach's comment added a Scriptural reference to "As the prison walls cave in", from Paul and Silas' time in prison together. |
| Elevation Worship | Faithful | 2019/09/18 | Commenter pathosbill made a compelling case for God's faithfulness using 2 Timothy 2:13. I came down hard on Elevation Worship because I believed Verse 1 to be its main pillar to support the rest of the song. This one verse adds another pillar, changing my entire outlook on this review. This drastically increases its score from 3.5/10 to 7/10. |
| Andy Park | In The Secret | 2019/09/16 | Paul's comments reminded me of the "two point penalty" policy I apply to section 2 when the lyrics' pronouns do not clearly and implicitly point to God. After applying it, the score jumped significantly from 0.5/10 to 4/10. |
| N/A (Page) | Song Review Index (Christmas Edition) | 2019/09/11 | Restructured the table to remove selection by letter, paving the way for column sorting. Huge thanks to Jeff Paetkau for his suggestion and helpful advice! |
| N/A (Page) | Song Review Index | 2019/09/11 | Restructured the table to remove selection by letter, paving the way for column sorting. Huge thanks to Jeff Paetkau for his suggestion and helpful advice! |
| Cory Asbury | Reckless Love | 2019/08/25 | I was too harsh on the scoring using Dan's analysis, focusing on the errors and not giving enough credit for what Ausbury does right. Therefore, I increased the overall score from 2.5/10 to 5/10. |
| Elevation Worship | Hallelujah Here Below | 2019/08/21 | Commenter pathosbill provided Psalm 22:3 to Bibically support the phrase "But You abide in the song we sing" that I previously stated did not contain Scriptral evidence. Therefore, I slightly altered the score from 6.5/10 to 7/10. |
| Cory Asbury | Reckless Love | 2019/08/13 | Commenter Dan reminded me that the shepherd in Luke 15 are the Pharisees, not our Heavenly Father nor Jesus. Given that the verses and Bridge depend on a correct interpretation of the Chorus, the entire lyrics unraveled, resulting in a sharply lowered overall score from 7.5/10 to 2.5/10. |
| Lauren Daigle | Rescue | 2019/08/01 | Commenter B Green makes an excellent point about the ambiguity of rescue. I added the essence of their argument throughout this review, causing a sharp decline, from 6/10 to 4/10. |
| Rita Springer | Defender | 2019/07/28 | Commenter Ken Ferguson caused me to revaluate this review with his commentary. I updated the first section and bumped up its score, raising its total rating from 5.5/10 to 6/10. |
| Lauren Daigle | Rescue | 2019/07/20 | Commenter Kristy Barber makes a valid argument for one's innocence stolen by nefarious individuals, causing me to rework this review. I also noticed that I scored section 4 too low, changing the overall score from 5/10 to 6/10. |
| Hillsong UNITED | Another in the Fire | 2019/07/07 | I was mistaken on my analysis of the last few lines of the Bridge. Thanks to commenter Laura, section 2 received a slight boost, raising the overall score from 6.5/10 to 7/10. |
| Hillsong Worship | Who You Say I Am | 2019/07/04 | Thanks to an email from Alex, to keep this review in line with other reviews, I lowered the score for section four given the centrality of self-described in other sections of this review. This brings the score down from 9/10 to 8/10. |
| Hillsong Young & Free | Wake | 2019/07/03 | Thanks to Jonathan Dixon for pointing out the obvious "we" pronoun from the perspective of the singer, I updated the review. However, the severe lack of clarity makes it difficult to justify a higher rating. |
| N/A (Page) | Criteria for Evaluating Christian Music | 2019/06/01 | Due to several comments about section 4 in my reviews, I expounded on my review process for this section. I also added additional text at the end to signify that all 4 sections receive a whole number rating ranging from 0 to 10. |
| Jesus Culture | You Won't Relent | 2019/05/29 | In light of this post, I dramatically altered this review, shifting the overall score from 5.5/10 to 8.5/10. |
| Bethel Music | No Longer Slaves | 2019/05/22 | Commenter JohnP found a Scripture verse to support the first Verse, forcing me to update and re-score section 2 and bumping up the overall score from 6/10 to 6.5/10. |
| Kari Jobe | Forever | 2019/05/15 | Commenter Andrew made an excellent point about Jesus' war on death in the grave, that it might not have Biblical support. I prayed and thought about it and agreed with him. Therefore, I downgraded all the sections, causing me to rescore the entire review sharply, from 9.5/10 to 7/10. |
| N/A (Page) | Criteria for Evaluating Christian Music | 2019/05/15 | Expanded on section 3 to explain trends vs. individual unbelievers in terms of my evaluation. |
| Casting Crowns | If We Are The Body | 2019/05/10 | Commentor Timothy King pointed out an error within the lyrics. I copied them from the Genius website, which contains a mistaken apostrophe that perhaps attempts to correct Casting Crowns' grammar. Timothy is correct in that "girl's" should be "girls"; however, Casting Crowns still has incorrect grammar. It should say "girls'." The girls possess their teasing laughter. Regardless, Timothy offered a correct analysis based on this word change, causing me to update my review for section 2 and changing the overall score from 8.5/10 to 9.5/10. |
| Cory Asbury | Reckless Love | 2019/05/10 | To bring this review in line with my other work, I slightly downgraded section 4, slightly lowering the overall score from 8/10 to 7.5/10. |
| Vertical Worship | Spirit of the Living God | 2019/04/28 | Thanks to commenter Elaine Goedde for pointing out that I did not address "when you fall" at the end of the bridge. I updated my commentary for this entire part in light of this context, which in my mind, is not about every knee bowing, but rather a response to Christ's sacrifice. |
| Phil Wickham | Living Hope | 2019/04/20 | Thanks to commenter Mal Green who pointed out the phrase "life after God" in my review. I corrected it to "life after receiving God". |
| Hillsong Worship | O Praise The Name (AnĂĄstasis) | 2019/04/18 | My original review contained a comment about a slight historical inaccuracy. Thanks to a commenter known simply as "T", I tried to find it and alas, I could not find it. Therefore, I bumped up the score, resulting in a shift from 9.5/10 to a perfect score! |
| TobyMac | I Just Need U. | 2019/04/18 | Fixed grammatical and tense errors in section 3 thanks to commenter Sean Boen. |
| MercyMe | Even If | 2019/04/16 | Changed commentary in Chorus 1 of section 2 based on Jenny's comments (below), slightly altering its score. |
| Cimorelli | My God is Here | 2019/04/12 | I penalized the message too harshly due to my own personal taste. Therefore, I added a point, increasing the overall score from 7.5/10 to 8/10. |
| Mosaic MSC | Tremble | 2019/04/12 | After much prayer and discussion with other Christ-followers, I've changed my mind about my criticism regarding figurativizing historical events. Paul Himself did this on numerous occasions. Circumcision of the heart is a prominent example. Therefore, I changed the overall score from 7.5/10 to 9.5/10. |
| Rend Collective | Rescuer (Good News) | 2019/04/12 | It is not fair for me to criticize this song for a lack of cost when I did not penalize other songs for not including it. Therefore, I altered the overall score from 7.5/10 to 8/10. |
| N/A (Page) | Criteria for Evaluating Christian Music | 2019/03/27 | Added explicit statement at the end of the page to separate lyrical critique from artist theology (thank you commenter Noelle). I also changed the pronoun "we" to "I" given that I am the sole owner and writer for this website, except where I include you, my audience. |
| N/A (Poll) | April Poll â Vote for Future Reviews | 2019/03/15 | Thanks to wonder291 on Reddit for pointing out that the poll wasn't working. This is a repost with an extended close date of March 21st. Something is wrong with the plugin, so I'll try a few other ones as I have time. In the meantime, if you still want to vote, comment on this post with your top 3 picks. I'll update the totals manually. |
| Upperroom | Surrounded (Fight My Battles) | 2019/03/14 | Upon re-examination, I realized that I was too harsh on UPPERROOM for their endless use of repetition. While I am personally against such use, that is no reason to give it an overall 3/10 rating, especially since its Biblical score was high. Thank you Beeb294 on Reddit for pointing this out! |
| N/A (Page) | Criteria for Evaluating Christian Music | 2019/03/08 | Added language in section 2 regarding the usage of a 2 point penalty for authorial intent to invoke pronouns in the place of God without clear communication. |
| Zach Williams | Old Church Choir | 2019/03/06 | I was unclear as to why I gave the message 1/10. I added additional rationale for the low rating. |
| Elevation Worship | Do It Again | 2019/02/27 | This song received an original score of 6.5/10. After reading Michael's commentary (see below), I decided to re-evaluate this song and increased its score to 8/10. |
| N/A (Page) | Criteria for Evaluating Christian Music | 2019/02/07 | Though excessive repetition is part of my reviews, I never explicitly stated it here. I also clarified the message section regarding grading Gospel-centric songs (thank you commenter Sage). |
| Icons of Industry | Down from the Mountain (Feat. Erik LeCar) | 2019/01/31 | I originally gave this song a 9/10; However, upon re-reading the third stanza, I discovered that the end part is disconnected from God's command, nullifying my initial criticism. This raised the song's score from 9/10 to 9.5/10. |
| Cory Asbury | Reckless Love | 2018/06/18 | This review originally had a review score of 9/10. I altered it based on much prayer after receiving feedback in the comments. |
| N/A (Page) | Criteria for Evaluating Christian Music | 2018/04/11 | Scores now include a weighted distribution. All previous posts will be readjusted under this new system as time allows. |
| NF | Let You Down | 2018/01/27 | Originally, I gave this a score of 0/10 and insisted to stay away from this song. Thanks to the comments of NumbersWithFriends (reddit) and one other reddit user, I decided to slightly change my review. |