Dove
by Chris Mellon | December 29, 2021 | 11:59 am

Andy Park – Spirit of the Sovereign Lord

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

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Cross drawn in sand
by Chris Mellon | December 26, 2021 | 11:59 am

Sovereign Grace Music – All I Have Is Christ

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

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Poll
by Chris Mellon | December 26, 2021 | 10:30 am

January 2022 Poll III – Vote for Future Reviews

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

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Sunrise
by Chris Mellon | December 22, 2021 | 11:59 am

Anonymous – O Come O Come Emmanuel

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

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Flames that looks like an ear
by Chris Mellon | December 19, 2021 | 11:59 am

Noël Regney – Do You Hear What I Hear?

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

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Poll
by Chris Mellon | December 19, 2021 | 10:30 am

January 2022 Polls II – Vote for Future Reviews

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

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Hay
by Chris Mellon | December 15, 2021 | 11:59 am

William Chatterton Dix – What Child Is This?

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

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Poll
by Chris Mellon | December 12, 2021 | 1:59 pm

December 2021 and January 2022 Poll – Vote for Future Reviews

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

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Manger with a crown
by Chris Mellon | December 12, 2021 | 11:59 am

MercyMe – Joseph’s Lullaby

MercyMe is well-known as the artist behind I Can Only Imagine, originally intended to be Amy Grant’s comeback song.  MercyMe released a jaw-dropping 18 albums, including: Pleased to Meet You (1995) Traces of Rain (1997) Traces of

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Bethlehem
by Chris Mellon | December 8, 2021 | 11:59 am

Anonymous – O Come All Ye Faithful

The author of Adeste Fideles is unknown.  Though sometimes attributed to John Francis Wade, John Reading, or King John IV of Portugal, it has also been credited to anonymous Cistercian monks.  It was later

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