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Billboard [Unofficial] @[email protected]

2026-10-21

Phil Wickham Sets Return of His SoCal Christmas Tour: ‘I Can’t Wait to Worship & Celebrate With You This Christmas’

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/phil-wickham-2027-christmas-tour-southern-california-1236365191/

#music #musicnews #christianmusic #christmas #holiday

Billboard [Unofficial] @[email protected]

2026-10-21

Phil Wickham Sets Return of His SoCal Christmas Tour: ‘I Can’t Wait to Worship & Celebrate With You This Christmas’

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/phil-wickham-2027-christmas-tour-southern-california-1236365191/

#holiday #christmas #christianmusic #musicnews #music

The Tanuki Corner @[email protected]

2026-10-16

Review/Apologetics: Reckless Love is Borderline Blasphemy.

Even if you’re not a millennial who posts aesthetic pictures of their Bible study and coffee on Instagram, you’ve probably heard this dumpster fire of a song before. Reckless Love, written by Cory Asbury, produced by Bethel Music, and released in 2017 is one of the most popular “Christian” songs in existence with almost a million streams on Spotify alone. That doesn’t even include how often it’s played on Christian radio, played in churches, or played via other music streaming services. Needless to say, even if you don’t go to church, thanks to how popular this song is, you’ve probably heard it before.

However, as popular as this song is, its very premise is a theological mess that could’ve only come from some who doesn’t know their Bible or severely misunderstood it. The entire song is about how God’s love for us is reckless because He showed his love for us by sending His son to die in our place even though we were/are still in rebellion against God. Essentially, the entire song is saying that God is a simp.

You see the issue here?

If you look at the Bible, God’s love is not reckless by any stretch of the imagination. It is intentional and thought out. Everything that happens in the Bible, from the Fall to Noah’s Ark, the establishment of Israel through Abraham, the establishment of the Davidic line, and even the takeover of Israel by various foreign powers was all leading to one pivotal moment in history where Jesus would be crucified.

That type of foresight is not something that you see with recklessness, as reckless actions are impulsive. There is no thought put into them beyond what’s immediately there. You simply do the thing you want to do and hope for the best. But that’s not what God does.

On that note, “Reckless Love” also spits in the face of a major attribute of God’s: omniscience. As an omniscient being, God – by definition – cannot be reckless because, once again, recklessness has no foresight. To say that God is reckless then, is to call into question his omniscience because it would imply that He doesn’t know what will happen.

So why then is this song played in churches if it’s so borderline blasphemous? For one thing, it’s a popular worship song, so many churches will use it just for that reason. Others, however, use it because of a lack of discernment to see how ridiculous this song is.

Until next time,

M.J.

#ChristianMusic #Christianity #faith #god #jesus #MusicReview #OpinionPeice #Review #WorshipMusic #Writing

#christianmusic #christianity #faith #god #jesus #musicreview

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2026-10-12

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Rob Pomeroy @[email protected]

2026-10-08

Please bear with me! I don't often discuss my faith here. (I said bear with me! 😃) Even though it's the most important aspect of my life.

Like everyone, I'm using AI a lot. So I tried an experiment: to create a Christian worship song. Not to "make it big" - rather to observe and think critically about the results. This strikes at the heart of the issue of human creativity in the light of generative AI. But it also goes further than that, to the issue of human spirituality. To the issue of our souls.

I've blogged about the experiment and would be very interested in others' thoughts.

https://pomeroy.me/2026/10/is-ai-worship-music-bad/

I wrote the article the old fashioned way. Humanly. Personally. I think I prefer it that way. (That may be a spoiler. 😬)

#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Christianity #Worship #ChristianMusic #Theology

#ai #artificialintelligence #christianity #worship #christianmusic #theology

1001 Other Albums @[email protected]

2026-09-01

CW: A spotlight on the second album from "God's favorite drag queen", Flamy Grant (and, as it turned out, also on CCM goddess Amy Grant) (CW'd for length, because this one really got the feels going)

Flamy Grant – CHURCH (2024, US)

Our next spotlight is on number 1191 on The List, submitted by @switch.

I had planned on finishing up a different spotlight last Tuesday, but then Dolly Parton left us and I got distracted listening to her music and reading all the wonderful stories about her, including how she even as a devout Christian had long supported the LGBTQ+ community. I then briefly thought that I should next do a spotlight on the one Dolly album we have on The List, Jolene, but then I immediately realized I’d like some Fedi help on that one and so decided to schedule it for later.[1] And then we learned Tim Curry left us on the same day, and I got distracted listening to his music and reading all the wonderful stories on Fedi about everyone’s first/favourite Rocky Horror Picture Show screening and how it created a space for so many to discover and be themselves, something I must admit I’m jealous of, having missed that whole experience due to my religious upbringing in “purity culture”-crazed evangelicalism…

And so, after flying the 1001OA flag at half-mast for a few days, I felt I wanted a different album to spotlight than the one I previously was working on, which just didn’t fit the vibe. So, I scanned The List, ‘let’s see…….Flamy Grant – YES.’

For those unfamiliar with CCM (contemporary Christian music) or the best Christmas album that exists, the name “Flamy Grant” is a reference to Amy Grant, a heart-on-her-sleeve singer-songwriter and certified hottie with a dusky voice who was (and still is) a mix of Deanna Troi and a young Carole King. Grant is still active but was exceptionally huge in the CCM scene in the 80s to about mid-/late-90s…until she was effectively cancelled by the church for (a) being too hot, (b) releasing straight-up pop love songs that could no longer be co-opted for a Christian worship service (not even unironically), (c) having on-camera chemistry with men who were not her husband in duets/music videos, and (d) – the last ridiculous, hypocritical, sexist, narrow-minded straw – getting out of a marriage that probably never should’ve been. Christian radio blacklisted her, Christian music/bookstores stopped carrying her, her earlier songs disappeared from worship services…every pastor and parent had an opinion on how scandalous Amy Grant was. And while the CCM industry never fully dropped her (one guess why, and it starts with a $) – and Grant never turned tail or ran – the fact that the entire church essentially did her dirty is something that will never be forgotten, never be forgiven. And by “some”, I speak for myself; Amy Grant was my very first music love and the whole situation rubbed me the wrong way even though I was just a kid. Looking back, it probably started my journey of leaving the church and becoming one of the many who call ourselves “exvangelicals“. And, in reading up on what Grant’s been up to since I left that world, it seems they’ve somewhat recently tried to cancel her yet again for being supportive of the LBGTQ+ community and advocating for a Christianity that is accepting of all. So, that tracks why she clicked for me and the church that has cancelled her not once but twice did not. But I digress.

Who is Flamy Grant then? Well, “God’s favorite drag queen”, of course! Having grown up in an evangelical church in the Appalachia and with all that that oppressive environment entails for a queer kid, at a young age Flamy aka Matthew Blake Lovegood latched onto Amy Grant’s music while going through a rocky time that heartbreakingly involved self-enrolling in a so-called “conversion therapy” program. They fortunately left that program, embraced their queerness, and found a better church. And then, in a pandemic livestream for exvangelicals, they unveiled their drag persona, the name chosen to honour the musician who had helped them survive.

Flamy has since used that persona to pen beautifully honest, therapeutic, “shame-slaying” Americana songs that address “queerness, faith, and overcoming the spiritual trauma so often endured by LGBTQ+ people and others who grow up in conservative religious spaces”. Self-releasing her debut Bible Belt Baby in the fall of 2022 – “the world’s first contemporary Christian music record by a drag performer” – the following summer Flamy saw her album reach number 1 on the iTunes Christian music charts in part thanks to some MAGAt saying something about a collab between a well-known CCM artist and Flamy that was meant to be disparaging but spectacularly backfired. Amen.

While some of us exvangelicals have deconstructed our religious upbringings to the point where we’ve effectively walked away from Christianity completely, those who don’t want to make that choice more often than not face the uphill battle of finding a congregation or space where they can be accepted by others who share their theological beliefs. Flamy is one of those brave souls in CCM who are attempting to nudge the genre away from being claimed as a conservative, rightwing-only club, to at least provide a haven in music for other believers in the LGBTQ+ community, like Flamy found in Amy Grant’s music. Showing a different way is possible, just like Amy Grant, just like Dolly. And I wholeheartedly respect that. Flamy might even get me to darken the door of a church again if I’m ever in the neighourhood for a “Dolly Church” Pride service like the annual one she’s been involved in. Maybe. In the meantime, I’m very happy to listen to CHURCH, Flamy’s second album. I hope you enjoy.

“The moment that I looked at you
I recognized the killing truth
You really think there’s no way out
But if you let me, I can help you now
Through all these shattered emotions
There’s a lesson to learn
So come on let me hold you closer
Love can soothe what love has burned…

You’ve got to remember
You’re not alone in this world
Always remember
You’re not alone in this world”
– Amy Grant, “You’re Not Alone” from Heart in Motion (1991)

If you’re interested in taking part, the plan is to have our Dolly Parton/Jolene tribute post published September 25, 2027; see this post for details. ↩︎

#Americana #AmyGrant #ChristianMusic #dragQueen #FlamyGrant #folkMusic #LGBTQ #music #queerMusic

#americana #amygrant #christianmusic #dragqueen #flamygrant #folkmusic

Aby and their slithy toves @[email protected]

2026-08-16

🎶 I am a C.

🎶 I am a C. U.

🎶 I am a C. U. N. T.. that's it, that's the end of the song.

#Music #ChristianMusic

#music #christianmusic

AeschTunes @[email protected]

2026-08-10

Album Review: Petra – “Wake-Up Call” (2023 Reissue)

On November 9, 1993, Petra released its 14th studio album, Wake-Up Call.

http://aeschtunes.com/2026/08/10/album-review-petra-wake-up-call-2023-reissue/

#Music, #MusicReview, #Petra, #90s, #90sMusic, #1990s, #1990sMusic, #RockMusic, #ChristianMusic, #AeschTunes

#aeschtunes #christianmusic #rockmusic #1990smusic #1990s #90smusic

Saint Clinton @[email protected]

2026-08-03

Better Watch Your Behavior youtu.be/I0XKhqbXvP0?si=6Ozx5_… #Christian #music #christianmusic

#music #christian #christianmusic

Saint Clinton @[email protected]

2026-08-03

Better Watch Your Behavior https://youtu.be/I0XKhqbXvP0?si=6Ozx5_nl6_fnoxwI #Christian #music #christianmusic

#christianmusic #music #christian

Billboard [Unofficial] @[email protected]

2026-07-22

Capitol CMG Must Face Lawsuit Over Canceled Deal to Buy Christian Hip-Hop Label, Judge Says

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.billboard.com/pro/capitol-cmg-cant-kill-lawsuit-christian-indie-label-deal/

#business #legalnews #christianmusic #genrehiphop #genrerap #lawsuit

Billboard [Unofficial] @[email protected]

2026-07-22

Capitol CMG Must Face Lawsuit Over Canceled Deal to Buy Christian Hip-Hop Label, Judge Says

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.billboard.com/pro/capitol-cmg-cant-kill-lawsuit-christian-indie-label-deal/

#recordlabels #musicnews #legal #lawsuit #genrerap #genrehiphop

50+ Music @[email protected]

2026-07-13

"What a Difference You've Made in My Life" is an #inspirational song written by Archie Jordan and first made famous by two artists during 1977: then-teenage #ChristianMusic singer #AmyGrant and #countryMusic singer #RonnieMilsap.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkAvL_WSs6c

#inspirational #christianmusic #amygrant #countrymusic #ronniemilsap

Christopher @[email protected]

2026-07-11

I don't care if you hate them, or love them, Skillet is doing some really good, independent things as they have matured, trying to break away from 'the system'
Created their own record label to break away from the record labels control.
Released their own app to break away from corporate streaming services.
Inside their app is a social media platform.
Playing smaller venues that stick with their roots, while still selling out larger ones.
These guys are on their way to getting it right.

Not to mention this band's music has saved me a mental funk on multiple occasions.
#Skillet #ChristianMusic #BreakTheSystem

#christianmusic #breakthesystem #skillet

Slow Mover @[email protected]

2026-07-06

Restlessness

A Monday Monday Song

I’ve been thinking lately about what I need.
There’s so much wrapped up in me.
I’m tired of being split in two.
Has the dye been caste or can
I melt into someone new?

I need to simplify find some order to this mess
but there’s no cure for my restlessness.

The taste of my life is bittersweet
like this wine-soaked rag they force on me.
I’m caught between earth and sky
I can’t connect to either.
Eloi. Eloi. Why?

I need to simplify find some order to this mess
but there’s no cure for my restlessness.

It seems I am always cleaning my temple.
I’m always cleaning house,
trying to throw the money hangers out . . .

An Iaonus Production 8.26.24

Lyrics August, 19, 1996

#1996 #bittersweet #ChristianMusic #contemplativeMusic #earthAndSky #EloiEloi #faithAndDoubt #innerDivision #innerTemple #JesusImagery #longing #lyrics #moneyChangers #Music #orderFromChaos #originalSong #renewal #Repentance #restlessness #sacredSymbolism #simplify #SongLyrics #Songs #soulWork #spiritualFormation #spiritualStruggle #splitInTwo #surrender #TempleCleansing #Transformation #Wilderness #WordPressTagsSpiritualSong

#bittersweet #christianmusic #contemplativemusic #earthandsky #eloieloi #faithanddoubt

Slow Mover @[email protected]

2026-06-15

NEW Song – Always

Yesterday, we began a Sermon Series on The Goodness of God. This week’s Monday Monday Song continues the theme of God’s goodness.

The song is a fusion of gospel and acid house and was recorded, created, and mastered using AI and Audacity.

An excerpt is below with lyrics following:

Audio Excerpt

Lyrics

Good when we’re singing,
good when we’re sad.
Good when we’re lonely,
good when we’re glad.

God, You are good
all the time,
every moment of our days.
All the time,
God, You are good,
worthy of our praise.

Good when we’re strong,
good when we’re frail.
Good when we’re happy,
good when we fail.

God, You are good
all the time,
every moment of our days.
All the time,
God, You are good,
worthy of our praise.

Always, always,
worthy of our praise.
Always, always,
worthy of our praise.

God, You are good
all the time,
every moment of our days.
All the time,
God, You are good,
worthy of our praise.

Always, always,
worthy of our praise.
Always, always,
worthy of our praise.

#allTheTime #ChristianArt #ChristianLyrics #ChristianMusic #churchMusic #congregationalSong #everyMomentOfOurDays #Faith #faithInSuffering #GodIsGood #GodSGoodness #GoodnessOfGod #Grace #Hope #Lament #Mercy #Praise #praiseAndWorship #Prayer #rawWorship #sacredArt #spiritualSong #symbolicArt #worshipLyrics #worshipSong #worthyOfPraise

#allthetime #christianart #christianlyrics #christianmusic #churchmusic #congregationalsong

The Hard Times – Punk News Comin’ Your Way! [Unofficial] @[email protected]

2026-06-03

Michale Graves Planning To Storm the Gates of Heaven if New Christian Music Career Doesn’t Get Him Admitted

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://thehardtimes.net/blog/michale-graves-planning-to-storm-the-gates-of-heaven-if-new-christian-music-career-doesnt-get-him-admitted/

#blog #christianmusic #christianrock #gatesofheaven #heaven #january6th

BC BY-NC-SA @[email protected]

2026-05-31

Edmund Welles: the bass clarinet quartet – Hymns for Christmas
#Classical #CorneliusBoots #FeliciaChavez #UnitedMethodistHymnal #avantgarde #bassclarinet #bassclarinetquartet #chambermusic #christianmusic #christmasmusic #christmassongs #heavychambermusic #instrumental #progressiverock #quartet #Oakland
CC BY-NC-ND (#CreativeCommons Attribution Non Commercial No Derivatives) #ccmusic
https://edmundwelles.bandcamp.com/album/hymns-for-christmas

#classical #corneliusboots #feliciachavez #unitedmethodisthymnal #avantgarde #bassclarinet

Ireland @[email protected]

2026-05-30

https://www.europesays.com/ie/510751/ Brandon Lake Wins Big at 2026 K-LOVE Fan Awards: Full Winners List #Awards #ChristianMusic #Christian/Gospel #Éire #Entertainment #IE #Ireland #KLoveFanAwards #Music

#music #klovefanawards #ireland #ie #entertainment #eire

Billboard [Unofficial] @[email protected]

2026-05-30

Brandon Lake Is a Double Winner at 2026 K-LOVE Fan Awards: Full Winners List

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/brandon-lake-2026-k-love-fan-awards-full-winners-list-1236260775/

#awards #music #christianmusic #christiangospel #klovefanawards

Billboard [Unofficial] @[email protected]

2026-05-30

Brandon Lake Is a Double Winner at 2026 K-LOVE Fan Awards: Full Winners List

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/brandon-lake-2026-k-love-fan-awards-full-winners-list-1236260775/

#klovefanawards #christiangospel #christianmusic #music #awards

Drama Japan @[email protected]

2026-05-22

For King + Country Drummer Boy Movie✝️🎬 #christianmusic https://drama.io/891632/ #adamandeverything #CHRISTIAN #christianshorts #christiansongs #forkingandcountry #movie #映画 #映画公開予定

#christianmusic #adamandeverything #christian #christianshorts #christiansongs #forkingandcountry

Johnny J. Blair @[email protected]

2026-05-17

SUNDAY MATINEE MUSIC VIDEO + HAPPY BIRTHDAY IAN WHITE! “Watch Over Me” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sik0pwxMqQU

#ianwhite #scotland #singersongwriter #glasgow #perth #christianmusic #CCM #cliffrichard #jamestaylor #littlemisty #worship #psalms #johnnyjblair

#ianwhite #scotland #singersongwriter #glasgow #perth #christianmusic

Newsramp @[email protected]

2026-05-16

Grammy-winning artists Alex Campos and Ingrid Rosario unite for a powerful night of worship at Silver Spurs Arena in Kissimmee on May 30. Tickets start at $31. #Worship #ChristianMusic

#christianmusic #worship