Friday, June 13, 2008

100 Greatest Songs in Christian Music (80-71)

80. Where There Is Faith - 4Him (1990)
   This may be my favorite 4Him song (even though it was on their
   first album and seems a little dated).

79. The Robe - Wes King (1993)
  Written from collection of Sermons by Charles Spurgeon called
   Sovereign Grace: "Sinner, you say you have no faith.  You're right.
   You have no faith. Faith is of God.  Come as you are, and He will
   give you the faith that you need. You say you're guilty.  You're right.
   You are guilty.  Come as you are and God will pardon you.  Sinner,
   you say you're naked and ashamed.  Come as you are, and the robe
   that He will clothe you in is made of a garment of the grace of His
   Son.  Come as you are."

78. Dive - Steven Curtis Chapman (1999)
  Many of SCC's songs come out of sermons preached by his pastor,
   Scotty Smith (Christ Community Church, Franklin, TN).  This one
   was about two men fly-fishing in deep water and catching a large
   number of fish while other anglers who were unwilling or unequipped
   to go into the deeper water weren't catching anything.

77. Friend Of A Wounded Heart - Wayne Watson (1987)

76. Alive - P.O.D. (2001)
  P.O.D.'s sophmore effort Satellite entered the Billboard Top 200
   at #6 (The highest selling Christian debut ever.  The video for alive
   made it to #1 on MTV's Total Request Live (TRL).  Rolling Stone
   rated it a 4 out of 5 and said, "If P.O.D.'s religious devotion inspired
   them to turn out the most soulful hard-rock record so far this year,
   then maybe more new-metalheads should get down with God."
   Billboard Magazine said, "Satellite not only has the juice to elevate
   P.O.D. to much deserved superstar status, it could very well blow
   some desperately needed hope into the air."

75. Why Should The Devil Have All The Good Music? - Larry Norman (1972)

74. Arise My Love - NewSong (1994)
This is an incredible song!

73. Love In Any Language - Sandi Patti (1986)

72. More Power To Ya - Petra (1982)

71. In The Light - Charlie Peacock (1991)
  Probably made more famous when dc Talk covered it on Jesus Freak.
   Michael Tait says, "It's probably one of our top three songs of all time.
   Charlie did an incredible job writing that one."

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