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MOMENTOUS MONDAYS: INFLUENTIAL ARTISTS OF ALL TIME – WEEK 45: CHRIS TOMLIN

‘…the thing I’m most proud of is the songs that find their way in the church. I don’t know if any of them will last down the way, but what I do strive for is playing a song people can sing. I love that songs find their way on the radio, as well. I think it can be both. I was pushing for that years ago and I just kept being turned down when I’d sing songs to radio. They were like, “We don’t play worship songs.” I sent “Forever” and I sent “Enough,” and “Famous One,” and they just didn’t get any traction. There wasn’t this cohesion between what was happening in the church and what was happening on the radio. But now it’s completely shifted. So I’m not trying to write a pop song that lasts for three months. I really want to write things that find their way into church…’ I guess everyone has their role within the music industry- both mainstream and Christian alike. U2 have always been the go-to band to listen to if you want to hear something brutally honest, something blunt, or as a matter-of-fact. Switchfoot would be a band to check out if you love music that teeters on the edge of faith-based songs, and songs that challenge the status quo and aren’t afraid to speak about issues that may be a bit touchy in the society in which we live. Rascal Flatts and Lady Antebellum both bring that country-music flair and flavour to the table, while an artist like Skililet serves the cravings of hard rock by anyone who wants to hear songs that are just head-banging and rocking. Backstreet Boys and One Direction have this boy-band thing happening that has its appeal in the market they have inserted themselves into, while you can never forget an artist like Josh Groban, incorporating pop and opera into a fusion-of-genres, something that seems to a little bit underappreciated in a world where straight-up pop seems to be the way to go. Now here we are, in April 2020. Easter is approaching- the biggest day in the calendar for people who profess to be of the Christian faith (of which I am), and upon looking at my blog list, and glancing over the last 44 artists I have delved into thus far, one thing is common- I have yet to tackle an artist whose music is heavily focused upon the genre of music titled ‘worship music’- if ever worship is a genre to begin with.

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Top Tens: Top 20 Inspirational Videos I Have Ever Seen!

The other day, I was writing my most recent blog of Flashback Fridays (about identity, self-worth and insecurities, linking it to MercyMe’s album Almost There), and while I was writing, I figured out that apart from one of the earlier Message Mondays posts last year about how God can use ‘mainstream music’ just as much as ‘Christian music’; I was in the midst of writing one of the most relevant, vulnerable, honest and inspirational blogs I had ever written. Yeah, I know that it’s a pretty big claim, but that’s what I was feeling and sensing from God at the time. That no matter how much time goes on, I will be always able to go back to this 10th blog in Flashback Fridays, and be inspired, no matter how I feel. Now to test that theory, I re-read this blog maybe about 5 times over in the span of the past few days, and I was still overwhelmed by the amount of rich truth I had revealed, that is so applicable now, and maybe will be so applicable later on in the future. More so than any other blog I have ever written, I was blown away by what I had written- it had to be God using me as a vessel, and His words through my fingers on the keyboard. I will ask the opinions of others close to me in the near future, about whether this was the most inspirational blog I have ever written, but I digress.

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Sunday News Roundup (2nd-8th February 2015)

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It’s time for another Sunday News Roundup, here’s the next instalment from the 2nd til the 8th February 2015. Enjoy reading the scoop on the latest news! P.S., sorry it’s a bit late, but I wanted to include the news about for KING & COUNTRY winning some Grammy Awards. Anyway, I digress, so back to the news…

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Sunday News Roundup (22nd December 2014-4th January 2015)

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Here’s the next instalment of “Sunday News Roundup”. Though it’s a bit late by a couple of days, check out the past two weeks of news, from 22nd December 2014 til 4th January 2015 (which is not that much compared to other times due to the holidays!). Enjoy reading the scoop on the latest news, and be sure to check out Sunday News Roundup again on a weekly basis next week!

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Sunday News Roundup (1st-7th December 2014)

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Here’s the next instalment of “Sunday News Roundup”, this time from the 1st til the 7th December. Enjoy reading the scoop on the latest news!

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Message Mondays + Throwback Tuesdays: Laminin, and Chris Tomlin’s Mega Worship Hit!

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Welcome to another week, and another Message Mondays/Throwback Tuesdays post. I have decided to put both of these instalments together because it works for the topic I am about to briefly talk about.

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Sunday News Roundup (28th July-3rd August 2014)

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Here’s the next installment of “Sunday News Roundups”, this time from the 28th July to the 3rd August. Enjoy reading the scoop on the latest news!

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