Erica Campbell - I Luh God https://youtu.be/4G5BAQhLzMw
Plus, the entire gospel genre.
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Amazing Grace is always a good one. The story behind it helps with the impact, IMO; it was written by a former slave trader who had an epiphany and realized just how irredeemably evil he was, and was doing his best to turn it around.
I'm also a big enjoyer of Simple Gifts. It's a Shaker song and I find it very soothing.
If you're into heavier stuff, Christian metal is generally really fucking good.
As is the theme of the thread, a lot of these bands don't consider themselves "Christian bands", but hey.
August Burns Red - pretty popular, their music has a wide variety of influences in terms of sound but every album but their very first is very solid and consistent imo. Their drums and breakdowns kick ass; listen to "Defender" and "Bloodletter".
Devil Wears Prada - also relatively popular, their style changed a little bit in the more recent years but there are songs on almost every album of theirs that I enjoy. "Sassafras" is a good older song, "Salt" is a good new one.
Silent Planet - probably the most thought out and intentional lyrics you'll find in metal. A majority of their songs include footnotes to every line, indicating what historical event, biblical passage, or other artist's work they're referencing. "Panic Room" and "Northern Fires" are great examples of their sound and message.
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It's popularity peaked before my time, but when Soeur Sourir (The Singing Nun) topped the charts with Dominique-nique-nique, it must have enjoyed significant secular popularity, perhaps in part because they didn't know French well enough to really understand the lyrics.
Does Rasta music count? Because that’s technically a Christian belief system.
Honestly some straight up hymns are amazing. The Icelandic Hear Me Smith of Heaven and Russian Do Not Reject Me In My Old Age are my favourites
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If you like 70s acoustic folk/rock, the first album from Lazarus has some great stuff. Their harmonies are amazing. "Warmth of Your Eyes" is my favorite.
Pedro the Lion (like Priests And Paramedics and A Simple Plan), the Sixpence None The Richer album This Beautiful Mess particularly Love, Salvation, the Fear of Death, some of Rich Mullins like much of A Liturgy, a Legacy, & a Ragamuffin Band.
"Spirit In The Sky" -by Norman Greenbaum (himself Jewish)
Slayer, Demon Hunter, Celldweller.
"Collapsing" by Demon Hunter slaps. Thank you, Killing Floor 2, for introducing me.
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I think I read that Champion was explicitly Christian music which I didn't realize until I had already been listening to it.
NF and TobyMac
Oh, sleeper
War of ages
I used to get down with some Collective Soul.
I always respected that they refused to identify as a Christian rock band. From what I recall their response was something like "We're a rock band, that happens to be Christian."
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'Good to Be Alive'
By Geoff Moore and the Distance
I'm less of a former Christian and more of a thinks-outside-the-box Christian, but I think Mat Kearney is pretty solid regardless of what you believe. Sufjan Stevens is awesome too, but a bit of an aquired taste.
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Starflyer 59!!
Not christian music per se, but I love Andre Antunes' metal renditions of evangelical preacher speeches. For example:
I Demand with Kenneth Copeland
Bonus: Alex Jones and Rage Against The Vaccine
Carol of the Bells
Just last night I was listening to Bach’s BWV 182 and wondering what non-Christian devotional music has such broad appeal.
Plain chanting is boring, but maybe there’s some Muslim or Buddhist polyphony I’ve been missing out on.
Josh Garrels - Love & War & The Sea in Between
P.O.D. - Satellite and earlier albums.
Seeking the Wise still makes it onto my rock playlists.
Came here to say that, man satellite is a banger of an album. I don't go out of my way to listen to them anymore, but when they pop up I'm not gonna skip it and the volume may get turned up a few notches.
I too came here to mention P.O.D.
Youth of the Nation is definitely on the list of best songs ever made in my opinion.
I wasn't religious at this point but my brother in-law who listened to Skillet and 12 Stones and they had some catchy songs.
Five Iron Frenzy. Christian ska band.
What other band is going to write a song about Different Strokes? FIF is still part of my regular rotation.
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I'm somewhere between an Atheist and a pagan. Gregorian chanting is always cool and "Dies irae" is rad.
Is Skillet a Christian band? They've got a couple songs I like.
Monster, Hero...
They are not a Christian band but they are heavily themed on Christianity from what they said in an interview.