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Rock Un-Solid
When Christian bands bite the hands that praised them.
by Rob Moll
posted 06/15/2006 09:30 a.m.
The Kingdom of Rock Is at Hand
A tour of the confused but worshipful world of Christian rock.
by Patton Dodd
posted 06/15/2006 09:30 a.m.
Bono Waxes 'Prophetic'
Rock-star/activist inspired by Leviticus and Isaiah.
by Sheryl Henderson Blunt
posted 02/06/2006 09:45 a.m.
Calvin College on U2
College class on U2 explores religious influence of a rock band.
By Charles Honey, Religion News Service
posted 02/23/2005 09:30
9.5 Theses on Worship
A disputation on the role of music.
By Gary A. Parrett
posted 01/28/2005 9:00 a.m.
The Perfect Blend
An earthier version of a veteran musician brings heaven closer.
Reviewed by Russ Breimeier
posted 12/08/04 10:00 a.m.
Pop Love for a War-Torn World
How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb is classic U2, with a prescription for healing the world.
By Scott Calhoun
posted 11/23/04 9:30 a.m.
There's Just Something About That Man
Bill Gaither insists it's not about him. And nobody seems to disagree.
By Mark Allen Powell
posted 03/19/2004
An Arts Festival in the Heartland
Bill Gaither has succeeded in putting together an event that increases Christ through the performers' diminishment.
By Mark Allen Powell
posted 03/19/2004
Hip-Hop Opera
A rock musical for a new generation tells the gospel in MTV language—for better or for worse.
By Todd Hertz
posted 02/10/2004
Johnny Cash's Song of Redemption
How the coolest man in the music industry became that way while singing about Jesus and the Cross.
By Ted Olsen
posted 10/20/2003
Billy Graham Mourns Johnny Cash
The evangelist mourns a longtime friend
By Billy Graham
posted 09/12/2003
Aching for Something Deep
For those with ears to hear, Mark Heard left the gift of a more authentic faith.
Hammers and Nails, reviewed by Eric Miller
posted 09/10/2003
The Discontent Between Business and Artistry
The songwriter and singer of Sixpence None the Richer talk about how the business side of the music industry-and outside expectations-can constrain the creative process.
An interview with Matt Slocum and Leigh Nash
posted 08/28/2003
Jesus' Woodstock
After 20 summers of love, the Cornerstone Festival still opens doors for unknown musicians and unlocks truth for hungry minds.
By Todd Hertz
posted 06/27/2003
Bono's Thin Ecclesiology
Any person can stand outside the church and critique its obedience to the gospel.
A Christianity Today Editorial
posted 02/21/2003
'Pop Music with Brains'
From the beginning, U2 has engaged spiritual questions.
By Mark Allan Powell
posted 02/21/2003
Bono's American Prayer
The world's biggest rock star tours the heartland talking more openly about his faith as he recruits Christians in the fight against AIDS in Africa.
By Cathleen Falsani
posted 02/21/2003
Elms Make Like a Tree
The Christian band declines a role in Saved. But what is this movie about?
By Ted Olsen
posted 02/03/2003
Celtic Music in a Christian Key
John Doan's 20-string harp-guitar and stories bring greater depth to the genre.
By Amanda Bird
posted 12/13/2002
Music at the Theological Roundtable
What it teaches us about God and the universe.
By John G. Stackhouse
posted 11/01/2002
Evangelistic Circus in a Box
Festival con Dios links with Palau organization to expand work of proclamation.
By Todd Hertz
posted 10/01/2002
Don't Knock Christian Rock
The author of the Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music and a Lutheran seminary professor says the genre deserves more respect.
An interview with Mark Allan Powell
posted 08/21/2002
A Folk-Rock Caravaggio
Jennifer Knapp sings of the incarnation's bloody realities.
By Todd Hertz
posted 08/05/2002
The Rolling Superchic[k] Revue
It's not just a band of shifting players. It's a state of mind and a movement.
By Todd Hertz
posted 05/23/2002
Bono Tells Christians: Don't Neglect Africa
He urges evangelicals to take a lead in fighting AIDS and poverty.
By Sheryl Henderson Blunt in Washington, D.C.
posted 04/19/2002
'A Rock Band That's Good for Something'
The author of Walk On: The Spiritual Journey of U2 talks about why politicians listen to Bono.
Interview by Todd Hertz
posted 04/19/2002
Inside CT: Bono's Burning Question
Evangelicals and U2's singer try to figure each other out.
By Timothy C. Morgan
posted 04/19/2002
Grace Meets the Real World
American 'roots' music (a la the Grammy-winning O Brother, Where Art Thou?) is making a comeback for reasons Christians can readily understand.
By Eric Miller
posted 04/03/2002
CCM's Growing Pains
A survey of labels finds the message—if not the creativity—is intact.
By Beau Black
posted 03/11/2002
No Longer Just a Rock Band
The CCM culture awakens to the praise within Third Day's songs.
By Todd Hertz
posted 02/26/2002
The Lowdown on Downloads
Now that Napster is all but dead, Christian music companies are the first to try its model for profit.
By Ted Olsen
posted 02/13/2002
Is There Really a Christian Music Boom?
The Gospel Music Association says so, but their numbers hide the mass exodus of talented bands from the Christian Music industry.
By Mark Joseph
posted 02/05/2002
Christian Music You Haven't Heard
Having trouble finding Icelandic techno in your bookstore? Try online.
By Ted Olsen
posted 01/29/2002
In Perspective: 'Singer of Simple Songs'
Rock, country, and Christian artists find inspiration in September 11's terrorist attacks.
By Todd Hertz
posted 12/12/2001
Something to Talk About
Nicole C. Mullen uses pumping beats, fun atmosphere to explore God's strength.
Todd Hertz
posted 11/20/2001
Power Punch Praise
The Benjamin Gate delivers worship music to the technology-driven 21st Century.
Todd Hertz
posted 11/19/2001
Rising to the Top
British band Steve mixes creative praise with driving rock.
Todd Hertz
posted 11/13/2001
Return of Kevin Max
Eclectic album outlines dc Talk veteran's "existence."
Todd Hertz
posted 11/06/2001
A Troubadour and His Guitar
Once poised for folk-rock stardom, John Michael Talbot chose a quieter path.
Douglas LeBlanc
posted 10/29/2001
Stryper Returns to Play the Festival They Always Should Have
Cornerstone Music Festival takes a look back at artists who paved the way.
By Todd Hertz in Bushnell, Illinois
posted 7/12/01
CT Classic: A Christian 'Heavy-Metal' Band Makes Its Mark on the Secular Music Industry
Lyrics and onstage behavior distances Stryper from counterparts.
By Steve Rabey
posted 7/12/01
CT Classic: 'You Cannot Serve God by Emulating Mammon!'
Steve Rabey's 1985 article and a publicity photo of the heavy metal band Stryper stirred controversy.
posted 7/12/01
Come for the Music, Stay for the Worship
Diversity in artists, worship and people last through 18 years of the Cornerstone Festival.
By Todd Hertz in Bushnell, Illinois
posted 7/6/01
Three Chords and the Truth
Christian singer-songwriters take their faith into the culture of chiming guitars and protest songs.
By Steve Rabey
posted 6/22/01
Watered-Down Love
Bob Dylan encountered Jesus in 1978, and that light has not entirely faded as he turns 60.
By Steve Turner
posted 5/24/01
CT Classic: Bob Dylan: Still Blowin' in the Wind
Christianity Today reviews Dylan's work before the singer's conversion to Christianity.
By Daniel J. Evearitt
posted 5/24/01
CT Classic: Bob Dylan Finds His Source
A call into the bars, into the streets, into the world, to repentance.
By Noel Paul Stookey
posted 5/24/01
CT Classic: Not Buying into the Subculture
Slow Train Coming reveals that Bob Dylan's quest for answers has been satisfied.
By David Singer
posted 5/24/01
CT Classic: Has Born-again Bob Dylan Returned to Judaism?
The singer's response to an Olympics ministry opportunity might settle the matter once for all.
posted 5/24/01
Rap's Demon-Slayer
T-Bone brings hip-hop swagger to spiritual warfare.
By Douglas LeBlanc
posted 5/2/01
Can Choir Outreach Sustain the Song?
Cathedral choristers begin singing in schools to stir new interest in an English church tradition.
By Cedric Pulford in London
posted 2/12/01
Honest Prayer, Beautiful Grace
The messianic and passionate U2 sounds like itself again.
By Douglas LeBlanc
posted 2/8/01
Rock's Real Rebels
Christians (and the God-haunted) make inroads into new territory.
By Kevin A. Miller
posted 1/18/01
CT Classic: Hallelujah!
On a memorable London night, the bright and glistening theology of Messiah broke through my jet-lagged consciousness.
By Philip Yancey
posted 12/22/00
The New/Old CCM
Classical Christian music, especially the sacred works of Johann Sebastian Bach, finds a young, and large, audience.
By Sara Pearsaul
posted 12/18/00
Slivers of Enlightenment
Seven years after its publication, Roaring Lambs—now with a companion CD—still prods Christian artists to engage the culture.
By Greg Clugston
posted 10/2/00
Singing Briner's Praises
A review of the Roaring Lambs CD.
By Greg Clugston
posted 10/2/00
Books amp; Culture Corner: Roaring Lambs
The Evangelical Culture of Euphemism, Part 3.
By John Wilson
posted 7/31/00
Incarnating Mystery
Michael Card argues that a proper view of Christ is a key to creativity.
By Wendy Murray Zoba
posted 7/28/00
The Ballad of John and Jesus
Two books tell the story behind John Lennon's short-lived conversion.
By Steve Turner
posted 6/14/00
One Musician, Two Gigs
A church pianist by day, Deanna Witkowski lights up the New York jazz scene by night.
By Lauren F. Winner
posted 6/1/00
Cease-Fire in the Worship Wars
A dispatch from the Calvin Symposium on Worship and the Arts.
By John Wilson
posted 2/8/00
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