Do you know which is the best selling Christian song of all time?
I’ve spent the last few weeks writing a series of adult Sunday school lessons on the topic of “The Songs of the New Testament.” This has caused me to be thinking about how music and songs proclaim the gospel. I began to wonder how Christian themed music has been accepted into the wider culture. I’m not talking about songs that get played on K-LOVE or other Christian networks. I’m speaking of songs that have Christian themes and have been embraced by a much wider audience. Some of these are crossovers, that is, songs performed by Christian artist that crossed over into pop/rock audiences. Some of these are songs that have been performed by artist with no, or little, commitment to the Christian faith. (Click the links to listen to the songs. Sorry about the ads.)
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