# Favourite Christianity-related songs **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 26, 2016, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-christianity-related-songs/753178 "2016-04-26T11:22:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![missred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missred/32/14096_2.png) [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2016, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-christianity-related-songs/753178/41 "2016-04-27T20:12:36Z")
I was baptized Catholic but as an adult am an agnostic who dabbles in bluegrass. Probably my favorite is \*Will the Circle Be Unbroken? [/I]. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2016, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-christianity-related-songs/753178/42 "2016-04-28T05:10:07Z")
Certain arrangements of _Children Go Where I Send Thee_ In particular, this [1997 performance by Johnny Cash](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQMT8OD9nzU) _et al._ For a hoot, see this performance by [Tennessee Ernie Ford](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_eWR2hT_YM) – Watch the little kid sitting next to him (Ford’s son, I think). ---
**Author:** ![Hermitian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hermitian/32/470_2.png) [@Hermitian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermitian)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2016, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-christianity-related-songs/753178/43 "2016-04-28T18:35:36Z")
As a Christian, I have many, but the first that came to my mind were: Slower: 1. [The Love of God](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhKZn8gdN-E) by Rich Mullins (Does God’s love not sometimes feel like a reckless raging fury?) 2. [Cannan Bound](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aQq5wOrKk4) by Andrew Peterson (About Abram and Sarai traveling to Cannan) Faster: 3. [Creed](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-61MaWETiU) by Rich Mullins (love that dulcimer) 4. [Visions](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ge-nN5WMMhM) by Jennifer Knapp ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2016, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-christianity-related-songs/753178/44 "2016-04-28T21:29:07Z")
Alice Cooper’s albums [Brutal Planet](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brutal_Planet), [Dragontown](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragontown), and [The Last Temptation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Temptation_%28Alice_Cooper_album%29). None of them whack you over the head with the Christian messages–they just rock hard. I also like Steve Taylor. ---
**Author:** ![missred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missred/32/14096_2.png) [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2016, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-christianity-related-songs/753178/45 "2016-04-28T22:49:13Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > Certain arrangements of _Children Go Where I Send Thee_ > In particular, this [1997 performance by Johnny Cash](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQMT8OD9nzU) _et al._ > > For a hoot, see this performance by [Tennessee Ernie Ford](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_eWR2hT_YM) – Watch the little kid sitting next to him (Ford’s son, I think). It wouldn’t surprise me to find out that that kid grew up to be a drummer. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2016, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-christianity-related-songs/753178/46 "2016-04-29T00:37:01Z")
> [@Infovore](#): > > I also like Steve Taylor. Have you seen [what he’s been up to lately](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UrZYJa_RVw)? ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2016, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-christianity-related-songs/753178/47 "2016-04-29T00:44:35Z")
[Mary, Did You Know?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifCWN5pJGIE) ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2016, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-christianity-related-songs/753178/48 "2016-04-29T01:58:15Z")
I dunno about a favorite, but given the recent sad event I could not help but think of [Prince - The Cross](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I30fIm0XiqE) ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2016, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-christianity-related-songs/753178/49 "2016-04-29T02:19:27Z")
[Give Us a Song](https://youtu.be/6CnAvrBWHl4) - Jonathan Edwards ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2016, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-christianity-related-songs/753178/50 "2016-04-29T15:08:34Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > Have you seen [what he’s been up to lately](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UrZYJa_RVw)? I have not! Thanks for sharing - I’ll have to check out his new work. I had no idea he’d gone back to recording again. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2016, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-christianity-related-songs/753178/51 "2016-04-30T19:04:42Z")
Kinky Friedman’s [High on Jesus](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hR77Ctgtorc) ---
**Author:** ![Tinker\_Grey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tinker_grey/32/8136_2.png) [@Tinker\_Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tinker_Grey)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2016, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-christianity-related-songs/753178/52 "2016-04-30T19:40:31Z")
Imma atheist now, but I still have soft spot for Russ Taff. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/SoBH1inNEq8/maxresdefault.jpg "Lazarus Dies Again") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SoBH1inNEq8) ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2016, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-christianity-related-songs/753178/53 "2016-04-30T21:18:29Z")
I grew up Catholic in the 70s and attended Catholic school with guitar-playing nuns. Mine don’t get widely recorded, but I’m a huge fan of the St. Louis Jesuits. Even as an atheist (now, anyway), I still love the stuff in the Glory & Praise books. ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2016, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-christianity-related-songs/753178/54 "2016-04-30T23:53:13Z")
I like Gonzo the Great’s cover of [Heaven On Their Minds](https://youtu.be/7ZbNjGdmxCw) _“I’ve been your right hand thing all along…”_ ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2016, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-christianity-related-songs/753178/55 "2016-05-01T00:56:58Z")
[quote=“Doyle, post:6, topic:753178”] Black Sabbath - After Forever [/QUOTE] I recall how Christians would dismiss Black Sabbath because of the band's name, but I listened to the words and heard pretty standard Non-Conformist theology. I mean, the guys wore giant crosses made by one of their dads to ward off demons! Go figure. I am not a religious person but I have always loved religious music and art of all faiths because the artists bring such strong faith and genuine feeling to it. Except for modern Christian Rock, which tends to the insipid. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2016, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-christianity-related-songs/753178/56 "2016-05-01T01:52:33Z")
[God’s Children](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSciUplVZrA) by The Kinks ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2016, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-christianity-related-songs/753178/57 "2016-05-01T01:58:53Z")
Despite the fact that the singer turned out to be a total wackjob, some people believe that the album “Human Sacrifice” by the late 80s/early 90s band Vengeance Rising is the best thrash-metal album ever, period. Here’s the title track. The picture is of the original cover; the band was originally called Vengeance and then they found out about another signed band with the same name, so they changed the name to Vengeance Rising. “Gloria” by Glad is a little more traditional. Man, I wish I could sing like that! King's X were (are?) a band with strong Christian overtones, and in fact did some shows with the aforementioned Vengeance Rising. The quality of their music declined precipitously when they got away from the Christian thing :(, and most Christian outlets stopped selling their music when the singer admitted around 2000 that he is gay. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/f19FQfzly50/hqdefault.jpg "King's X - King") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f19FQfzly50) ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/51bf81/32.png) [@Troy\_McClure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2016, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-christianity-related-songs/753178/58 "2016-05-01T02:55:15Z")
Totally ‘80s synth-cheese, but I have a weak spot for Mr. Misters’ “Kyrie”: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NDjt4FzFWY](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NDjt4FzFWY) ---
**Author:** ![Tinker\_Grey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tinker_grey/32/8136_2.png) [@Tinker\_Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tinker_Grey)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2016, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-christianity-related-songs/753178/59 "2016-05-01T03:00:51Z")
Here’s a little hip-hop (not DC Talk ;)): [Hopsin - ILL MIND OF HOPSIN 7 - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBsA2ETp7JA) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-christianity-related-songs/753178.md?page=2)