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This week our Cooking with Christian Music feature is from worship artist Daniel Kirkley, who shares his mom’s recipe for chocolate chip cookies. Daniel says: “My mom (Ms. Libby) used to have these fresh baked cookies waiting for my brother & I when we would get in most afternoons from school. They quickly became a…

Thousand Foot Kruth frontman Trevor McNevan was rushed to emergency yesterday and underwent a routine appendectomy last night. He is recovering. As a result, the band has cancelled their appearance at this weekend’s Creation Northwest Festival. Nick Kulb, from Creation, issued this statement: “Thousand Foot Krutch guarantees for an amazing show and they are a…

Grammy- and Dove- nominated rock worship band Leeland is gearing up for the release of their third album, Love Is On The Move, on August 25.”Worship, justice and action are not separate,” explains lead singer and guitarist Leeland Mooring about the theme of the album. “They are united. They work together. When you have an…

Well, even I admit that this video is blatant promotion for Tom’s Shoes, but when the company is committed to giving away a pair of shoes to a child in need for every pair of shoes you purchase, I can’t help but share it.I’ll be honest. The first time I heard that a company was…

Every week, iTickets.com offers new free Christian music downloads. Typically they’re from artists you’ve heard of, or at least I’ve heard of as a member of the media. But this week, there’s a download from an artist I’ve never heard of, and who I’m having trouble even finding info.His name is Renier Strydom and I…

Purely Hymns is a new approach to classic hymns of the church. The collection features 20 of the most recognized hymns of the church, like “Rock of Ages,” “Amazing Grace,” “A Mighty Fortress Is Our God,” and this week’s free download, “Holy, Holy, Holy.” Congregations of young and old alike can find common ground worshipping…

Grammy-nominated, Dove Award winning New Artist of the Year Ayiesha Woods is back with her sophomore release, Love Like This. You can get a free download of her single, “Transparent,” this week only at itickets.com. Here are the lyrics to the song:

Rockers Skillet are gearing up for the August 25th release of their already-critically acclaimed new album Awake with plans for a 50-city tour. The Awake And Alive Tour will feature Skillet, along with special guests Hawk Nelson, Decyfer Down and The Letter Black. The band’s Comatose tour landed Skillet landed on Pollstar’s Concert Pulse list…

Music fans have been buzzing about Jonny Diaz’s new album More Beautiful You, and especially about the title cut and video. When Jonny Diaz headed off to Florida State University in 2002 on a baseball scholarship, it looked like he’d follow in the footsteps of his brothers, who all attended college on baseball scholarships; his…

John Reuben “Town Folk” from Gotee Records on Vimeo. John Reuben is back later this year with a new release, Sex, Drugs and Self-Control, and as a prelude to the album release the label is releasing a song and video a month exclusively on iTunes.The first, “Town Folk,” visualizes several Old Testament stories, including Sampson,…

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