“Shock” & “Awe” Songs

By jove, it's not another miniseries! Or an "Opposites" post! What gives? Who cares? Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Oasis  ~  “The Shock Of The Lightning”

2)  Jesus Culture ft. Kim Walker-Smith  ~  “In Awe Of You”

3)  Green Day  ~  “State Of Shock”

4)  Hillsong Live  ~  “Stand In Awe”

5)  The Psychedelic Furs  ~  “Shock”

6)  Mizan  ~  “Awe”

7)  Tegan and Sara  ~  “Shock To Your System”

8)  Heritage Singers  ~  “In Awe”

9)  Peter Gabriel  ~  “Shock The Monkey”

10)  Rey Fresco  ~  “All In Awe”

11)  Yes  ~  “Shock To The System”

12)  Annabel Soh  ~  “I Stand In Awe”

13)  The Souljazz Orchestra  ~  “Shock And Awe”

14)  B. Reith  ~  “Awe-Struck”

15)  The Motels  ~  “Shock”

16)  DeLooze  ~  “Moon Of Awe”

17)  Ramones  ~  “Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment”

18)  Jon Thurlow  ~  “Stand In Awe”

19)  Gemma Hayes  ~  “Shock To My System”

20)  The Outsiders  ~  “In Awe”

"Most" Songs

Oh, look! Another "Opposites" music post! I know, I know...shocking! But this is really happening. These are "Most" songs. Next time, we'll explore "Least" songs. By now, you know the drill...click, listen, and enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Bob Dylan  ~  “Most Likely You Go Your Own Way (And I’ll Go Mine)”

2)  Blues Traveler  ~  “Most Precarious”

3)  R.E.M.  ~  “At My Most Beautiful”

4)  Dawes  ~  “Most People”

5)  Hillsong Live  ~  “Most High”

6)  Rascal Flatts  ~  “What Hurts The Most”

7)  Simon & Garfunkel  ~  “A Most Peculiar Man”

8)  La Dispute  ~  “The Most Beautiful Bitter Fruit”

9)  Randy VanWarmer  ~  “Just When I Needed You Most”

10)  Maya Solovey  ~  “The Most”

11)  Eels  ~  “A Most Unpleasant Man”

12)  Marillion  ~  “Most Toys”

13)  Charlie Rich  ~  “The Most Beautiful Girl”

14)  Ella Fitzgerald  ~  “Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most”

15)  The Beautiful South  ~  “Closer Than Most”

16)  Dolly Parton & Porter Wagoner  ~  “That’s When Love Will Mean The Most”

17)  B.J. Thomas  ~  “Most Of All”

18)  Turnover  ~  “Most Of The Time”

19)  Marie Miller  ~  “You Make The Most Of Me”

20)  Ty Herndon  ~  “What Mattered Most”

"Reign" Songs

Here's another two-part entry in my ongoing series featuring faith-based songs centered around a particular theme. These two aren't themed, per se, but were inspired by a bumper sticker I saw recently, which read: "Today's Forecast: God Reigns and the Son Shines." So here's a good group of songs with "Reign" in their titles, and next time there'll be songs with "Shine" in their titles. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Elevation Worship  ~  "Let Your Kingdom Reign"

2)  Meredith Andrews  ~  "Your Kingdom Reigns"

3)  Newsboys  ~  "He Reigns"

4)  Citipointe Live  ~  "You Reign"

5)  MercyMe  ~  "You Reign"

6)  Shirley Murdock  ~  "Lord, You Reign"

7)  Jonathan Seller  ~ "You Reign"

8)  Hillsong Live  ~  "Forever Reign"

9)  Brandon Ramey ft. Chantae Cann  ~  "You Reign"

10)  Starfield  ~  "Reign In Us"

11)  Elevation Worship  ~  "You Reign Alone"

12)   William Murphy  ~  "You Reign"

13)  Awakening Band ft. Jabin Chavez  ~  "Our God Reigns"

14)  Bizzle ft. Bumps INF, Redd Lettaz, & P Dub  ~  "Christ Reigns"

15)  Paul Baloche  ~  "Reign In Me"

16)  Brenton Brown  ~  "Lord, Reign In Me"

17)  Hillsong Live  ~  "Let The Peace Of God Reign"

18)  Brandon Heath  ~  "Our God Reigns"

19)  Jason Upton  ~  "Freedom Reigns"

20)  New Life Worship  ~  "Jesus Reigns"

21)  Jesus Culture ft. Martin Smith  ~  "Our God Reigns"

22)  Elevation Worship  ~  "Mercy Reigns"

23)  Michael W. Smith  ~  "Agnus Dei"  (This is the only one that doesn't have "Reign" in the title, but the word figures prominently throughout the song.)

"Kingdom" Music

Here's another entry in my ongoing series of posts featuring faith-based songs centered around a theme. This time up, the songs are about the kingdom of God. Inspiration for the post came from my recently hearing and loving the first song in this collection. But I enjoyed discovering (or hearing again) all the other songs in this set as well. Hope you will, too!  ~  JH

1)  Rend Collective  ~  "Build Your Kingdom Here"

2)  Elevation Worship  ~  "Kingdom Come"

3)  Nicole C. Mullen  ~  "Kingdom Come"

4)  Jason Gray  ~  "With Every Act Of Love"

5)  Covenant Worship  ~  "Kingdom Come"

6)  Group 1 Crew  ~  "Keys To The Kingdom"

7)  Jesus Culture  ~  "Kingdom"

8)  Starfield  ~  "The Kingdom"

9)  Laura Story  ~  "There Is A Kingdom"

10)  Canton Jones ft. Mouthpi3ce  ~  "Kingdom Business"

11)  My Dirty Silver  ~  "Kingdom Come"

12)  Hillsong Live  ~  "Yours Is The Kingdom"

13)  Matt Maher  ~  "As It Is In Heaven"

14)  Dwayne Tryumf ft. A Star, Tru2DaName, & Matthew Allen  ~  "Thy Kingdom Come"

15)  Jesus Culture  ~  "My Romance"

16)  Sidewalk Prophets  ~  "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us"

17)  Kutless  ~  "In The City"

18)  Keith & Kristyn Getty  ~  "Hear The Call Of The Kingdom"

19)  Matty Mullins  ~  "Glory"

20)  Paul Baloche  ~  "King Of Heaven"

21)  The Silver Pages ft. Mona Reeves  ~  "When Your Kingdom Comes"

22)  Brandon Grissom  ~  "Kingdom Come"

23)  Sanctus Real  ~  "You Are God"

24)  Cindy Cruse Ratcliff  ~  "Kingdom Come"

25)  Worship Central NZ  ~  "Kingdom Come"

Songs About Grace, Vol. 2

Here's the second part of what ended up being a 40-tune collection of songs about Grace. I love so many of these songs – even the ones I heard for the first time while compiling these posts. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Phillips, Craig, & Dean  ~  "Your Grace Still Amazes Me"

2)  Larry Ford  ~  "He Giveth More Grace"

3)  Krystal Meyers  ~  "The Beauty Of Grace"

4)  Dustin Kensrue  ~  "Grace Alone"

5)  B-SHOC  ~  "Grace Grace Grace"

6)  Big Daddy Weave  ~  "Fields Of Grace"  (No, there's nothing wrong with your headphones or earbuds. This video is simply not in stereo for some reason.)

7)  Christy Nockels  ~  "Grace Flows Down"  (Sorry, no real video of this one. But this song needed to be here!)

8)  The Martins  ~  "Grace"

9)  Matt Redman  ~  "Your Grace Finds Me"

10)  Hillsong United  ~  "Rhythms Of Grace"

11)  Fred Hammond  ~  "Lord, Your Grace"

12)  Matthew West  ~  "Only Grace"

13)  Ernie Haase & Signature Sound  ~  "Wonderful Grace Of Jesus"

14)  Todd Agnew  ~  "Grace Like Rain"

15)  KIDD ft. Sevin  ~  "Grace"

16)  Hillsong Live  ~  "Grace Abounds"

17)  Triumphant Quartet  ~  "Saved By Grace"

18)  Ashmont Hill   ~  "Grace Like A Flood"

19)  Passion ft. Kristian Stanfill  ~  "This Grace"

20)  Josh Wilson  ~  "Amazing Grace"  (I know I've already included one rendition of this iconic song, but Josh Wilson performs it like no other. I've seen him do the one-man band thing live in concert, and it's no less impressive here than it was there. What a talent!)