Colin's back, and he thinks that on our previous episode (with John Ahern), Rhys and Onsi gave contemporary Christian music (CCM) too hard a time. Isn't it a good thing that the best songwriters and producers in the world are making CCM, and that Christian music is worth so much money? Doesn't writing the perfect pop song for Christ demonstrate virtuosity and poetry? And isn't it sustaining the church the last place where communal singing happens?

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Best and Worst CCM Songs:
Onsi BEST: "Creed" by Rich Mullins/"Soul Will Sing" by Travis Greene
Onsi WORST: "Oceans" by Hillsong
Colin BEST: "We're Blessed" by Fred Hammond
Colin WORST: "Way Maker" by Leeland/"Graves Into Gardens" by Elevation Worship
Rhys BEST: "Blessed Be Your Name" by Matt Redman/"Great is the Lord" by Steve McEwan
Rhys WORST: "Who You Say I Am" by Hillsong


Texts Discussed
Four Birds of Noah's Ark by Thomas Decker
Review of Four Birds of Noah's Ark by Colin Redemer

Davenant Spotlight
A Protestant Christendom? The World the Reformation Made
Jurisdiction Regal, Episcopal, Papal