Features

Max Lucado is perhaps one of the most well known pastors in the world. His long-time post at San Antonio’s Oak Hills Church has helped grow the church into a multi-site campus hosting services for thousands of spiritual seekers each week and facilitating ministries across the globe. He is also a writer decades deep into a bibliography of bestselling inspirations.

It’s a good thing, because French has a lot to say. Recently signed to Fair Trade Services (Phil Wickham, Newsboys), the 24-year-old artist unpacks the story of a life lived at full throttle on his debut project, Wide Open.

For King & Country's new album Burn the Ships is filled with personal songs born out of traumatic moments and difficult lessons learned. The band's ability to convey these vulnerable experiences into song is what helps connect them with an audience that reaches around the world. We recently asked Luke Smallbone to take us behind one of the new songs, specifically the title track, to show an example of where the band's songwriting is centered.

Christian Country artist Julie Roberts stopped by the CCM Magazine office to promote her new book, 'Beauty in the Breakdown.' While she was here she gave us this awesome acoustic performance of 'Rain on a Tin Roof!'

It's never too early to start thinking about that special gift for your family, friends or co-worker. And, what better gift can you get them than a new Bible, Christmas album or other Christian books or music?

Hallelujah Here Below, the highly-anticipated new album from Elevation Worship, releases on Sept. 28. This album, which follows up the highly-successful There Is A Cloud—which included current AC radio top-5 hit, “Do It Again,” is comprised of 14 tracks including “Here Again” and “Hallelujah Here Below” and will feature Tauren Wells as a guest artist.

Desperate to add some of his colours to the madness of this world, Michael Peter Ball the artist behind Foldinglights has dedicated himself to crafting music that cuts straight to the centre of the soul.

CCM Magazine recently discovered a new artist we just had to tell you about...Sek Hao. Check out what he had to say to CCM and Christian music fans about himself and his new album.

Ten years ago, Francesca Battistelli was considered a risk. Signed by Fervent Records, Battistelli released her debut My Paper Heart in 2008, a time in which the Christian music landscape featured little in the way of female artists. The heyday of Amy Grant, Rebecca St. James and others had faded, and Battistelli was a teenage pop songwriter new to the scene.

American Idol alum Danny Gokey recently sat down with CCM Magazine for 'Features on Film with Andrew Greer.'