This list is not limited to songs that make me think about God and Jesus (though obviously a lot of them do). They are the songs that you canвЂ™t help but close your eyes toвЂ”the songs that are so beautiful, so alive, so longing, so emotional, that you feel the true transcendent power of art: what George Steiner calls вЂњthe most вЂingressiveвЂ™, trans-formative summons available to human experiencing.вЂќ No, these are simply the songs that pack the biggest holiness punch when I listen to them. After I compiled this list I looked over it to see whatвЂ”if anythingвЂ”these songs had in common.

These are the songs that make longing visceralвЂ”that point to the holy other and the heavens. To quote Steiner again, these are the songs вЂњwhich inform us of the visitorвЂ™s visa in place and in time which defines our status as transients in a house of being whose foundations, whose future history, whose rationaleвЂ”if anyвЂ”lie wholly outside our will and comprehension.вЂќ ( Note: Updated list, 2017)100)В Spirit in the Sky вЂ“ Norman Greenbaum98) All Glory Be To Christ вЂ“Kings Kaleidoscope97) Holy, Holy, Holy (Hosanna) вЂ“ Peter Scholtes94) Welcome, Ghosts вЂ“ Explosions in the Sky91) Lead Me to the Cross вЂ“ Hillsong United89) These Are My Mountains вЂ“ Scottish traditional88) Draw Me Close To You вЂ“ Kelly Carpenter86) (ThatвЂ™s How You Sing) Amazing Grace вЂ“ Low83) And Can it Be That I Should Gain? вЂ“ Charles Wesley79) Death in His Grave вЂ“ John Mark McMillan72) Praise to the Lord, the Almighty вЂ“ Joachim Neander69) What a Friend We Have in Jesus вЂ“ Joseph Scriven68) The King of Love My Shepherd Is вЂ“ Irish traditional62) Down to the River to Pray - Alison Krauss60) Fantasia on Theme by Thomas Tallis вЂ“ Ralph Vaughn Williams57) Knocking On HeavenвЂ™s Door вЂ“ Bob Dylan56) What Wondrous Love is This - traditional52) A Mighty Fortress Is Our God вЂ“ Martin Luther51) You Are Holy (Prince of Peace) вЂ“ Michael W. Smith50) Before the Throne of God Above вЂ“ Charitie Lees Smith47) Bridge Over Troubled Water вЂ“ Simon & Garfunkel44) All Creatures of Our God and King вЂ“ Francis of Assisi40) What a Wonderful World вЂ“ Louis Armstrong37) This Is My FatherвЂ™s World вЂ“ Maltbie Babcock35) O For a Thousand Tongues to Sing вЂ“ Charles Wesley32) God of Wonders вЂ“ Marc Byrd and Steve Hindalong28) Unchained Melody вЂ“ The Righteous Brothers27) O Sacred Head Now Wounded вЂ“ Bernard of Clairvaux26) Requiem вЂ“ Mozart 25) Let it Be вЂ“ The Beatles24) Great is Thy Faithfulness вЂ“ Thomas Chisholm23) How Deep the FatherвЂ™s Love for Us вЂ“ Stuart Townend22) In Christ Alone вЂ“ Keith Getty and Stuart Townand21) YouвЂ™re Hand in Mine вЂ“ Explosions in the Sky19) It is Well With My Soul вЂ“ Horatio Spafford15) The LordвЂ™s Prayer вЂ“ Albert Hay Malotte11) When I Survey the Wondrous Cross вЂ“ Isaac Watts10) My Jesus I Love Thee вЂ“William Featherstone9) Oh the Deep Deep Love of Jesus вЂ“Samuel Francis7) Take My Life (And Let it Be) вЂ“ Francis Havergal5) Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing вЂ“ Robert RobinsonTo subscribe to more of my blog posts, enter your email address here. Essentially this includes hymns and contemporary praise music, but also ancient classical music, arias, jazz, secular rock, etcвЂ¦Best 40 Funeral Songs for Mom 1 The Best by Tina Turner Here is the Top 7 Most.

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