Author CCM Magazine Staff

Newbies: Meet MercyMe…Again - From April 2014, we visited with lead singer Bart Millard who openly shared the struggles of his life that led up to the release of "Welcome To The New." Read how he rediscovered the truth of "there's nothing in our life to make Christ love us any more than He does..."

A Word of Wisdom: Stop Living, Start Thriving - As we look back to this Feb. 2014 cover story, we are introduced to Casting Crowns' most recent release "Thrive" and receive in-depth accounts from lead singer Mark Hall as to what God has been teaching them since their previous release in 2011.

Mark Schultz has chosen Jeremy & Kimberly Sorensen's (Eldersburg, MD) original song "Psalm 91" as the Grand Prize winning song in the CREATE Songwriter competition. Schultz will record and release the song at a later, to-be-announced date.

Legendary Gospel Music Hall of Famer and guitar virtuoso Phil Keaggy has been named the Greatest Christian Rock Guitarist of All Time by Classic Christian Rock Zone.

Jason Crabb will join country music star Trace Adkins as his very special guest on the final leg of The Christmas Show tour this season.

Francesca Battistelli and for KING & COUNTRY Receive 2 Nominations Each; NEEDTOBREATHE and Natalie Grant also among nominees for Contemporary Christian Grammy Nominations.

Chris August releases a comical song about wearing a Santa suit in his new lyric video for "Tell Me What You Want for Christmas"

Douglas Wilson is the pastor of Christ Church in Moscow, Idaho. However, he is probably most known for his lively public debates or intelligent sarcasm. This time around though, he brings his thoughts to you in a package that just plain rocks… literally.

Phillips, Craig and Dean realize the hearts and minds of people are gripped with fear. After 23 years of ministry, the trio is still passionate about spreading the good news of Christ to a hurting world.

In good times and hard times, Scott MacIntyre sees the faithfulness of God.