A long time ago, a friend of mine asked me if I could find some good workout music for Christians, and I thought that sounded like a lot of work for something I didn't really get. Now my wife does aerobics. So I get it. So here's a list of possible workout songs based on beats per minute from a first pass through my itunes. My criteria is that I have to own the song to list it here, so no promises that you like my music! If anyone wants to add some of their own suggestions, please do. I'll come back with more as I take longer to dig through my music (harder to find these tempos than I thought). All of these are album versions except where listed. If you're not familiar with any of these songs, I've tried to give you a little help on styles of music.
Forgive me if you disagree with my terms. BPM / Song / Artist 111 / My Lighthouse / Rend Collective 114 / Hosanna / Paul Baloche 116 / Diverse City / tobymac 117 / The Happy Song / Delirious? 119 / Forever / Chris Tomlin 119 / Here Is Our King / David Crowder Band 120 / Happy / Ayieshe Woods 120 / Revolutionary / David Crowder Band 120 / Can You Feel It? / David Crowder Band 121 / Your Grace Is Enough / Chris Tomlin 122 / Making Me New / Royal Tailor 122 / These Things Take Time / Sanctus Real 123 / Sing like the Saved / David Crowder Band (Lime CD) 125 / God's Great Dance Floor / Chris Tomlin 125 / Hearts Sing Louder / MercyMe 127 / Set Free / The Ascent 129 / Rising / Paul Baloche 129 / Hang On (Dave Aude Radio Edit) / Plumb 130 / Waterfall / Chris Tomlin 130 / Gravity / Circleslide 130 / Jesus Saves / Tim Hughes (Happy Day album) 131 / Wake (Studio Version) / Hillsong Young & Free 132 / Undignified / David Crowder Band 133 / Alive (Studio Version) / Hillsong Young & Free 134 / Always Comes Around / Seven Day Jesus 135 / Because of Your Love / Brenton Brown 136 / I Am Free / Newsboys 136 / Life Is Good / Stellar Kart 140 / Set Free / Chris Tomlin & Matt Redman (Passion) 140 / Happy Day / Tim Hughes 141 / Ready Set Go / Royal Tailor 143 / Sing, Sing, Sing / Chris Tomlin 144 / Rise and Sing / Fee What other songs would you want to add to the list?
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We have a predictable but unfortunate habit in Christian music of declaring more on the part of the singer than he or she can really back up. (I'm going to pick on a few songs in particular in this post, but please understand that I have nothing against these artists nor are these the only or even worst examples - they just happen to have been on the radio recently.) Artists, like preachers, have to make declarations. Just as any preacher worth his salt will acknowledge that he's preaching as much to himself as to the congregation, many great Christian songwriters are very intentional about having their lyrics reflect the actual Christian life. Sometimes, though, they make absolute and ideal statements, and the challenge with a song on the radio (as opposed to a sermon) is you don't have the chance to create context or provide explanations. Here's the song that sparked this thought. It had been a while since I heard it last, and it was on the radio twice yesterday. Kutless released the certified-gold Strong Tower album in 2005, led by its popular title track. It's a fine song, but take a close look at the chorus: You are my strong tower, The first seven lines are wonderful, and the key is that they are entirely about God. When we make (accurate) declarations about God in our music, we can never go wrong. But then they throw in the last line, "and Your face is all I seek." I don't understand why artists would do this, other than it sounds good or it fits a meter/rhyme scheme. It's simply not true. The fact of sin means that the face of God is not the only thing we seek, and even Jesus' powerful guidance to "seek first the kingdom of heaven" is more coherent than "seek only the face of God."
Look, if you think I'm just being too picky, I can give you a clear example of me being too picky. Colton Dixon has released a catchy new song "More of You." It's a fine song, but I fuss about the opening stanza: |
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