Author: CCM Professor
🎶 **Welcome to CCM Professor!** 🎶
If you love the sounds of *classic* Contemporary Christian Music — the songs, the stories, and the spiritual impact — you’re in the right place.
Here at **CCM Professor**, we explore the golden era of CCM, roughly from **1967 to 2001**. Through podcasts, blog posts, artist spotlights, and behind-the-scenes insights, we dive deep into the music that shaped a generation of believers.
But this isn’t just about nostalgia. It’s about **faith**. Our goal is to remember and rediscover music that not only made history, but still strengthens hearts today.
Whether you grew up on Andraé Crouch, Amy Grant, Petra, or Point of Grace, or you’re just discovering this powerful legacy — welcome. Let’s journey together.
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#98 — Ready Or Not DeGarmo & Key
One song. One day. One step closer to the top of the greatest songs in Christian music.
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#99 — Say The Name Margaret Becker
One song. One day. One step closer to the top of the greatest songs in Christian music.
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#100 — Beautiful Scandalous Night The Choir
One song. One day. One step closer to the top of the greatest songs in Christian music.
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Introducing the 100 Greatest Songs in Christian Music
Welcome to CCM Professor’s daily countdown of the 100 Greatest Songs in Christian Music—one song per day with history, context, and why it still matters.
#1: Amy Grant — Lead Me On (1988)
The definitive CCM masterpiece—emotional honesty, pop excellence, social awareness, and a career-defining artistic statement.
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Appearing at #1 in The 100 Greatest Albums in Christian Music, Lead
The Greatest CCM Hymns Albums — Hymn1: Michael W. Smith, The Hymns (2019)
A reverent, spacious return to classic hymnody from a defining voice in CCM.
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More than two decades after his landmark Hymns project, Michael W. Smith
4Him – Hymns (A Place of Worship) (1993)
A lush, harmony-driven CCM vocal interpretation of classic hymn texts.
Our Great Savior
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4Him brought a fresh, contemporary vocal-pop sensibility to the hymn tradition. Their 1993 *Hymns* project remains one
HYMN3: Steve Green – Hymns: A Portrait Of Christ (1992)
A pristine, orchestral, deeply reverent tribute to the great hymns of the faith.
Our Great Savior
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Steve Green’s voice—pure, disciplined, and sincere—made him perfectly suited for an album
HYMN4: Maranatha! Music – Praise Hymns (1985)
A warm, accessible, contemporary-styled collection of traditional hymns reimagined for modern worshippers.
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During the mid-1980s, Maranatha! Music was shaping the early praise-and-worship movement. *Praise Hymns* bridged the gap between the traditional