The resurgence of expositional preaching has contributed to a surge of expositional hip-hop music in recent years. Shai Linne is one of several young artists connecting urban audiences with theology through the language and beat of hip-hop. Linne's new album, The Attributes of God, centers its lyrics and even the tone of its music on the multifaceted character of God. In fact, each song focuses on a different divine attribute.

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Dustin Kensrue leads worship at Mars Hill Orange County, plays guitar and sings in the band Thrice, and also makes his own music on the side. He spent some time and kindly answered a few questions we had sent his way.

Watch for Christian rockers Casting Crowns **' "Come to the Well" to possibly debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart next week, with perhaps 95,000-110,000 sold by week's end on Sunday, Oct. 23, according to industry prognosticators.

The tiny epiphanies that Sara Groves uses as the building blocks for her songs have served her well for ten years now, and Invisible Empires, her eleventh album, continues the tradition of closely-observed moments set to memorable pop melodies.

With Apple's iTunes and iPod, he revived the single, put music libraries in fans' pockets and posed a challenge to brick-and-mortar record stores and radio.

Even though Lecrae and Trip Lee write hip-hop music for an urban context, many churches outside the city have supported their work. This is a mixed blessing, they explain to Eric Mason in this video, because this unexpected audience can tempt them to lose sight of their original goal of performing gospel-centered hip hop that speaks to urban youth in a way other styles have not. The conversation also touches on Trip Lee's gift for pastoral writing that helps believers pursue Christ in a broken world and Lecrae's concern that hip-hop fans find good churches when they leave the concerts.

Now, at the height of their career, with millions of albums sold and a still-growing international audience, the band is going against itself—more specifically, going against their signature sound that led them to this point. Switchfoot—which includes Foreman (lead vocals, guitar), his brother Tim Foreman (bass), Jerome Fontamillas (guitar, keyboards), Drew Shirley (guitar) and Chad Butler (drums)—haven’t abandoned any of their instruments; they’ve simply allowed the bass and drum to move the listener in ways electric guitars can’t.

Nichole Nordeman has always enjoyed the stories of the heroes of the Bible, even sharing the Sunday school versions with her young children. But she never fully appreciated or understood those characters until she tried stepping into their shoes and literally giving them songs to sing.

Sprawled out on the hospital room floor, mere months after his wedding, 23-year-old Jeremy Camp wept in desperation to the Lord. His bride lay in the next room, dying from ovarian cancer. "Lord, what is happening?" he cried out. How would you respond? In the passing of a loved one, would you be able to turn your earthly sorrow into heavenly hope? Could you truly lean on the Lord, trust in the power of His word and see that His plans toward you are for your good?