It’s the most wonderful time of the year—end-of-year list season! Here is my annual contribution to my favorite topic—music. This post will detail my Top 10 favorite faith based albums of 2023 and why I liked them. As always, when listening to music I’m looking for songs and albums to […]
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“My Top 10 Movies of 2023,” by John DiBiase
OK, l’ll cut to the chase… Here are my Top 10 favorite movies of 2023: Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning, Part 1 Godzilla Minus One The Super Mario Bros. Movie Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse A Haunting in Venice Migration Indiana Jones and […]
We Recommend: CCM Christmas Favorites, by John DiBiase
In the Christmas season, many of us (especially me) like to put Christmas music into our daily music listening rotation. I tend to dive in pretty heavily, and there are quite a few songs that I would recommend to anyone who’s looking for new Christmas music to listen to. In […]
“Who Cares?!” by John DiBiase
Years ago, I remember the delight of having been sent a partial pre-release CD for Anberlin‘s sophomore album, Never Take Friendship Personal, and a family member – who was always quick to share their strong opinions that often negated my own – asked “How is it?” Knowing I never seemed […]
“YOU MATTER: Heart of the Church” by JFH’s Michael Carder
“YOU MATTER”. These are the two words people see on a billboard going north or south traveling on I-75, in northwest Ohio. I attended and graduated from Bowling Green State University which is not too far from Toledo, Ohio. I would read these words on countless trips to the Toledo […]
20 Years Later: Switchfoot’s “The Beautiful Letdown” by John DiBiase
I admit, it’s mind-blowing to think that two decades have passed since San Diego rock band Switchfoot released their career-defining fourth studio album, The Beautiful Letdown on February 25, 2003. All kinds of changes for the trio surrounded the release of the album, from being completely without a record label […]
Josh Balogh’s “Top 20 Forefront Record Releases of All-Time”
Forefront Records was my go-to trusted label growing up. Every trip to the brick and mortal Christian bookstore from 1992-1999 I’d always hunt out the yellow lettering on the cd spine as I looked to bolster my ever-growing collection. Founded in 1987 by Dan R. Brock, Eddie DeGarmo, Dana Key, and […]
“1997: 25 Albums Celebrate 25 Years” by Josh Balogh
1997—What a year! I know I probably say that about every year in my favorite decade of music, but I think by the time you hit the end of this article you’ll agree that these 25 Christian albums turning 25 in 2022 are of the highest quality. In fact, I […]
“2012: 25 Christian Albums Celebrating 10 Years” by Josh Balogh
Today we visit the year 2012 and highlight twenty-five excellent offerings from the world of faith-based music. The albums span musical stylings from hip-hop, to singer-songwriter—pop-punk, hard rock, Americana, and indie-rock to avant-garde modern worship. There’s a comeback album, a final album, a one-hit wonder, a magnum opus, and plenty […]
25 of John DiBiase’s Favorite Songs of All Time
Today, on Easter Sunday, I was thinking about my blog I wrote highlighting my top 10 favorite songs of all time. I thought maybe it’d be time to update it and reshare it. I looked through the JFH blog and found that I’d written it 10 years ago this year. […]