As we continue to look back at the music that released when JFH was founded 25 years ago in 1996, an album that I often still come back to is Eric Champion‘s self-reinvention album, Transformation. (I think the very first iteration of JFH even had an image of Eric from […]
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25 Years Later: PFR, “Them”
In 1996, it was a sad day when pop rock trio PFR announced their plans to disband and release one final studio album. They had paved their way into the hearts of many a CCM fan – even helping to debut a little band called Jars of Clay when that […]
“10 Years” by John DiBiase
Today, February 14 (Yes, Valentine’s Day), marks 10 years since I wandered into an art store for the first time in years and rekindled my love for drawing. 10 years! See, in high school I fell in love with drawing portraits, and began developing my abilities through continuous projects. Most […]
10 Years Later: Mat Kearney, “Young Love”
It’s been some time since we last had a “10 Years Later” retrospective, I’ll admit. But with 2011 being the target for these now, it’s crazy to look back and see all that released that year was a decade ago now. Recently, Mat Kearney announced a brand new studio album […]
“Christian Life Lessons from ‘Star Wars – The Last Jedi'” (Spoiler Warning) by John DiBiase
After seeing the latest Star Wars film, I had a lot of thoughts about how it relates to the Christian faith, but to discuss it, I have to reveal a ton of spoilers from the plot. So be warned, I discuss the movie and its plot here as if you’ve already seen it – […]
“JFH 20 Retrospective Part 3 – The Long, Hard Road,” by John DiBiase
We certainly take music’s relationship with the internet for granted now. Previously, we had to wait until we could take a trip to a local Christian bookstore or music seller to pick up an album on release day. Now, we can buy the album digitally on our computer or phone […]
“JFH 20 Retrospective Part 2 – The Birth of ‘The Jesus FREAK Hideout'” by John DiBiase
In early 1996, my family got the internet at home for the very first time (dial-up! Ugh…), and I used to love scouring the new sites on the web dedicated to the individual bands or record labels and the few existing Christian music media sites at the time, like CCM […]
“JFH 20 Retrospective Part 1,” by John DiBiase
Twenty years. It’s kind of amazing to even think about doing ANYthing for two decades. I’m hesitant to say “any job,” because Jesus Freak Hideout was born out of a passion for something and was never meant to be a job – even if that’s what it did become for […]
“20 Years Later: Revisiting Audio Adrenaline’s ‘bloOm’ and Newsboys’ ‘Take Me To Your Leader'”
The consumption of music has changed immensely in 20 years. In early 1996, I remember hearing new music from Audio Adrenaline and Newsboys in tiny snippets on their new websites on the internet–which was a surreal and entirely new way of hearing music at the time. I remember hearing how […]
Celebrating 20 Years of DC Talk’s “Jesus Freak”
The term “Jesus Freak” was coined around the late sixties and has been used as a derogatory term for Christians ever since. Like the term “Christian” itself, believers began to latch onto it like a badge of honor and proudly proclaim themselves as Jesus Freaks. Perhaps, though, none have ever proclaimed it […]