Friday, September 7, 2012

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ARTIST OF THE DAY
Chris Tomlin

"How Great Is Our God", "Jesus Messiah", "Amazing Grace (My Chains Are Gone)", and the recent song "Our God." All written by Chris Tomlin. In fact, he is currently the most sung worship song writer in America.

Originally from East Texas, Chris Tomlin grew up enjoying country music and playing the acoustic guitar with his dad. Tomlin wrote his first song at the age of 14 and always sensed that God would use him best through music. He graduated college with a degree in Psychology, but began hanging out with pastor Louie Giglio. The two would go on to create the Passion conference in 1997.

Teaching: A long time partner with Passion City Church (founded by Louie Giglio in the ATL), Chris Tomlin is heading up a bi-annual worship conference called LIFT.  Tomlin, Giglio, Nathan and Christy Nockels and David Crowder are all speakers/teachers at the events!

Acolades: Chris Tomlin and his band received their first GRAMMY Award this year for And If Our God Is For Us....  Chris Tomlin was named "Top Christian Artist" and "Our God" was honored for "Top Christian Song" at the 2012 Billboard Music Awards.

Family: Chris and his wife Lauren welcomed their first child, daughter Ashlyn Alexandra Tomlin, last September.

Random Fact: Chris' middle name is Dwayne.

Album: And If Our God Is For Us...

Twitter: @christomlin

Tour: CLICK HERE

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Video: I Will Rise Live



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Q:  Who was Paul's companion that wrote the book of Acts?

A:  Luke

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