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My brother-in-law sent me an iTunes credit for my birthday, and I was able to pick up some new music. One of the new additions to my iPod is Laura Story’s “Great God Who Saves” album.

I’ve known Laura’s music since around 2000 when she was with the band Silers Bald.  It was Silers Bald that originally toured with Andrew Peterson’s “Behold the Lamb of God” Christmas tour.  And if I’m remembering correctly, she wrote (or helped write) “Labor of Love” (which may be the most beautiful song ever written).

Laura wrote the song “Indescribable” that you’ve probably heard if you’ve been to church or listened to Christian radio at any point in the last couple of years. “Great God Who Saves” features these two songs, and some others that (in my opinion) are even better written (”Immortal, Invisible” and “Grace”).

I’m not really a fan of worship music. That’s an understatement. I’m on the verge of being able to say I hate worship music. I’ve found that so much of the worship music that has become popular is full of shallow (or worse - incorrect) theology and cheap, predictable rhymes. Laura’s lyrics on this album aren’t cheap or shallow. In fact, like the rest of her music that I’ve heard, it’s actually quite deep and very well-written.

If you like really good songs that make you think, you’ll probably appreciate the writing on this album. Even if you’re like me and have a borderline hatred for the worship genre, you should at least give it a listen. Some of these songs are really good.

And if you’re a big fan of the “worship” style of music, you’ll probably like the sound of “Great God Who Saves,” but you may be shocked to find depth and truth that you’re not used to finding on your CCM radio stations.

(You guys like that? Bashing CCM radio and recommending a Christian artist at the same time! Only at moreron.com)