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Top Albums of 2025: Staff Average



01.   Silver Glass Stare, Plead the Widow's Cause
02.   There Was A Light Here, Demon Hunter
03.   Jesus, Jon Guerra
04.   Eyes Renewed, Graham Jones
05.   ...And The Word Was God, Diatheke
06.   As Long As I Am In The Tent of This Body I Will Make A Joyful Noise Pt. 1, John Van Deusen
07.   Breach, Twenty One Pilots
08.   Reconstruction, Lecrae
09.   Words in the Wounds, Seth Davey
10.   Freedom, Noise Ratchet



Top Albums of 2025


John DiBiase's Album Picks
  1. Breach: Digital Remains, Twenty One Pilots
  2. Mnemonics, Apollo LTD
  3. Curioso, Wilder Woods
  4. Heaven On My Mind, TobyMac
  5. St. Augustine, Smalltown Poets
  6. 77, Pt. 1 EP, Colony House
  7. Bongo Chico, Bongo Chico
  8. Nevertheless, Hammock
  9. Big Sir EP, Crash Rickshaw
  10. 4:32 AM EP, Charming to the Last



Top Songs of 2025


John DiBiase's Song Picks
  1. "Garbage," Twenty One Pilots
  2. "Downstairs," Twenty One Pilots
  3. "Can't Go Back," Amy Jay
  4. "Hide Anymore," Wilder Woods
  5. "Drum Show," Twenty One Pilots
  6. "The Little Things," Amy Jay
  7. "Try," VOTA
  8. "If You Say So," Disciple
  9. "Where Do We Go From Here," Wilder Woods
  10. "Telephone Pole," Colony House




Scott Fryberger's Album Picks
  1. ...And The Word Was God, Diatheke
  2. Lower, Watson Conspiracy
  3. There Was A Light Here, Demon Hunter
  4. Darkness Remains, Hope Deferred
  5. With Blood Comes Cleansing, With Blood Comes Cleansing
  6. Silver Glass Stare, Plead the Widow's Cause
  7. As Long As I Am in the Tent of This Body I Will Make A Joyful Noise, Pt. 1, John Van Deusen
  8. m us eum, Citizens
  9. Midnight Gold, Ravenhill
  10. The New and Better Way: Hymns of Hebrews, Psallos




Scott Fryberger's Song Picks
  1. "39 Years and Counting," Seth Davey
  2. "Bliss," Pipe Bomb
  3. "Sugar Shack," Crash Rickshaw
  4. "PTA," Krum
  5. "City On His Back," J. Monty
  6. "Pool Hoppin," Twenty Something Summer
  7. "The Festival Grounds," Adjy
  8. "Dopamine (feat. Tobe Nwigwe)," Johnnyswim
  9. "My Own Apocalypse," FYR FYTR
  10. "The Skywriter," Gileah Taylor




Christopher Smith's Album Picks
  1. Plastic Wine, Strings and Heart
  2. Eyes Renewed, Graham Jones
  3. The Chilling Alpine Adventure, The Chilling Alpine Adventure
  4. Wasteland, Wolves at the Gate
  5. Capsized Empire, Rusty Shipp
  6. SEOUL BROTHERS (DELUXE), nobigdyl. & Kato on the Track
  7. Peregrine, Jameson McGregor
  8. Love Who I Am, Allison Eide
  9. Forward (Chapter 1), Bethany Cruz
  10. Words in the Wounds, Seth Davey




Christopher Smith's Song Picks
  1. "Coraggio," The Sun
  2. "In the Arms of a Loving Father (feat. Sam Bowman)," Graham Jones
  3. "City Walls," Twenty One Pilots
  4. "Oasis For My Soul," Strings and Heart
  5. "For the King," Allison Eide
  6. "If You Say So," Disciple
  7. "Where Your Treasure Is," Jon Guerra
  8. "Strength and Song (feat. Sarah Juers)," nobigdyl. & Kato on the Track
  9. "Wild Love," Rend Collective
  10. "Tall Grass in the Lobby," The Chilling Alpine Adventure




Josh Balogh's Album Picks
  1. Jesus, Jon Guerra
  2. As Long As I Am in the Tent of This Body I Will Make A Joyful Noise, Pt. 1, John Van Deusen
  3. When the War Is Over, Johnnyswim
  4. In Your Field, Former Ruins
  5. This Is Not The End, The Gray Havens
  6. Plastic Wine, Strings and Heart
  7. MATIN (Complete Edition), Jess Ray
  8. Eyes Renewed, Graham Jones
  9. Shoot Out The Satellites, The BIG Reveal
  10. Handcrafted Raps, Braille




Josh Balogh's Song Picks
  1. "Miracle Service," Andy Squyres
  2. "Buenos Noches From Nacogdoches (feat. Leigh Nash)," Andrew Peterson
  3. "When You Walked Away," Bongo Chico
  4. "Joy," Nick Schrader
  5. "Ancient Love," John Mark McMillan
  6. "Time On My Hands (feat. Jim James)," Wilder Woods
  7. "All Things New," Zane Vickery
  8. "Still Enough To Know," Kevin Schlereth
  9. "IDK," Allison Eide
  10. "1999," MARK




Michael Weaver's Album Picks
  1. Words in the Wounds, Seth Davey
  2. Cover To Cover, Cory Asbury
  3. Freedom, Noise Ratchet
  4. The Math of Love Unreconciled, Not Made By Hands
  5. Desires of a Pure Heart, Kieran the Light
  6. Silver Glass Stare, Plead the Widow's Cause
  7. Music on the Shelf, The Rocky Valentines
  8. Memory Bank, Drew & Ellie Holcomb
  9. NOW. HERE. THIS., Paradox & DJ Sean P
  10. Capsized Empire, Rusty Shipp




Michael Weaver's Song Picks
  1. "Sugar Shack," Crash Rickshaw
  2. "February," Smalltown Poets
  3. "Bitter Waters," Polished Arrow Music
  4. "Too Late For Second Guessing," Sam Hauge
  5. "Jeremiah 11:11," The Undertaking!
  6. "Run and Hide," Ethan Luck
  7. "Medicate," LO CLOUD
  8. "Learn How To Listen," Charming to the Last
  9. "PTA," Krum
  10. "Dead Weight," Blindside




Chase Tremaine's Album Picks
  1. ...And The Word Was God, Diatheke
  2. Eyes Renewed, Graham Jones
  3. Deep Water, Cosmic Cathedral
  4. There Was A Light Here, Demon Hunter
  5. I Want To See Clearly, Sower
  6. Reconstruction, Lecrae
  7. Breach, Twenty One Pilots
  8. As Long As I Am in the Tent of This Body I Will Make A Joyful Noise, Pt. 1, John Van Deusen
  9. Silver Glass Stare, Plead the Widow's Cause
  10. II: Waves of Being Human, Crafted Child




Chase Tremaine's Song Picks
  1. "Memento Mori," Wolves at the Gate
  2. "Joy," Nick Schrader
  3. "Christ The Lord Is Risen Today," Descriptor
  4. "Where Your Treasure Is," Jon Guerra
  5. "Hear My Cry (Psalm 61)," Paul Demer
  6. "Thomas, I Get It," Josh Gauton
  7. "Lazarus," Nobody's Uncle
  8. "Might Not Go," Sho Baraka
  9. "Teach Me To Pray," Ben Trip
  10. "God Like That," Tenroc




Alex Caldwell's Album Picks
  1. FOLK!, Rend Collective
  2. Jesus, Jon Guerra
  3. Learning To Trust, Tenth Avenue North
  4. Cosmic Supreme, John Mark McMillan
  5. Curioso, Wilder Woods
  6. Reconstruction, Lecrae
  7. New Mexico, Anchor & Braille
  8. Memory Bank, Drew & Ellie Holcomb
  9. Mt. Zion, Josiah Queen
  10. Peace To All Who Enter Here, Vol. 2, Josh Garrels




Alex Caldwell's Song Picks
  1. "No Grave," Rend Collective
  2. "I See the Birds," Jon Guerra
  3. "Letting Go For Dear Life," Tenth Avenue North
  4. "Yesterday Is Dead," Josiah Queen
  5. "Ancient Love," John Mark McMillan
  6. "Sweet Jesus Knows," Anchor & Braille
  7. "Hard Fought Hallelujah (feat. Jelly Roll)," Brandon Lake
  8. "Train Song," Josh Garrels
  9. "My Story," Lecrae
  10. "Offering (feat. Anna Graves)," Wilder Woods




Matt Baldwin's Album Picks
  1. There Was A Light Here, Demon Hunter
  2. For Whom We Sing New Troparia, Hesychast
  3. Freedom, Noise Ratchet
  4. Silver Glass Stare, Plead the Widow's Cause
  5. Confessions, Schuyler Kitchin
  6. Life Amongst This Death, Out of the Graves
  7. I Want To See Clearly, Sower
  8. SPERAMVS MELIORA // RESVRGET CINERIBVS, Through A Glass, Darkly
  9. Lower, Watson Conspiracy
  10. Shape of Ash, Leonov




Matt Baldwin's Song Picks
  1. "There Was A Light Here," Demon Hunter
  2. "Wanderer (Lose Myself) [feat. Heal the Hurt]," Pariah
  3. "Idols," Hesychast
  4. "You Tell 'Em Jango! I'm Too Mad!," Collective Dust
  5. "Numb," Colossae
  6. "Reverence," Asfirefalls
  7. "Wrath (feat. Seth Davey)," Two Dimensional
  8. "Jet Black Heart," Plead the Widow's Cause
  9. "Praise and Worship," Lifefallingdown
  10. "Ritual," HolyName




David Craft's Album Picks
  1. Fear EP, NF
  2. God Songs (Deluxe Edition), Paul Wright
  3. Breach, Twenty One Pilots
  4. Words in the Wounds, Seth Davey
  5. Captive, B. Hue
  6. A Liturgy, A Legacy, and the Songs of Rich Mullins (Live), Andrew Peterson
  7. The Seventh Seal EP, Kutless
  8. The Fall, Tommee Profitt x Sam Tinesz
  9. Fielder, Fielder
  10. Wasteland, Wolves at the Gate




David Craft's Song Picks
  1. "Savior Machine (feat. Nine Lashes & Xander Raymond Charles)," Seventh Day Slumber
  2. "White Lace," Fleurie
  3. "Fear," NF
  4. "City Walls," Twenty One Pilots
  5. "Shut My Mouth," Lily Zappin
  6. "Closer," Archers Rise
  7. "Enough!," Wavorly
  8. "Battle Hymn of the Republic," The Thirsting
  9. "Joy," Nick Schrader
  10. "Praying For Me (feat. Mat Kearney)," Ben Rector




John Underdown's Album Picks
  1. Miracle Service EP / Sacred Vows EP, Andy Squyres
  2. Jesus, Jon Guerra
  3. This World Ain't Mine To Change, Fepeste
  4. Memory Salesman II, Daniel Hardin
  5. Cosmic Supreme, John Mark McMillan
  6. The Forge and the Keeper, The Riverside
  7. This Is Not The End, The Gray Havens
  8. V: Lamentations, Wytch Hazel
  9. I Felt Called, Fine China
  10. Deep Water, Cosmic Cathedral




John Underdown's Song Picks
  1. "Miracle Service," Andy Squyres
  2. "I See the Birds," Jon Guerra
  3. "It's All In Your Hands," Citizens
  4. "Lie To Myself," Frankie Orella
  5. "Heart's Delight," John Mark McMillan
  6. "Rattlesnake," Anchor & Braille
  7. "Hide Anymore," Wilder Woods
  8. "Wonderful Grace of Jesus," Weston Skaggs
  9. "Aquamoto," Rusty Shipp
  10. "Deliver Us," Petra




Evan Dickens' Album Picks
  1. There Was A Light Here, Demon Hunter
  2. Make Me A Mountain, Nate Parrish
  3. Silver Glass Stare, Plead the Widow's Cause
  4. Eyes Renewed, Graham Jones
  5. Shoot Out The Satellites, The BIG Reveal
  6. ...And The Word Was God, Diatheke
  7. Far Country, Ellie Holcomb
  8. Jesus, Jon Guerra
  9. Freedom, Noise Ratchet
  10. Handcrafted Raps, Braille




Evan Dickens' Song Picks
  1. "No Such Thing," Paul Meany
  2. "Record Store," Nate Parrish
  3. "That's Okay," Fepeste
  4. "Fear," NF
  5. "In the Meantime," Jess Ray
  6. "Sorrow Light the Way," Demon Hunter
  7. "Something's in the Water," The Myriad
  8. "The Red Sea Within Me," John Van Deusen
  9. "This Is Not The End," The Gray Havens
  10. "Surprised," Citizens




Kevin McGuire's Album Picks
  1. Swing Thy Sickle and Reap, Eternal Gaze
  2. Rhythmic Reciprocity, Enduring Revery
  3. New Mexico, Anchor & Braille
  4. Silver Glass Stare, Plead the Widow's Cause
  5. As Long As I Am in the Tent of This Body I Will Make A Joyful Noise, Pt. 1, John Van Deusen
  6. For Whom We Sing New Troparia, Hesychast
  7. I Felt Called, Fine China
  8. Cosmic Supreme, John Mark McMillan
  9. I Want To See Clearly, Sower
  10. Sacred Exhaustion, CHANGETHEWXRLD




Kevin McGuire's Song Picks
  1. "I, the Eye," Weeping Hour
  2. "The Pale Throne," Chains of Pleiades
  3. "Rattlesnake," Anchor & Braille
  4. "Children of the Night," Eternal Gaze
  5. "Campaign," KB
  6. "False Teacher," REFORMED
  7. "Edge of Life," CHANGETHEWXRLD
  8. "In Loving Memory," S.O.
  9. "Overdose (feat. Blindside)," Memphis May Fire
  10. "OK OK OK OK," Colony House




Michael Carder's Album Picks
  1. It Needs To Be Said, Mitch Wong
  2. Reconstruction, Lecrae
  3. Blameless, Jackie Hill Perry
  4. Victory Lap, Elevation Rhythm
  5. Child of God II, Forrest Frank
  6. Heaven On My Mind, TobyMac
  7. The King Is Coming, Red Rocks Worship
  8. We Must Respond, Bethel Music
  9. Interlude, Matt Crocker
  10. Throwing Paint, Abbie Gamboa & Aodhan King




Michael Carder's Song Picks
  1. "Doorkeeper," CXMMXNS
  2. "H2O," Lecrae
  3. "Love Never Fails (feat. Fred Hammond)," The Choir Room
  4. "House of Prayer," Mitch Wong
  5. "A New Eden (feat. Lauren Sloat)," The Belonging Co.
  6. "Anti-Social (feat. Ahjah Walls)" Jackie Hill Perry
  7. "Exchange," Sons of Sunday
  8. "Where Oh Where," Elevation Rhythm
  9. "Headphones (feat. Killer Mike & T.I.)," Lecrae
  10. "Mighty Name of Jesus (feat. Hope Darst)," The Belonging Co.

 

 



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