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    13 Songs That Capture a Liberal Church Experience (2025) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; AcatXlo, OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay]
    Evergreen

    13 Songs That Capture a Nontraditional Church Experience | Playlist 🎧

    13 Songs That Capture a Nontraditional Church Experience features songs by Behemoth, LISA, Madonna, Meshell Ndegeocello, Tina Campbell, and Whitechapel.

    By the musical hype, 3 monthsMarch 12, 2025 ago
    11 Songs Where Spirituality is Sus… (2023) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Mikhail Nilov from Pexels]
    Evergreen

    11 Songs Where Spirituality is Sus… | Playlist 🎧

    11 Songs Where Spirituality is Sus… features music courtesy of Bring Me The Horizon, Chlöe, Halle, Madonna, and Sam Smith. 

    By the musical hype, 2 yearsSeptember 6, 2023 ago
    11 Spiritual/Not-So Spiritual Jesus Songs 🎧 [📷: Arina Krasnikova, Brent Faulkner, Couleur, Falco, Gerd Altmann, The Musical Hype, Patricia McCarty, Rodolfo Clix, sanctumdigital]
    Evergreen

    11 Spiritual/Not-So Spiritual Jesus Songs | Playlist 🎧

    11 Spiritual/Not-So Spiritual Jesus Songs 🎧 features music from Conway the Machine, Kanye West, Lana Del Rey, Noah Cyrus & Slayer.

    By the musical hype, 4 yearsSeptember 9, 2021 ago
    11 Secular Songs from 2019 That Reference Jesus or God [Photo Credits: Brent Faulkner, The Musical Hype, Pixabay]
    Evergreen

    11 Secular Songs from 2019 That Reference Jesus or God | Playlist 🎧

    11 Secular Songs from 2019 That Reference Jesus or God features songs by Blake Shelton, Kanye West, Roddy Ricch, Taylor Swift & Thomas Rhett.

    By the musical hype, 5 yearsDecember 30, 2019 ago
    11 Secular Songs About Praying, Preaching & Baptism [Photo Credits: Pixabay, Pexels, A&M, Capitol, Cash Money, Epic, Fueled by Ramen, Keiynan Lonsdale, Kemosabe, Polydor, Republic]
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    11 Secular Songs About Praying, Preaching & Baptism | Playlist 🎧

    “11 Secular Songs About Praying, Preaching & Baptism” features music courtesy of Future, Panic! At the Disco, Kesha, and Sam Smith.

    By the musical hype, 6 yearsJanuary 31, 2019 ago
    27 Secular Religious-Referencing Rap Songs
    Evergreen

    27 Secular, Religious-Referencing Rap Songs | Playlist

    Drake, Kanye West, Kendrick Lamar, Rich Brian, and Rick Ross are just a few of the artists that appear on ’27 Secular, Religious-Referencing Rap Songs.’

    By the musical hype, 7 yearsFebruary 14, 2018 ago
    Evergreen

    10 Secular Hallelujah Songs | Playlist 🎧

    We examine “10 Secular Hallelujah Songs,” most of which aren’t appropriate for Sunday morning church service.

    By the musical hype, 7 yearsJanuary 2, 2018 ago
    God
    Evergreen

    Secular (or Not So Secular) Songs About Jesus 2.0 | Playlist

    After delivering ‘10 Secular (Or Not So Secular) Songs About Jesus’ back in 2016, here is an updated version – ‘Secular (Or Not So Secular) Songs About Jesus 2.0.’

    By the musical hype, 7 yearsDecember 25, 2017 ago
    Secular Songs That Reference God
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    11 Secular Songs That Make Reference to God | Playlist

    In our latest ‘secular songs’ playlist, we explore 11 songs that make reference to God. Some are indeed sincere, but not all them are ‘sanctified.’

    By the musical hype, 8 yearsDecember 5, 2017 ago
    Secular Songs That Take You to Church
    Music

    Test Your Knowledge on Secular Songs That ‘Take You To Church’ | Quiz

    Can you answer multiple choice questions about the secular songs that take you to church? Test your knowledge with our 15-question quiz!

    By the musical hype, 8 yearsNovember 28, 2017 ago
    Secular Songs That Take You to Church
    Evergreen

    Secular Songs That ‘Take You to Church’ | Playlist

    This playlist is comprised of 12 secular songs that ‘take you to church,’ well sort of. These songs aren’t necessarily fueled by Christianity.

    By the musical hype, 8 yearsNovember 22, 2017 ago
    Secular Songs About Prayer
    Evergreen

    5 Secular Songs About Prayer | Mini Playlist

    Whether you’re religious or not, the praying type or not, check out these five ‘secular’ songs (all from 2017) about prayer.  Let the church say yes!

    By the musical hype, 8 yearsNovember 2, 2017 ago

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