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Atlanta-based  Casting Crowns  has consistently delivered music that points believers back to what truly matters, and the band does so yet again with  Thrive . Lead singer Mark Hall's new  devotional book of the same title  is divided into sections exploring the themes of digging deep and reaching out. My family and I had a wonderful evening in Philadelphia on March 2nd, singing along with three Dove Award-winning artists—for KING & COUNTRY and Laura Story—with Casting Crowns performing an opening set of songs about digging deep, and returning with a set of songs about reaching out. I spoke with  for KING & COUNTRY 's Luke and Joel about their set before the concert about the new songs, "Fix My Eyes" and "Thorn" from their upcoming album due to be released fall of 2014, the follow-up to Crave. Joel shared, "Our new song, 'Fix My Eyes,' was a song that we had written at the end of 2012, at the time of the success of 'The Proof of You...

 "The entire night was a reminder that 'we were made to more than just survive, we were made to thrive.'" Atlanta-based  Casting Crowns  has consistently delivered music that points believers back to what truly matters, and the band does so yet again with  Thrive . Lead singer Mark Hall's new  devotional book of the same title  is divided into sections exploring the themes of digging deep and reaching out. My family and I had a wonderful evening in Philadelphia on March 2nd, singing along with three Dove Award-winning artists—for KING & COUNTRY and Laura Story—with Casting Crowns performing an opening set of songs about digging deep, and returning with a set of songs about reaching out. I spoke with  for KING & COUNTRY 's Luke and Joel about their set before the concert about the new songs, "Fix My Eyes" and "Thorn" from their upcoming album due to be released fall of 2014, the follow-up to Crave. Joel shared, "Our new so...

Chances are, if you listened to all of Casting Crowns’ albums, in order of release date, you’d likely be able to hold your own in any seminary class. Not because they’re boring or full of mundane, rote scripture; quite the opposite, actually. Each Casting Crowns’ release is nearly a direct reflection of what they are teaching their youth group back at home. And by “they,” I do mean the entire band. In the past ten years, they jettisoned to the pinnacle of Christian music in terms of album sales, chart rankings and awards. But, just in case, they decided to keep their day jobs. Chances are, it wasn’t for the money. Mark Hall and co., have continued leading the youth group at their home church, Eagle’s Landing outside of Atlanta, Georgia while they’ve done “the music thing.” And time after time, their records practically mirror the subject matter, heart and intention that they are pouring into their kids. Whereas this routine could easily make a lesser band boring and predictable,...