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2026-04-05T17:12:54-06:00

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Top of the Country: Time’s Ticking

Last updated on: April 5, 2026 at 5:12 pm By Coyle Neal

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We’ve got a new Top of the Country this week with “Time’s Ticking” by Justin Moore. As Billboard points out, there’s irony here in the title since “Time’s Ticking” now has the record for the longest amount of time on the charts to reach the number 1 spot. Less ironically, this song opens with a blast of classic Country music references. Including references to Ray Scott’s “Long Black Cadillac” (itself a nod to Dwight Yoakam’s “Long White Cadillac” and Josh Turner’s “Long... Read more

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2026-03-29T09:17:38-06:00

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Three Quick Disciplines of Devotion

Last updated on: March 29, 2026 at 9:17 am By Coyle Neal

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Of course, “disciplines of devotion” should never usually be quick. But these three new books are at least short, so Prayer by Courtney Rissig, Fasting by Cassie Achermann, and Sabbath Rest by Megan Hill will fit in the busy schedules that seem to dominate our worlds. All three of these are useful (and again: short). But I think the one that stands out for contemporary American Evangelicals is Fasting. Not because it is better written than the others, and not because “fasting” is any more Biblical... Read more

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2026-04-02T13:38:20-06:00

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Top of the Country: I’m the Problem (Album)

Last updated on: April 2, 2026 at 1:38 pm By Coyle Neal

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It took me a while, but as part of this series on Billboard’s top of the country charts I’ve finally finished listening to Morgan Wallen’s album I’m the Problem. Why did it take so long? Because it’s thirty-seven songs long. Thirty. Seven. Songs. And yes, there is an “interlude.” And yes technically it’s a “double” album. In that case maybe thirty-seven is actually a touch short. But it was still a large task to listen through. It was not, however, an unpleasant... Read more

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2026-03-23T17:03:47-06:00

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God without Sin… for Children

Last updated on: March 23, 2026 at 5:03 pm By Coyle Neal

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How do we teach children about the Trinity? This is no easy task, not least since trying to explain the inner life of the Triune God without simply confessing the historic Creeds nearly universally runs into heresy. And yet, the new board book God Loves Me by Kristen Wetherell and Grace Habib gives it a go. As far as it goes, this little book does the best job you can explaining the inexplicable. There’s nary a hint of modalism in sight,... Read more

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2026-03-25T15:38:12-06:00

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Top of the Country: Amen

Last updated on: March 25, 2026 at 3:38 pm By Coyle Neal

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Another week, and we have another hit on the Billboard Country Charts for review in this series on the Top of the Country–this week, Shaboozey and Jelly Roll’s song “Amen.” The grumpy old man in me would like to comment on the names “Shaboozey”, “Jelly Roll”, and “7Lemons” all appearing in the same video, but in an inverse Toby Keith I won’t let the old man out. Not least because Shaboozey and Jelly Roll are both fantastic performers with meaningful... Read more

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2026-03-09T13:05:53-06:00

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Fountain of Life

Last updated on: March 9, 2026 at 1:05 pm By Coyle Neal

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You know how you’re at a party and someone brings up the aseity of God, and you just nod along so everyone thinks you know what the speaker is talking about? Well, worry no more–Samuel Parkison’s The Fountain of Life: Contemplating the Aseity of God is here to help. In case you’re wondering (and not to spoil it too much), the “aseity” of God is, well, it’s complicated and takes at least a 75-page book to sort it out. But the... Read more

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2026-03-17T21:29:33-06:00

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Top of the Country: What I heard out West

Last updated on: March 17, 2026 at 9:29 pm By Coyle Neal

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I am still listening through the Top Country songs, but since Ella Langley’s “Choosin’ Texas” has stayed on top of the singles charts, I’ve started working my way through albums. I started with Morgan Wallen’s I’m the Problem. It turns out this album has thirty-seven tracks on it. Who on earth has time to listen to thirty-seven tracks, let alone record and produce them? So that one will have to wait until… next week, maybe. Until then, on a recent cross-country drive I... Read more

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2026-03-07T19:13:47-07:00

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How Green Was My Valley

Last updated on: March 7, 2026 at 7:13 pm By Coyle Neal

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Every once in a while I pick up a book that has been sitting on my shelf for a while and give it a go. Thus How Green Was My Valley by Richard Llewellyn fell into my lap. Frankly, it is superb and should be read. To be fair, I know I saw the movie years ago, but I have very little memory of it. I still maintain you should watch a movie before you read the book. The book can ruin... Read more

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2026-03-04T19:08:36-07:00

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Top of the Country: 20 Cigarettes

Last updated on: March 4, 2026 at 7:08 pm By Coyle Neal

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This blog is part of a series through the top Billboard Country songs. At the end of February and beginning of March, 2026, the top Country song on the Airplay charts is Morgan Wallen’s “20 Cigarettes” I find this utterly fascinating–there is nothing in this song that the modern world likes, and there it is at number 1. Heck, I’m pretty indifferent to what the world does or doesn’t like and I found something irritating. Specifically I had to look up what “Demonbruen”... Read more

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2026-03-09T13:22:30-06:00

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SNL Holding Steady

Last updated on: March 9, 2026 at 1:22 pm By Coyle Neal

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Not only are we in the midst of a horror renaissance, we are at the end of the revitalization of stand up comedy. Saturday Night Live was there at the first great wave of stand up in the mid-20th century, and it’s been there with the revival of it through the investment by Netflix and other streaming platforms over the past decade. Which brings me to Saturday, March 7 and the episode of Saturday Night Live hosted by Ryan Gosling.... Read more

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