Songs

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A father's song to his oldest son, Christopher, looking back on the hard years honestly and without blame.

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A fun story based on an Irish Folk Tale of a Bricklayer's Mishap — reimagined as an American bricklayer using places and terms we all know.

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A father remembers his daughter Hannah's birth, from the hospital chapel to the incubator, and the moment a lifelong love began.

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A tribute to Sgt. Alvin York, the Tennessee man of faith who went to war reluctantly and became one of World War I's most decorated heroes.

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The opening number of the animated musical Born to Save! — the ancient prophecy of a sign given to a people waiting for their Messiah.

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Built on Matthew 6:1-18, a call to give, pray and serve for God alone rather than for the applause of others.

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An outlaw country song marking twenty-five years since September 11, 2001 — written for the ones who ran toward the smoke, and for the ones who never came home.

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A testimony from people who lived under communism — from the Ukrainian famine and China's Great Leap Forward to Cuba's rafters and the inner-German border.

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Lincoln's 1838 Lyceum Address set to music: if destruction ever comes to a free people, it will come from within. The second song of The Keep It Trilogy.

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The title song of the animated musical Born to Save!, tracing the prophecies of the Messiah to the manger and the Savior who humbled Himself for us.

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A homeless veteran whose undocumented brain injuries left him with nowhere to turn, until another veteran comes looking for him. The third song of All the Way Home.

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A song about Charlie Kirk that illustrates what he stood for, his convictions, his God-honoring life, and his dedication to the truth.

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A song of courage for weary believers: though outwardly we waste away, we are renewed in Christ and stand firm in the armor of God.

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An urgent call to come to Christ today, because now is the day of salvation and tomorrow is promised to no one.

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A Vietnam veteran stands face to face with the names on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall asking the question, 'Why them and not me?'

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A story about a son who lives through his parents' divorce, and the reconciliation that occurs between the son and the father because of the Grace of God.

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A love song for Kim, drawn from the letter he wrote for their eighth anniversary.

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The Battle of LZ Bird, Vietnam, 1966, and a veteran's return 56 years later to help Vietnamese families find their lost. The memories that haunted him are finally healed.

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The death and resurrection of Christ (1 Corinthians 15:3-4), and why He is more than enough.

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A call for leaders and judges to follow the Constitution as written and to change it only the way it allows — by amendment.

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We are saved by grace through faith, not by works, yet true faith shows itself in a changed life (Ephesians 2:8-10). The contemporary worship version.

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We are saved by grace through faith, not by works, yet true faith shows itself in a changed life (Ephesians 2:8-10). The country version.

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A tribute to the families who wait at home: the service flag in the window, the knock at the door, and the Gold Star families who carry the cost.

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The Boston Massacre of 1770, told by John Adams, who defended the British soldiers in court because the law must protect everyone.

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Written for a family friend named Mary diagnosed with cancer — about suffering well and leaning into God's promises and His salvation.

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A lighthearted song set from a c. 1970 poem by the songwriter's grandfather, Garland Harold Kanady, poking fun at his own forgetfulness.

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The founding of the American republic and Benjamin Franklin's warning: 'A republic, if you can keep it.' The first song of The Keep It Trilogy.

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December 20, 1943: German pilot Franz Stigler spares Charlie Brown's crippled B-17 and escorts it to safety.

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A tribute to Colin, built on the eulogy Dustin gave, trusting him to God's arms and praying his loss will bring the family healing.

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Contemporary Christian Worship Anthem based on a sermon about Romans 1:1-5.

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A song about a real-life mom, the songwriter's stepdaughter, who deals with chaos on a daily basis and manages to keep her sanity. It's all true!

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A song about the work environment where projects are the norm and people have to work through issues using lessons learned on the job and in life.

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The Battle of Lexington and Concord, April 19, 1775, and the shot heard round the world.

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Patrick Henry's 1775 'Give me liberty or give me death' speech set to music.

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A church elder who did everything right on the outside is awakened by a dying friend's confession and finally surrenders his life to Christ (Matthew 7:21-23).

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Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address, March 4, 1865: with malice toward none and charity for all, bind up the nation's wounds.

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An American hymn tracing the nation's story from Concord to the present day.

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The feeding of the five thousand, told across all four Gospels.

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A personal country ballad about Dustin's own father, their relationship, and how Dustin is beholding to his father, Gary, for the life Dustin has been able to lead.

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Dustin's song for his oldest child and daughter, Hannah, through her early childhood battle with epilepsy and the full life she now leads.

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A Mother's Day tribute to the songwriter's mother.

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A lighthearted family song for the songwriter's youngest son, Andrew.

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Master Sgt. Roddie Edmonds, who in a German POW camp in 1945 refused, with a pistol to his head, to single out his Jewish soldiers.

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A tribute to the 101st Airborne Division at Bastogne, who answered the German surrender demand with one word: 'Nuts!'

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What it takes to keep a free people free: a humble people who kneel before God. The third song of The Keep It Trilogy.

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A carrier aviation anthem built on real fighter-pilot radio calls such as BUSTER, GATE and CLEARED HOT.

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A tribute to fallen service members and the honor guards who lay them to rest, with the folded flag and Taps.

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A love song for Kim telling how they met on e-Harmony, fell in love, and married blending a family of eleven children.

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A man answering his own question about what is truly worth passing on to future generations within his family.

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A slow, contemplative Christian worship ballad that examines our motives and pride that often trips up humanity.

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The Battle of Bunker Hill, June 17, 1775, and Dr. Joseph Warren, the patriot leader who gave his life there.

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A radio call to an old Army flight school buddy who has gone quiet, from Fort Rucker in 1986 to today.

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A tribute to Frederick Douglass, from learning to read in the Auld household to his voice for freedom.

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A testimony of new life in Christ: being born again from above.

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Based on O. Henry's 'The Ransom of Red Chief' — two kidnappers outsmarted by their young captive, captured in song.

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A worship song about the kind of faith that saves, emphasizing the restorative power of Saving Faith that leads to redemption and salvation.

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Capt. E. Royce Williams' 1952 dogfight against seven Soviet MiGs over the Sea of Japan, with God in the cockpit. A Medal of Honor story.

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Outlaw Country Comedy song that pokes fun at the silent letters we all have to deal with when speaking English.

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Contemplative country worship ballad asking: is there something more than what the world has to offer?

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Built on 1 Corinthians 15:58: stand firm and keep giving yourself to the Lord's work, knowing it is never in vain.

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The Battle of Midway, June 1942, honoring the fallen aviators whose sacrifice opened the way to victory in the Pacific.

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A playful family tribute to the songwriter's son, Zachary.

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A playful family tribute to the songwriter's daughter, Mary.

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A tribute to Medal of Honor recipient Desmond Doss, the unarmed Army medic who saved his comrades at Okinawa. The title track of the Medal of Honor album.

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A badly wounded veteran comes home to a house not ready for him and finds his way back through the people who show up. The first song of All the Way Home.

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A country comedy song for his stepdaughter Kathryn.

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A tribute to America's Special Operations Forces, from the Desert One mission to the founding of SOCOM and the SOF Truths.

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A song written and played for his daughter, Emily, on her wedding day. It speaks to her first 26 years.

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Set to music from a 1959 poem by the songwriter's grandfather, Garland Harold Kanady — passed down from poet to son to grandson.

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A love song for Kim about how quickly time flies and why every moment together counts.

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A tribute to Tibor 'Ted' Rubin, the Holocaust survivor who fought for America in Korea and received the Medal of Honor for keeping his fellow POWs alive.

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Dustin's own conversion testimony woven through Scripture: the story of giving everything to Christ.

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Based on Matthew 7:21-23: the difference between calling Him 'Lord' and the true saving faith that does the Father's will.

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The widow of a soldier lost to the invisible wounds of war, and the faith she chooses as she carries on. The second song of All the Way Home.

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A tribute to an Army Sergeant Major who served so he could bring as many home from war as possible.

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George Washington's humility in 1783, calming his officers at Newburgh and giving up his command at Annapolis.

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A love song for Kim, named for the word inscribed inside her wedding ring.

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Medal of Honor recipient Bruce Crandall, who flew into LZ X-Ray again and again in the Ia Drang Valley, November 1965, to carry out the wounded.

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God is patient, but if you reject him over and over again there will come a time when your heart hardens and the opportunity to be saved passes you by for eternity.