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CCF News: Collective Dust’s Debut Album Is Here
It’s been about a month since the last Christcore Fest News, and I’m sorry we went quiet on you. I’m (Karleigh) in grad school, and the last month of class combined with a lot of traveling took me out. I’m back now, and there’s a lot to catch up on. Collective Dust Released Their Debut…
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Saved By Grace: What Ephesians 2:8-9 Actually Means
“Saved by grace” shows up everywhere. Tattooed on forearms, printed on shirts, dropped into conversation like a sign-off. It gets said so often that it’s started to lose its weight, treated more like a nice sentiment than something that actually happened to someone. That’s the strange thing about phrases that get repeated enough. They start…
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Keeping It DIY: What Nehemiah Rebuilding the Wall Teaches Us
In the hardcore scene, DIY was never a trend, it was survival. Bands didn’t wait for a label to notice them. They recorded in basements, dubbed their own tapes, and booked their own shows in VFW halls and living rooms. No polish, no permission, no gatekeepers. Just people who cared enough to do the work…
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Does Jesus like heavy music?
Somewhere along the way, people got the idea that there’s a specific sound worship is supposed to have. Soft. Polished. Safe enough for a car ride with your grandma. Anything louder, heavier, or angrier than that gets side-eyed like it doesn’t belong in the same room as God. That idea didn’t come from Scripture, it…
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When You Feel Completely Dried Up
There’s a specific kind of empty that doesn’t look like sadness from the outside. You still show up. You still function. But something inside feels like it’s been sitting in the sun too long, cracked, brittle, done. Maybe it’s burnout or grief you never fully processed. Maybe it’s just months of going through the motions…
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CCF News: It’s getting crazyyyy
This one’s coming a couple days late, sorry about that. Life got in the way this week. Here’s what’s going on. It was a genuinely quiet week for press and band news, nothing new came out of the outlets that covered our lineup announcement back in August, and no new music or big band news…
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Who Shall I Fear? What Psalm 27:1 Actually Means
Who Shall I Fear? A Question Worth Asking “What, you’re scared?” It gets thrown around like a dare, said with your chest before you even know what you’re walking into. David asked a version of that question, too. He actually meant it, and the answer he landed on changed everything about how he lived. A…
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October is about to be wild
It’s Monday, which means it’s time for another Christcore Fest News. October is looking absolutely stacked for our lineup, so let’s get into it. Collective Dust Is Basically Everywhere Right Now Collective Dust has a new interview up with Coraline’s Collapse, courtesy of Jetvamp Apparel. They talked touring, faith, and food, go check it out…
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Y’all Need Jesus: What Romans 3:23 Really Means
You’ve probably seen it before. A shirt. A sticker. Somebody’s Instagram bio. “Y’all need Jesus.” It usually gets said as a joke, aimed at someone else’s chaos and not our own. But the good jokes only work because they’re true. A Verse That Doesn’t Leave Anyone Out Paul wrote his letter to the Romans for…
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CCF News: Get to Know P86: Omni
Dude, have you guys seen that Eternal Flames gave us a second shoutout since last issue? This time it was in their weekly “Christian Metal Radar” roundup, and they called Christcore Fest “a genuine centre of gravity for the scene.” That is so freaking cool. With everything John and I are doing, it’s cool to…