50 Best Rock Songs About Jesus
Best Rock Tracks That Wrestle With Faith and Doubt
There’s a strange pull in songs that circle around faith. Not sermons, not gospel choirs, but the messy middle where belief and confusion live side by side. Rock’s been chewing on that space for decades, somewhere between a whisper to heaven and a shout into the void. These tracks catch that feeling—the fight to find meaning when everything around you feels half-lit. Some of them talk straight to Jesus. Some circle the idea without saying His name, but you still feel it humming underneath the chords. They fit that weird corner of pop, rock, country, and R&B songs that turn faith into something cracked and human.
You can hear it in the rasp of voices worn thin, in guitars that sound like they’re begging for something unseen. There’s that tug-of-war between belief and exhaustion, the same tension that runs through long drives home from night shifts or hangovers that end with quiet prayers. These tracks don’t clean up the story. They stumble through it. Maybe that’s the point. A lot of them never settle on an answer, and that’s what makes them hit harder than any hymnbook line.
Not every lyric speaks the name straight out, but they still carry that weight—the ache for mercy, the flicker of hope, the feeling that someone might be listening even when the world keeps buzzing too loud. These songs hold that fragile connection and blast it through amps that sound like confessionals with feedback. Here are the best rock songs about Jesus that capture that restless faith.
Top 10 Jesus Rock Songs
1. 'Spirit in the Sky' by Norman Greenbaum
2. 'Personal Jesus' by Depeche Mode
3. 'Jesus Is Just Alright' by The Doobie Brothers
4. 'After Forever' by Black Sabbath
5. 'My Sweet Lord' by George Harrison
6. 'One of Us' by Joan Osborne
7. 'Jesus Christ Pose' by Soundgarden
8. 'I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For' by U2
9. 'American Jesus' by Bad Religion
10. 'Jesus Christ' by Big Star
Classic Rock Songs with Religious Overtones #11 to 20
11. 'Jesus He Knows Me' by Genesis
12. 'Jesus Just Left Chicago' by ZZ Top
13. 'Jesus Built My Hotrod' by Ministry
14. 'Chocolate Jesus' by Tom Waits
15. 'Jesus' by The Velvet Underground
16. 'The Logical Song' by Supertramp
17. 'In My Time of Dying' by Led Zeppelin
18. 'Why Should the Devil Have All the Good Music' by Larry Norman
19. 'Jesus, Etc.' by Wilco
20. 'God Shuffled His Feet' by Crash Test Dummies
Indie and Alternative Rock Songs with a Faith Theme #21 to 30
21. 'Jesus Doesn't Want Me for a Sunbeam' by Nirvana
22. 'Hero' by Skillet
23. 'The Rock That Doesn't Roll' by Larry Norman
24. 'Carry On Wayward Son' by Kansas
25. 'Jesus Was Way Cool' by King Missile
26. 'Only Jesus' by Casting Crowns
27. 'Jesus Christ' by Brand New
28. 'Jesus of Suburbia' by Green Day
29. 'I Can Only Imagine' by MercyMe
30. 'You Never Gave Up On Me' by The Afters
Hard Rock and Metal Songs About the Savior #31 to 40
31. 'To Hell with the Devil' by Stryper
32. 'Breathe Into Me' by Red
33. 'Yours' by Steven Curtis Chapman
34. 'Feel Invincible' by Skillet
35. 'Jesus' by Queen
36. 'Love is War' by American Arson
37. 'The Rock Won't Move' by Vertical Worship
38. 'War of Change' by Thousand Foot Krutch
39. 'My Hope Is Built on Nothing Less' by Casting Crowns
40. 'Living Hope' by Phil Wickham
Essential Christian Rock and Modern Rock Songs #41 to 50
41. 'Light Bends' by The Digital Age
42. 'Jesus, Friend of Sinners' by Casting Crowns
43. 'Meant to Live' by Switchfoot
44. 'Whispers in the Dark' by Skillet
45. 'Only Grace' by Matthew West
46. 'Control' by Tenth Avenue North
47. 'The Way to Begin' by Big Daddy Weave
48. 'Christ Is Risen' by Matt Maher
49. 'Dear X (You Don't Own Me)' by Disciple
50. 'Broken Vessels (Amazing Grace)' by Hillsong Worship
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