50 Best Worship Songs About the Cross
Worship songs that wrestle with the weight of the cross
There’s a different kind of silence that hits when the cross comes into focus. Not a holy hush, not some cinematic swell of strings. More like a pause that sits heavy in the room. You don’t walk into these songs the same way you would a hype setlist or a Sunday banger. They ask harder things. Not in an intellectual way, but in that under-the-skin way. You feel them in your throat before your head catches up. These aren’t pop, rock, country, and R&B songs with Christian lyrics tacked on. These are the ones that bruise a little and still stay on your lips.
Nobody floats through the gravity of the cross untouched. It’s never neat. The lines crack. The vocals strain. And in the middle of it all, there’s a kind of rawness that feels truer than clean harmonies ever could. You hear someone like Brooke Ligertwood tremble through a chorus and you get it. You catch the echo of someone like Matt Redman not trying to impress anyone and it lands different. These songs don’t try to fix the tension. They leave the ache in, let the weight breathe a little, even if it’s uncomfortable.
Not every worship moment climbs to a crescendo. Sometimes it stays in the minor key longer than you want. That’s part of the honesty. These tracks carry something you can’t fake with slick production or poetic lines. They walk slow, they stay low, and they still manage to open something up. Here’s a set that brings that to the surface and lingers there for a bit. These are the best worship songs centered on the meaning and weight of the cross.
Top 10 Worship Songs
1. 'Lead Me to the Cross'—Hillsong UNITED
2. 'The Old Rugged Cross'—George Bennard
3. 'At the Cross (Love Ran Red)'—Chris Tomlin
4. 'The Cross Has the Final Word'—Cody Carnes
5. 'Jesus Paid It All'—Kristian Stanfill
6. 'Mighty Cross'—Elevation Worship
7. 'O Praise the Name (Anástasis)'—Hillsong Worship
8. 'How Deep the Father's Love for Us'—Stuart Townend
9. 'Thank You Jesus for the Blood'—Charity Gayle
10. 'The Wonderful Cross'—Chris Tomlin and Matt Redman
Songs about Christ's Sacrifice #11—20
11. 'O Come to the Altar'—Elevation Worship
12. 'All Hail King Jesus'—Jeremy Riddle
13. 'Forever'—Kari Jobe
14. 'In Christ Alone'—Keith and Kristyn Getty
15. 'King of Kings'—Hillsong Worship
16. 'Cornerstone'—Hillsong Worship
17. 'At the Foot of the Cross'—Kathryn Scott
18. 'This Is Amazing Grace'—Phil Wickham
19. 'Death Was Arrested'—North Point Worship
20. 'Worthy Is the Lamb'—Darlene Zschech
Music about the Crucifixion #21—30
21. 'Hallelujah for the Cross'—Chris McClarney
22. 'Glorious Day'—Passion
23. 'It Is Finished'—Matt Redman
24. 'What He's Done'—Passion
25. 'Living Hope'—Phil Wickham
26. 'The Power of the Cross'—Stuart Townend
27. 'Come Behold the Wondrous Mystery'—Matt Boswell and Matt Papa
28. 'Christ Be Magnified'—Cody Carnes
29. 'His Mercy Is More'—Matt Boswell and Matt Papa
30. 'Redeemed'—Big Daddy Weave
Hymns and Modern Worship about the Cross #31—40
31. 'Who You Say I Am'—Hillsong Worship
32. 'Yet Not I But Through Christ in Me'—CityAlight
33. 'Amazing Grace (My Chains Are Gone)'—Chris Tomlin
34. 'This Man'—Jeremy Camp
35. 'The Cross Stands'—Worship Central
36. 'Because He Lives (Amen)'—Matt Maher
37. 'O The Blood'—Kari Jobe
38. 'The Cross'—Anne Wilson
39. 'Behold the Lamb'—Keith and Kristyn Getty
40. 'My Jesus'—Anne Wilson
Additional Worship Songs of the Cross #41—50
41. 'Christ Is Risen'—Mack Brock
42. 'Hosanna'—Hillsong UNITED
43. 'Great I Am'—New Life Worship
44. 'House of the Lord'—Phil Wickham
45. 'Nothing But the Blood'—Corey Voss
46. 'Revelation Song'—Kari Jobe
47. 'Resurrecting'—Elevation Worship
48. 'God Is Able'—Hillsong Worship
49. 'Before the Throne of God Above'—Sovereign Grace Music
50. 'I Will Glory in My Redeemer'—Sovereign Grace Music
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