God's Not Dead (2011)

God's Not Dead is the 15th studio album by the Australian - American Christian rock band Newsboys, released on November 15, 2011 by Inpop Records. The album was produced by Seth Mosley.

For their second album featuring lead vocals by Michael Tait, God's Not Dead is a contemporary worship album, pretty much in the vain of their previous Peter Furler-lead worship albums Adoration and Devotion, but taking it to a newer level in sound. It contains three new original songs like "The King is Coming" and nine new worship covers like the title song, "God's Not Dead (Like a Lion)," "Forever Reign" and "Revelation Song" to name a few.

"God's Not Dead (Like a Lion)" was released as the lead single and music video and features co-lead vocals by fellow DC Talk member Kevin Max (Max does not appear in the video). It was the band's biggest hit. It started charting in early January 2012 and by June 2, 2012, it peaked at number 2 behind Building 429's "Where I Belong" on both Billboard's Hot Christian Songs and Christian Airplay charts. It did peak at the top of their Christian AC Airplay chart for a week. Two years later in 2014 thanks to its exposure of the Christian film of the same name, the song peaked at number 23 on the Billboard Heatseekers Songs chart. That same year, the single reached Gold certification in June 2014 and then by May 2015, it became the band's first Platinum single selling over a million downloads. In 2021, it went Double Platinum selling over two million downloads. As of 2025, it is Newsboys' most streamed song to date on Spotify with close to 127 million streams.

God's Not Dead debuted at number 12 on the Billboard Top Christian Albums chart dated December 10, 2011, then by August 11, 2012, it reached number one where it stayed for a week. The album charted and peaked on the following Billboard album charts:

-#45 Billboard 200 Albums (peak date: July 21, 2012)

-#44 Billboard Top Current Album Sales (peak date: July 21, 2012)

-#1 Billboard Top Catalog Albums (peak date: April 12, 2014)

God's Not Dead was certified Gold by the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) in September 2014 for sales of half a million copies, giving Newsboys their sixth Gold selling album, their first in a decade since Adoration was Gold certified in 2004.

Track listing

1. The King is Coming (Seth Mosley, Jared Anderson) -4:47

2. God's Not Dead (Like a Lion) (featuring Kevin Max) (Daniel Bashta) -4:19

3. Your Love Never Fails (Chris McClarney, Anthony Skinner) -3:39

4. Here We Stand (Seth Mosley, Jason Ingram) -4:17

5. Savior of the World (Ben Cantelon) -3:39

6. Forever Reign (Reuben Morgan, Jason Ingram) -3:53

7. More Than Enough (Sarah Hart, Jonathan Lee) -3:44

8. Revelation Song (Jennie Lee Riddle) -4:50

9. Pouring It Out For You (Jared Anderson, Jonathan Lee) -4:33

10. Mighty to Save (Reuben Morgan, Benjamin Felding) -4:29

11. All the Way (Seth Mosley, Jason Ingram) -4:08

12. I Am Second (featuring Kevin Max) (Seth Mosley, Ben Glover, Norm Miller) -3:20

Personnel

Newsboys:

Michael Tait -lead vocals

Jody Davis -lead guitars, backing vocals

Duncan Phillips -drums, percussion

Jeff Frankenstein -keyboards, keyboard bass, programming

additional musicians:

Seth Mosley -keyboards, programming, strings, guitars, bass guitar, percussion,

backing vocals

Todd Caldwell -keyboards, organ

Brian Dexter -drums

Steven Kadar -drums

Jay Dawson -bagpipes

David Henry -additional strings (track 12)

Kevin Max – featured vocals on tracks 2 and 12

RIAA certifications

Gold certified in 2014.

"God's Not Dead (Like a Lion)" single

Gold certified in 2014.

Platinum certified x2 in 2021.

Radio singles

2012 -2014 "God's Not Dead (Like a Lion)" featuring Kevin Max -#2 Billboard Hot

Christian Songs, -#2 Billboard Christian Airplay, -#1 Billboard Christian AC

Airplay, -#23 Billboard Heatseekers Songs, -#15 Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100

2012 -2013 "Your Love Never Fails" -#6 Billboard Hot Christian Songs, -#6 Billboard

Christian Airplay, -#7 Billboard Christian AC Airplay

2014 "The King is Coming" -#41 Billboard Hot Christian Songs

Previous release: Christmas! A Newsboys Holiday (EP) (2010) 

Next release: Live in Concert: God's Not Dead (2012)

Watch the music video of "God's Not Dead (Like a Lion)" here:

Watch the lyric video of "Your Love Never Fails" here: