Praise Song of the Week is a weekly celebration of the songs that have become meaningful expressions of Christian faith and worship, from timeless favorites to newer songs that deserve a closer listen. Each week, we feature a song that invites us to pause, worship, reflect, or simply appreciate the music and message that make Christian music so special. Some selections are presented through memorable live performances, while others are accompanied by the original recording through Apple Music. For this week’s feature, we turn our attention to one of the most recognizable worship songs of the past two decades: “How Great Is Our God” by Chris Tomlin.
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“How Great Is Our God” has become one of the defining worship songs of the modern Christian music era. Written by Chris Tomlin, Jesse Reeves, and Ed Cash, the song first appeared in 2004 and quickly grew far beyond the contemporary Christian music audience. Its straightforward declaration of God’s greatness, combined with a melody that practically invites a congregation to sing along, has helped make it a modern worship classic. More than two decades later, it remains a song that can be heard in churches and worship gatherings around the world.
There is something especially fitting about featuring this song in a performance recorded here in Nashville. Tomlin’s 2022 Good Friday Nashville event brought thousands together at Bridgestone Arena for an evening of worship, with the event also reaching a worldwide audience. The official live recording of “How Great Is Our God” features Tomlin alongside Hillsong UNITED, capturing the song in the kind of large-scale worship setting for which it has become so well known.
And perhaps that is the enduring strength of “How Great Is Our God.” It doesn’t require complicated theology or elaborate musical ideas to make its point. It simply turns our attention toward the greatness, majesty, and holiness of God and invites us to respond together. That simplicity has given the song remarkable staying power—and when thousands of voices join in, the message of the song becomes more than something we hear; it becomes something we experience together.
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