Only Jesus

Album: Only Jesus (2018)
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Songfacts®:

  • This song finds Casting Crowns frontman Mark Hall musing on the idea of what he will be remembered for when his life is over. He concludes that his only true worthwhile accomplishments are those things where Jesus has been at work. Anything else will crumble into dust in the light of eternity. Hall explained:

    "There's much talk these days about legacy. How do we want to be remembered? The more I think about it the more I'm reminded that anything in me that's worth remembering are the things that Jesus has worked on, and is still working on in me. On my own I have nothing to offer the world, but Jesus does - so don't mind me. Jesus is the only name to remember."
  • Mark Hall wrote the song with:

    Singer-songwriter Matthew West, who won the 2013 American Music Award for Best Contemporary Inspirational Artist.

    Bernie Herms' whose resume includes co-producing Hillary Scott & The Scott Family's "Thy Will," which won a Grammy for Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song in 2017.

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