Carrie Marie Underwood (born March 10, 1983) is an American singer who rose… Read Full Bio ↴Carrie Marie Underwood (born March 10, 1983) is an American singer who rose to prominence after winning the fourth season of American Idol in 2005. Underwood's single "Inside Your Heaven" made her the only country artist to debut atop the Billboard Hot 100 chart and the only solo country artist in the 2000s to have a number-one song on the Hot 100. Her debut album, Some Hearts (2005), was bolstered by the successful crossover singles "Jesus, Take the Wheel" and "Before He Cheats", becoming the best-selling solo female debut album in country music history. She won three Grammy Awards for the album, including Best New Artist. The next studio album, Carnival Ride (2007) had one of the biggest opening weeks of all time by a female artist and won two Grammy Awards. Her third studio album, Play On (2009), produced the single "Cowboy Casanova", which had one of the biggest single-week upward movements on the Hot 100.
With more than 64 million albums sold worldwide, 18 #1 singles, with seven as co-writes, Seven Grammys, and countless other accolades---all achieved with four albums in less than eight years---some artists might feel as though they’d earned the right to rest on their laurels, but not Carrie Underwood. Fueled by a restless creative spirit, good-natured competitive streak and abundance of God-given talent, Carrie unleashes her most ambitious project yet with Blown Away.
Teaming again with producer Mark Bright, Carrie delivers a 14-song collection that covers a particularly vast expanse of emotional territory. She celebrates the understated pleasures of small town living in “Thank God for Hometowns” and explores the exquisite fragility of life in “Forever Changed.” She’s not averse to tackling abuse and betrayal then doling out a little sweet revenge with such compelling tracks as “Blown Away” and “Two Black Cadillacs.” Musically the songs range from rollicking up-tempo anthems, such as the hit first single “Good Girl” to the island-flavored escape of “One Way Ticket” and the steel guitar-laced country lament of “Wine After Whiskey.”
Such musical and lyrical diversity is the foundation of Carrie’s artistry. After all, this is a young woman who has performed with Steven Tyler on a top-rated edition of CMT’s “Crossroads,” scored a No. 1 country hit with good friend Brad Paisley on “Remind Me,” and sang with the iconic Tony Bennett on the 2012 Grammy telecast, delivering the classic “It Had to be You,” their collaboration on Bennett’s Duets II album.
The Oklahoma native is a fan of all types of music, yet she’s purposefully planted herself in the country format, even while her eclectic tastes have influenced her creative output. She’s been careful to not get pigeonholed and prides herself on not being predictable. “I feel like I’ve taken all of my albums into as many different directions as possible while still keeping them cohesive,” she says. “I love this album from start to finish and love every song on it. There’s not one single song that’s like another song I’ve ever done. I think it’s my best album. I really do think there’s something for everyone.”
Her ability to be unique yet accessible has been crucial to Carrie’s career from the beginning. She became America’s sweetheart in 2005 when she won the fourth season of American Idol, a vehicle that transformed her from a shy Oklahoma girl with a great voice to a budding superstar. Since then she’s become the popular franchise’s most successful alumni.
She’s won a vast array of awards including three female vocalist awards from both the Country Music Association (CMA) and the Academy of Country Music (ACM). In 2010, when Carrie garnered her second win as ACM Entertainer of the Year, she became the first female artist to win the award twice, and only the 7th female to take the award in the 40-year history of the ACM category, among Loretta Lynn, Dolly Parton, Barbara Mandrell, Reba McEntire, Shania Twain, and the Dixie Chicks. Carrie also received the ACM Triple Crown Award, thanks to her past wins for the categories of Entertainer of the Year, Top Female Vocalist and Top New Female Vocalist, which has been won by only one other female artist – Barbara Mandrell in 2004. In addition to the above, Carrie’s won 7 American Music Awards, 6 People’s Choice Awards, 9 CMT Music Awards, 9 American Country Awards, and 7 BMI Songwriter Awards. Carrie also received a Golden Globe nomination in 2010 for “Best Original Song” for “There’s A Place For Us” from Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader which she both recorded and co-wrote.
Carrie’s 2005 debut Some Hearts topped Billboard’s Country Albums chart for 27 weeks, has sold over 7 million copies, and was voted #1 Country Album of the Decade by Billboard. Both her 2007 sophomore album, Carnival Ride and 2009’s Play On debuted at No. 1. Her current album, Blown Away, debuted atop the all-genre Billboard 200 chart, where it held the No. 1 spot for two consecutive weeks. Over the course of four albums, she’s saturated country radio with such hits as “Jesus, Take the Wheel,” “Before He Cheats,” “So Small,” “Last Name,” “Just A Dream,” “Cowboy Casanova,” “Temporary Home,” “All-American Girl,” “Undo It,” “Mama’s Song,” “Good Girl,” and “Blown Away.”
Carrie’s highly acclaimed concert tours have further helped to establish her into the elite status of the country music community, or in any genre of music, with her stellar performances. In 2008, after wrapping her “Carnival Ride Tour” she became the top selling country female touring artist of the year selling out many of the 137 shows before 1.2 million fans. In that year, Carrie also became the most-heard artist at country radio and was named the #1 Hot Country Songs Artist by Billboard and #1 Top Country Artist by Radio & Records. In 2010, her next headline arena tour, the “Play On Tour,” played 108 shows with one million fans attending which resulted in Carrie being named again as the top-ranked female country touring artist of the year. Carrie is currently on her critically-acclaimed international “Blown Away Tour”, which began at London’s historic Royal Albert Hall, and continued throughout Australia, before launching in North America in September of 2012.
Carrie is a proud member of the Grand Ole Opry and expanded her resume making her acting debut in the 2011 film “Soul Surfer.” She can be seen in print and TV ads as the North American face of Olay beauty products, and has a long-running deal with vitaminwater®. One of Country Music’s most respected young ambassadors, Carrie has served as co-host of the CMA Awards with Brad Paisley the past five years.
Yet for those who think they know Carrie, Blown Away is likely to catch them by surprise, particularly the cinematic title track with its swirling, atmospheric production and intense lyric about abuse and revenge. “I got chills,” she says of the first time she heard the Josh Kear/Chris Tompkins penned stunner. “I remember where I was when I heard it and called my manager and said, ‘Do not let anyone else have this song. It’s my song’ . . . It’s such a visual song. You listen to it and you can see everything that is happening. It’s so dramatic. I’m not a drama person, but when you can make a movie in song form in 3 ½ minutes, it’s surreal.”
“Blown Away” finds a daughter getting revenge on an abusive, alcoholic father and the next song, “Two Black Cadillacs,” also has a larger-than-life cinematic quality which makes both tunes feel like mini-movies set to music. “Two Black Cadillacs” relates the story of a wife and mistress who conspire to get even with the man who betrayed them both. “It’s just more drama,” says Carrie, who co-wrote the tune with Josh Kear and Hillary Lindsey. “It was so much fun creating all this drama and singing about it. That’s the great thing about being an entertainer; you’re just a big actor. When we start sitting down and writing songs, you just never know what’s going to come out.”
Carrie co-wrote eight of the 14 songs on Blown Away, including the first single, Good Girl" which reached number 1 on the country airplay charts and is certified platinum. ‘Good Girl’ was one of the last ones I wrote for the album,” she says of the tune she penned with Chris DeStefano and Ashley Gorley. “We wanted something a little more fun and up-tempo. Chris DeStefano is just a mad scientist with his Pro Tools and he can play every instrument. We walked out of that writing session with a demo. It sounded awesome. It was ready to go. We let everybody hear it and everybody was so excited.”
“Cupid’s Got a Shotgun” is another of the album’s high-energy tracks and it gets an extra kick from Paisley contributing his signature guitar licks. “Once we got into the studio, I was like Brad Paisley HAS to play on this. He’ll make the song,” Carrie says of the tune, she wrote with Kear and Tompkins. “We left so much space in the song for him to come in and play. He did his thing and sounded awesome. He added that last piece of the puzzle and it’s just so country. It’s really cool.”
In addition to being musically inventive, Carrie has long been known for delivering songs with substance, and the new album delivers its share of potent messages. “Nobody Ever Told You,” which Carrie wrote with Luke Laird and Hillary Lindsey, boasts an empowering lyric and a breezy, engaging melody. “People need to hear compliments more,” she says of the song’s life-affirming lyric. “People need to hear ‘I love you’ more. People need to hear ‘You are beautiful’ more.”
“Good in Goodbye,” co-written by Carrie, Lindsey and Ryan Tedder, is a bittersweet look at life beyond heartbreak that offers tender truth in the lines “As bad as it was/As bad as it hurt/I thank God I didn’t get what I thought I deserved.” On the other end of the emotional spectrum, “Thank God for Hometowns” is a sweet salute to small town life. “I heard that one when I was going back to my 10 year high school reunion,” the Checotah, OK native says. “I listened to the demo when I was driving in to go stay with my parents. It was just very fitting in my heart at that time.”
“Forever Changed” is a beautiful ballad that brings tears to Carrie’s eyes as she discusses it. “I had a hard time recording it and I still have a hard time listening to it,” she says of the Tom Douglas/Hillary Lindsey/James T. Slater penned ballad. “That is the most wonderfully well written song I’ve ever heard in my life. There’s this young girl meeting the love of her life, getting married and having a baby. It takes you back in time and there is something old fashioned about it. At the end, the mom’s obviously slipping a way a little bit. It is a sad song, but it’s not meant to be a sad song. It’s about love, being forever changed, forever loved.”
In a few short years, Carrie has seen the power music has to change lives---to incite dialog, to instill hope, and to simply entertain. She’s aware of the platform she’s been given. She respects it and appreciates every moment. “I’m very happy in my life and I count my blessings every day,” she says. “Seven years ago when I decided to try out for American Idol, my life changed completely in the blink of an eye. I went down a different train track and took off at about a million miles per hour. I feel like I’m still learning. In the beginning, it was like, ‘Oh, I have a No. 1. That’s awesome!’ I didn’t really understand what that meant. ‘Jesus, Take The Wheel’ and ‘Before He Cheats’ were No. 1 for several weeks, and that doesn’t happen often, but I had no idea. I realize now what hard work it actually is and I feel like I can appreciate those victories even more. Touring is more fun because I know what it’s like to headline a tour. I feel like I’m able to be more and more creative all the time. I always feel like I’m taking steps forward.”
With more than 64 million albums sold worldwide, 18 #1 singles, with seven as co-writes, Seven Grammys, and countless other accolades---all achieved with four albums in less than eight years---some artists might feel as though they’d earned the right to rest on their laurels, but not Carrie Underwood. Fueled by a restless creative spirit, good-natured competitive streak and abundance of God-given talent, Carrie unleashes her most ambitious project yet with Blown Away.
Teaming again with producer Mark Bright, Carrie delivers a 14-song collection that covers a particularly vast expanse of emotional territory. She celebrates the understated pleasures of small town living in “Thank God for Hometowns” and explores the exquisite fragility of life in “Forever Changed.” She’s not averse to tackling abuse and betrayal then doling out a little sweet revenge with such compelling tracks as “Blown Away” and “Two Black Cadillacs.” Musically the songs range from rollicking up-tempo anthems, such as the hit first single “Good Girl” to the island-flavored escape of “One Way Ticket” and the steel guitar-laced country lament of “Wine After Whiskey.”
Such musical and lyrical diversity is the foundation of Carrie’s artistry. After all, this is a young woman who has performed with Steven Tyler on a top-rated edition of CMT’s “Crossroads,” scored a No. 1 country hit with good friend Brad Paisley on “Remind Me,” and sang with the iconic Tony Bennett on the 2012 Grammy telecast, delivering the classic “It Had to be You,” their collaboration on Bennett’s Duets II album.
The Oklahoma native is a fan of all types of music, yet she’s purposefully planted herself in the country format, even while her eclectic tastes have influenced her creative output. She’s been careful to not get pigeonholed and prides herself on not being predictable. “I feel like I’ve taken all of my albums into as many different directions as possible while still keeping them cohesive,” she says. “I love this album from start to finish and love every song on it. There’s not one single song that’s like another song I’ve ever done. I think it’s my best album. I really do think there’s something for everyone.”
Her ability to be unique yet accessible has been crucial to Carrie’s career from the beginning. She became America’s sweetheart in 2005 when she won the fourth season of American Idol, a vehicle that transformed her from a shy Oklahoma girl with a great voice to a budding superstar. Since then she’s become the popular franchise’s most successful alumni.
She’s won a vast array of awards including three female vocalist awards from both the Country Music Association (CMA) and the Academy of Country Music (ACM). In 2010, when Carrie garnered her second win as ACM Entertainer of the Year, she became the first female artist to win the award twice, and only the 7th female to take the award in the 40-year history of the ACM category, among Loretta Lynn, Dolly Parton, Barbara Mandrell, Reba McEntire, Shania Twain, and the Dixie Chicks. Carrie also received the ACM Triple Crown Award, thanks to her past wins for the categories of Entertainer of the Year, Top Female Vocalist and Top New Female Vocalist, which has been won by only one other female artist – Barbara Mandrell in 2004. In addition to the above, Carrie’s won 7 American Music Awards, 6 People’s Choice Awards, 9 CMT Music Awards, 9 American Country Awards, and 7 BMI Songwriter Awards. Carrie also received a Golden Globe nomination in 2010 for “Best Original Song” for “There’s A Place For Us” from Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader which she both recorded and co-wrote.
Carrie’s 2005 debut Some Hearts topped Billboard’s Country Albums chart for 27 weeks, has sold over 7 million copies, and was voted #1 Country Album of the Decade by Billboard. Both her 2007 sophomore album, Carnival Ride and 2009’s Play On debuted at No. 1. Her current album, Blown Away, debuted atop the all-genre Billboard 200 chart, where it held the No. 1 spot for two consecutive weeks. Over the course of four albums, she’s saturated country radio with such hits as “Jesus, Take the Wheel,” “Before He Cheats,” “So Small,” “Last Name,” “Just A Dream,” “Cowboy Casanova,” “Temporary Home,” “All-American Girl,” “Undo It,” “Mama’s Song,” “Good Girl,” and “Blown Away.”
Carrie’s highly acclaimed concert tours have further helped to establish her into the elite status of the country music community, or in any genre of music, with her stellar performances. In 2008, after wrapping her “Carnival Ride Tour” she became the top selling country female touring artist of the year selling out many of the 137 shows before 1.2 million fans. In that year, Carrie also became the most-heard artist at country radio and was named the #1 Hot Country Songs Artist by Billboard and #1 Top Country Artist by Radio & Records. In 2010, her next headline arena tour, the “Play On Tour,” played 108 shows with one million fans attending which resulted in Carrie being named again as the top-ranked female country touring artist of the year. Carrie is currently on her critically-acclaimed international “Blown Away Tour”, which began at London’s historic Royal Albert Hall, and continued throughout Australia, before launching in North America in September of 2012.
Carrie is a proud member of the Grand Ole Opry and expanded her resume making her acting debut in the 2011 film “Soul Surfer.” She can be seen in print and TV ads as the North American face of Olay beauty products, and has a long-running deal with vitaminwater®. One of Country Music’s most respected young ambassadors, Carrie has served as co-host of the CMA Awards with Brad Paisley the past five years.
Yet for those who think they know Carrie, Blown Away is likely to catch them by surprise, particularly the cinematic title track with its swirling, atmospheric production and intense lyric about abuse and revenge. “I got chills,” she says of the first time she heard the Josh Kear/Chris Tompkins penned stunner. “I remember where I was when I heard it and called my manager and said, ‘Do not let anyone else have this song. It’s my song’ . . . It’s such a visual song. You listen to it and you can see everything that is happening. It’s so dramatic. I’m not a drama person, but when you can make a movie in song form in 3 ½ minutes, it’s surreal.”
“Blown Away” finds a daughter getting revenge on an abusive, alcoholic father and the next song, “Two Black Cadillacs,” also has a larger-than-life cinematic quality which makes both tunes feel like mini-movies set to music. “Two Black Cadillacs” relates the story of a wife and mistress who conspire to get even with the man who betrayed them both. “It’s just more drama,” says Carrie, who co-wrote the tune with Josh Kear and Hillary Lindsey. “It was so much fun creating all this drama and singing about it. That’s the great thing about being an entertainer; you’re just a big actor. When we start sitting down and writing songs, you just never know what’s going to come out.”
Carrie co-wrote eight of the 14 songs on Blown Away, including the first single, Good Girl" which reached number 1 on the country airplay charts and is certified platinum. ‘Good Girl’ was one of the last ones I wrote for the album,” she says of the tune she penned with Chris DeStefano and Ashley Gorley. “We wanted something a little more fun and up-tempo. Chris DeStefano is just a mad scientist with his Pro Tools and he can play every instrument. We walked out of that writing session with a demo. It sounded awesome. It was ready to go. We let everybody hear it and everybody was so excited.”
“Cupid’s Got a Shotgun” is another of the album’s high-energy tracks and it gets an extra kick from Paisley contributing his signature guitar licks. “Once we got into the studio, I was like Brad Paisley HAS to play on this. He’ll make the song,” Carrie says of the tune, she wrote with Kear and Tompkins. “We left so much space in the song for him to come in and play. He did his thing and sounded awesome. He added that last piece of the puzzle and it’s just so country. It’s really cool.”
In addition to being musically inventive, Carrie has long been known for delivering songs with substance, and the new album delivers its share of potent messages. “Nobody Ever Told You,” which Carrie wrote with Luke Laird and Hillary Lindsey, boasts an empowering lyric and a breezy, engaging melody. “People need to hear compliments more,” she says of the song’s life-affirming lyric. “People need to hear ‘I love you’ more. People need to hear ‘You are beautiful’ more.”
“Good in Goodbye,” co-written by Carrie, Lindsey and Ryan Tedder, is a bittersweet look at life beyond heartbreak that offers tender truth in the lines “As bad as it was/As bad as it hurt/I thank God I didn’t get what I thought I deserved.” On the other end of the emotional spectrum, “Thank God for Hometowns” is a sweet salute to small town life. “I heard that one when I was going back to my 10 year high school reunion,” the Checotah, OK native says. “I listened to the demo when I was driving in to go stay with my parents. It was just very fitting in my heart at that time.”
“Forever Changed” is a beautiful ballad that brings tears to Carrie’s eyes as she discusses it. “I had a hard time recording it and I still have a hard time listening to it,” she says of the Tom Douglas/Hillary Lindsey/James T. Slater penned ballad. “That is the most wonderfully well written song I’ve ever heard in my life. There’s this young girl meeting the love of her life, getting married and having a baby. It takes you back in time and there is something old fashioned about it. At the end, the mom’s obviously slipping a way a little bit. It is a sad song, but it’s not meant to be a sad song. It’s about love, being forever changed, forever loved.”
In a few short years, Carrie has seen the power music has to change lives---to incite dialog, to instill hope, and to simply entertain. She’s aware of the platform she’s been given. She respects it and appreciates every moment. “I’m very happy in my life and I count my blessings every day,” she says. “Seven years ago when I decided to try out for American Idol, my life changed completely in the blink of an eye. I went down a different train track and took off at about a million miles per hour. I feel like I’m still learning. In the beginning, it was like, ‘Oh, I have a No. 1. That’s awesome!’ I didn’t really understand what that meant. ‘Jesus, Take The Wheel’ and ‘Before He Cheats’ were No. 1 for several weeks, and that doesn’t happen often, but I had no idea. I realize now what hard work it actually is and I feel like I can appreciate those victories even more. Touring is more fun because I know what it’s like to headline a tour. I feel like I’m able to be more and more creative all the time. I always feel like I’m taking steps forward.”
One Way Ticket- Commentary
Carrie Underwood Lyrics
If you're tired of your life and the way that you feel
Like a fish on a hook
Like a bug on a dirty windshield, it's ok
It's time to take your chips and cash them all in
'Cause it matters where you're going
Not where you been, say hey
Goodbye yesterday
Well if life don't go your way
Maybe it's time to take a break
Hey, hey, hey
Raise your hands in the air tonight
Put a little love back in your life
Get your feet up, just kick it
Hey, we got a one way ticket
Sunshine and bright and it's meant for us
Life is like a ride on a party bus
Turn the radio up and sing along with it
Hey, we got a one way ticket
So pack up your smile and your new flip flops
We're headed to a heaven where the beach don't stop
We'll dance the day and the night away
Grab yourself a gal
Grab yourself a fella
Grab yourself a drink with a pink umbrella
Goodbye yesterday
Well when life don't go your way
Well maybe it's time to take a nice long break
Raise your hands in the air tonight
Put a little love back in your life
Get your feet up, just kick it
Hey, we got a one way ticket
Sunshine and bright and it's meant for us
Life is like a ride on a party bus
Turn the radio up and sing along with it
Hey, we got a one way ticket
Ouh, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
So, raise your hands in the air tonight
Raise your hands in the air tonight, whoa, oh, oh
Push that clock and call it a day
Say adios to the minimum wage
Tell your boss man where he can stick it
Hey, we got a one way ticket
Life is so good, it's sticky sweet
It's a carnival cotton candy treat
All wrapped in a lollipop, lick it
Hey, we got a one way ticket
Ouh, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
Whoa, oh, oh
Hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm
Hey, hey, hey
Like a fish on a hook
Like a bug on a dirty windshield, it's ok
It's time to take your chips and cash them all in
'Cause it matters where you're going
Not where you been, say hey
Goodbye yesterday
Well if life don't go your way
Maybe it's time to take a break
Hey, hey, hey
Raise your hands in the air tonight
Put a little love back in your life
Get your feet up, just kick it
Hey, we got a one way ticket
Sunshine and bright and it's meant for us
Life is like a ride on a party bus
Turn the radio up and sing along with it
Hey, we got a one way ticket
So pack up your smile and your new flip flops
We're headed to a heaven where the beach don't stop
We'll dance the day and the night away
Grab yourself a gal
Grab yourself a fella
Grab yourself a drink with a pink umbrella
Goodbye yesterday
Well when life don't go your way
Well maybe it's time to take a nice long break
Raise your hands in the air tonight
Put a little love back in your life
Get your feet up, just kick it
Hey, we got a one way ticket
Sunshine and bright and it's meant for us
Life is like a ride on a party bus
Turn the radio up and sing along with it
Hey, we got a one way ticket
Ouh, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
So, raise your hands in the air tonight
Raise your hands in the air tonight, whoa, oh, oh
Push that clock and call it a day
Say adios to the minimum wage
Tell your boss man where he can stick it
Hey, we got a one way ticket
Life is so good, it's sticky sweet
It's a carnival cotton candy treat
All wrapped in a lollipop, lick it
Hey, we got a one way ticket
Ouh, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
Whoa, oh, oh
Hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm
Hey, hey, hey
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Josh Kear, Luke Laird, Carrie Underwood
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Following in a star-studded line that includes Miley Cyrus, Katy Perry, Beyonce and Justin Bieber, country music mega-star Carrie Underwood, who professes to be a Christian, spoke out in support of gay marriage and called the idea that homosexuality is a sin in the Bible “hate”. Underwood also said that it is her Christian faith that led her to this conclusion as she and her husband, pro hockey pleyer Mike Fisher, attend a “gay-friendly” church that does not view homosexuality as a sin. Once again, Hollywood has proven that just because someone claims to be a Christian, makes a song about Jesus or wears a cross (or five diamond studded cross, in some cases) does not make them a Bible-believing Christian. Underwood’s interview not only shows she is not in line with the Bible, it appears she does not know much about Christianity at all.
In advance of her tour of the UK, Underwood sat down for an interview with the UK Independent. When the subject of gay marriage came up, Underwood made her feelings clear:
“As a married person myself, I don’t know what it’s like to be told I can’t marry somebody I love, and want to marry,” she said. “I can’t imagine how that must feel. I definitely think we should all have the right to love, and love publicly, the people that we want to love.”
She said, however, that her liberal attitude towards same-sex marriage comes because of her Christian values, rather than in spite of them. Though raised a Baptist, a church that tends to oppose homosexuality, Underwood and her husband Mike Fisher, a professional ice-hockey player, now worship in a non-denominational congregation.
“Our church is gay friendly,” she said. “Above all, God wanted us to love others. It’s not about setting rules, or [saying] ‘everyone has to be like me’. No. We’re all different. That’s what makes us special. We have to love each other and get on with each other. It’s not up to me to judge anybody.” In the interview, she condemned “people who use the Bible for hate”, adding: “That’s not how I would want myself as a Christian to be represented.” (source)
Notice that Underwood does not even attempt to quote scripture when explaining her position or her “Christian values.” And her statements that are supposedly ‘Christian’ do not have Biblical basis:
“Above all, God wanted us to love others”
Above all, God wants all people to go to Heaven. And that comes through salvation in Jesus Christ who had to come because of our sin. God wants all people to be reconciled to Him and back in His family eternally. But it is our sin that has caused the separation, death and destruction of society today. God who is morally perfect and just, cannot allow sin to be part of his Holy Kingdom. That is why Jesus came to Earth. To die and offer Himself as a sacrifice to atone for the sins of all people. But if we do not acknowledge our sin, then we do not believe in a need for a Savior. So it is not loving to pretend someone the sin of someone in your church is no sin at all. In fact, it is the opposite of loving them in God’s eyes, because it is keeping them from the Gospel. And as a Christian, first and foremost we are to share the Gospel. Jesus said:
For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me. And this is the Father’s will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day. And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day. – John 6:38-40
“It’s not about setting rules, or [saying] ‘everyone has to be like me’.
God has provided rules for society to operate in a righteous manner. What is Underwood suggesting? Should a 45-year-old man be able to marry a 5-year-old girl? The “rules” that were set were to keep us from sinning and show us how we have fallen short of God’s standards and that we need a Savior. Once one becomes a born again Christian, that person does not have to be good because of fear of going to hell, but obeys God because of love for God and His holy law. Christians should want to follow the rules. Psalm 1 says:
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away. Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous. For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.
Christians should not tell other people to “be like me!” We as Christians are all sinners too. The only difference is that we have a Savior. And that is who everyone is to be like. Christianity is about letting go of one’s old self and “putting on the mind of Christ” - that is being like Jesus in the way He lived, which was in obedience to God’s laws. Jesus said: “If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me (Matthew 16:24). All Christians will face challenges of personal sins in their lives. And the task is to yield to the Spirit of God in them and deny those sinful desires. Whether one is gay or straight, the challenge is the same. Being a Christian is not about us – it’s all about Jesus Christ.
Carrie Underwood Jesus Take The Wheel | Gay Marriage Apostasy
Does Carrie Underwood really want to give Jesus control?
“We have to love each other and get on with each other. It’s not up to me to judge anybody.”
The Bible: I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. — Romans 12:1-2
I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel: Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ. But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed. As we said before, so say I now again, if any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed. For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ. — Galatians 1:6-10
The Bible is clear that the world is corrupted and sinful. Jesus Christ defined marriage saying “And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female, And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh? Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.” So it is no surprise that the world has gone against Godly instruction. Christians are indeed supposed to be loving but are not to “fit in” with the corrupted, God-rejecting ways of society. By trying to remove parts of the Bible she does not agree with, Underwood is completely conforming to the world and choosing it over trusting in God and His truth. And beyond that she is “reshaping” God to fit her own feelings, which is idolatry. This is yet another sign of the age of Apostasy and the rise of the false church that has abandoned the Bible for person-centered ideas and feelings.
This is not being pointed out to attack Underwood. It is being done for 2 reasons: 1) to explain to those who are not familiar with the Bible what the Word of God actually states and 2) to serve as a sincere warning to all Christians that the division in the church between those who adhere to the Bible and those that follows their own ways and calls it Christianity is increasing. If we can ignore one sin, why not ignore more? This type of New Age Christianity opens the door for a faith where Jesus Christ Himself is no longer necessary to get to Heaven (something many ‘contemporary churches’ now preach). Do not be deceived. These types of churches are leading people to damnation.
Jesus prophesied that there would be a massive false church in the end times:
Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity. Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock. And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it. –Matthew 7:21-27
Pray for Underwood and her husband to turn back to the Bible and not a Christianity and a Jesus of their own creation. There is never an excuse for Christians to hate anyone. We are to always operate in a spirit of compassion and love for all people. But that should not come at the cost of abandoning the basic foundations of the faith.
Underwood is correct one point: Jesus did not command Christians to go out into the world to be the “moral police”, fight political referendums or to “judge every body.” The Bible is clear: we have all already been judged and found guilty. The Christians job is to preach the Gospel, which is the good news that despite our sin, God in His love for us has provided a way to forgiveness. And it just takes faith to receive it. And when one trusts and believes God to have faith in His Word, they can truly let Jesus take the wheel
Allie El Ghatit
This is my absolute favorite album Carrie has ever produced!
GasAttacK1883
One of my favourite songs EVER! Love, Love, Love 'One Way Ticket'.
Kitty Unicorn Sammich
This reminds me of Kenny Chesney's fun, laid-back sound. I LOVE it. Such a change for Carrie, but a good one :)
Benjamin Hartman
Carrie Underwood, My hero.
You are such a sweetheart
I appreciate all the songs you put forth all your effort into and It means a lot to me.
Thank you
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boylikelegs
Hit summer song !!!!! amazing ! so relaxing !
Leah Renee
ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL WOMAN I’VE EVER SEEN. IN MY WHOLE LIFE
McDreamOn
The one person who disliked this video has no sense of fun or adventure. Love this song!
Savannah Queen
i loove this song....along with all her others! ahaha......but i went to her concert and every one was standing up then she played this song and i was literally( execpt my mom)the only one standing! this is one of the bestest gunnest songs evr!!! how coupd you sit downnfor this!!!? omg
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such a fun song!
Mike M
Following in a star-studded line that includes Miley Cyrus, Katy Perry, Beyonce and Justin Bieber, country music mega-star Carrie Underwood, who professes to be a Christian, spoke out in support of gay marriage and called the idea that homosexuality is a sin in the Bible “hate”. Underwood also said that it is her Christian faith that led her to this conclusion as she and her husband, pro hockey pleyer Mike Fisher, attend a “gay-friendly” church that does not view homosexuality as a sin. Once again, Hollywood has proven that just because someone claims to be a Christian, makes a song about Jesus or wears a cross (or five diamond studded cross, in some cases) does not make them a Bible-believing Christian. Underwood’s interview not only shows she is not in line with the Bible, it appears she does not know much about Christianity at all.
In advance of her tour of the UK, Underwood sat down for an interview with the UK Independent. When the subject of gay marriage came up, Underwood made her feelings clear:
“As a married person myself, I don’t know what it’s like to be told I can’t marry somebody I love, and want to marry,” she said. “I can’t imagine how that must feel. I definitely think we should all have the right to love, and love publicly, the people that we want to love.”
She said, however, that her liberal attitude towards same-sex marriage comes because of her Christian values, rather than in spite of them. Though raised a Baptist, a church that tends to oppose homosexuality, Underwood and her husband Mike Fisher, a professional ice-hockey player, now worship in a non-denominational congregation.
“Our church is gay friendly,” she said. “Above all, God wanted us to love others. It’s not about setting rules, or [saying] ‘everyone has to be like me’. No. We’re all different. That’s what makes us special. We have to love each other and get on with each other. It’s not up to me to judge anybody.” In the interview, she condemned “people who use the Bible for hate”, adding: “That’s not how I would want myself as a Christian to be represented.” (source)
Notice that Underwood does not even attempt to quote scripture when explaining her position or her “Christian values.” And her statements that are supposedly ‘Christian’ do not have Biblical basis:
“Above all, God wanted us to love others”
Above all, God wants all people to go to Heaven. And that comes through salvation in Jesus Christ who had to come because of our sin. God wants all people to be reconciled to Him and back in His family eternally. But it is our sin that has caused the separation, death and destruction of society today. God who is morally perfect and just, cannot allow sin to be part of his Holy Kingdom. That is why Jesus came to Earth. To die and offer Himself as a sacrifice to atone for the sins of all people. But if we do not acknowledge our sin, then we do not believe in a need for a Savior. So it is not loving to pretend someone the sin of someone in your church is no sin at all. In fact, it is the opposite of loving them in God’s eyes, because it is keeping them from the Gospel. And as a Christian, first and foremost we are to share the Gospel. Jesus said:
For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me. And this is the Father’s will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day. And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day. – John 6:38-40
“It’s not about setting rules, or [saying] ‘everyone has to be like me’.
God has provided rules for society to operate in a righteous manner. What is Underwood suggesting? Should a 45-year-old man be able to marry a 5-year-old girl? The “rules” that were set were to keep us from sinning and show us how we have fallen short of God’s standards and that we need a Savior. Once one becomes a born again Christian, that person does not have to be good because of fear of going to hell, but obeys God because of love for God and His holy law. Christians should want to follow the rules. Psalm 1 says:
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away. Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous. For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.
Christians should not tell other people to “be like me!” We as Christians are all sinners too. The only difference is that we have a Savior. And that is who everyone is to be like. Christianity is about letting go of one’s old self and “putting on the mind of Christ” - that is being like Jesus in the way He lived, which was in obedience to God’s laws. Jesus said: “If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me (Matthew 16:24). All Christians will face challenges of personal sins in their lives. And the task is to yield to the Spirit of God in them and deny those sinful desires. Whether one is gay or straight, the challenge is the same. Being a Christian is not about us – it’s all about Jesus Christ.
Carrie Underwood Jesus Take The Wheel | Gay Marriage Apostasy
Does Carrie Underwood really want to give Jesus control?
“We have to love each other and get on with each other. It’s not up to me to judge anybody.”
The Bible: I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. — Romans 12:1-2
I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel: Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ. But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed. As we said before, so say I now again, if any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed. For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ. — Galatians 1:6-10
The Bible is clear that the world is corrupted and sinful. Jesus Christ defined marriage saying “And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female, And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh? Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.” So it is no surprise that the world has gone against Godly instruction. Christians are indeed supposed to be loving but are not to “fit in” with the corrupted, God-rejecting ways of society. By trying to remove parts of the Bible she does not agree with, Underwood is completely conforming to the world and choosing it over trusting in God and His truth. And beyond that she is “reshaping” God to fit her own feelings, which is idolatry. This is yet another sign of the age of Apostasy and the rise of the false church that has abandoned the Bible for person-centered ideas and feelings.
This is not being pointed out to attack Underwood. It is being done for 2 reasons: 1) to explain to those who are not familiar with the Bible what the Word of God actually states and 2) to serve as a sincere warning to all Christians that the division in the church between those who adhere to the Bible and those that follows their own ways and calls it Christianity is increasing. If we can ignore one sin, why not ignore more? This type of New Age Christianity opens the door for a faith where Jesus Christ Himself is no longer necessary to get to Heaven (something many ‘contemporary churches’ now preach). Do not be deceived. These types of churches are leading people to damnation.
Jesus prophesied that there would be a massive false church in the end times:
Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity. Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock. And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it. –Matthew 7:21-27
Pray for Underwood and her husband to turn back to the Bible and not a Christianity and a Jesus of their own creation. There is never an excuse for Christians to hate anyone. We are to always operate in a spirit of compassion and love for all people. But that should not come at the cost of abandoning the basic foundations of the faith.
Underwood is correct one point: Jesus did not command Christians to go out into the world to be the “moral police”, fight political referendums or to “judge every body.” The Bible is clear: we have all already been judged and found guilty. The Christians job is to preach the Gospel, which is the good news that despite our sin, God in His love for us has provided a way to forgiveness. And it just takes faith to receive it. And when one trusts and believes God to have faith in His Word, they can truly let Jesus take the wheel