Chris Tomlin is one of the most successful contemporary Christian musicians of
the twenty-first century. Born in Grand Saline, Texas, on May 4, 1972, he
learned to play the guitar as a child and began to write songs of worship as a
teenager. Following the regional release of two independent albums, he made his
national debut with The Noise We Make in 2001. The following year, Not to Us
went to number 13 on Billboard's Top Christian Albums Chart, with 2004's
Arriving reaching number 3. Arriving's biggest singles, "Holy is the Lord" and
"How Great is Our God," became Tomlin's first...