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- ↑ Powell, Mark Allan (2002). "Rivulets and Violets" . Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music (First printing ed.). Peabody, Massachusetts: Hendrickson Publishers. pp. 768. ISBN 1-56563-679-1.
- ↑ DeBarres, Anthony (October 2000). "Reviews / Promise". CCM Magazine . 23 (4): 88. ISSN 1524-7848.
- ↑ Powell (2002). "Dime Store Prophets". Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music . Hendrickson Publishers. pp. 258–259. ISBN 9781565636798.
