How He Loves - wikipedia How He Loves This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( January 2013 ) `` How He Loves '' Single by John Mark McMillan from the album The Song Inside the Sounds of Breaking Down Released November 28, 2005 Format Digital download Genre Contemporary worship music, Christian alternative rock Length 7 : 58 Songwriter ( s ) John Mark McMillan `` How He Loves '' is a song by independent artist John Mark McMillan for his second studio album, The Song Inside the Sounds of Breaking Down. The song was successful despite the album 's independent release, and has been covered by several well - known artists within the Christian music industry ( David Crowder Band, Kim Walker, Todd Agnew, New Breed, Flyleaf, The Glorious Unseen ) and Anthony Evans from the popular singing TV Show : The Voice. It has also been covered in Spanish by Christine D'Clario and Seth Condrey. Contents 1 Background 2 David Crowder Band version 2.1 Awards 3 References 4 External links Background McMillan wrote `` How He Loves '' following the death of his best friend, Stephen Coffey. Coffey was a youth minister for MorningStar Ministries. On November 1, 2002, during a church prayer meeting, Coffey prayed out loud `` I 'd give my life today if it would shake the youth of the nation. '' That very night, he was in a multi-car accident and died of serious injuries. Meanwhile, McMillan was recording in a studio in Jacksonville, Florida when he received a call that two of his friends had been critically injured in a car accident. Later that evening, he received another call from his father who informed McMillan that Coffey had died. The next day, McMillan wrote `` How He Loves '' as a tribute to Coffey and out of a need `` to have some sort of conversation with God '' where he could speak to his frustrations and emotions over his best friend 's death. According to McMillan, the love that he 's singing about in `` How He Loves '' is not a pretty, `` Hollywood hot - pink '' love. It is a kind of love that is willing to love even when things are difficult and messy. He says, `` This song is n't a celebration of weakness and anger. It 's a celebration of a God who would want to hang with us through those things, who would want to be a part of our lives through those things, and, despite who we are, He would want to be a part of us, our community, and our family. '' David Crowder band version `` How He Loves '' Single by David Crowder Band from the album Church Music Released 2009 Format Digital download Genre Worship, CCM Label Sixsteps Songwriter ( s ) John Mark McMillan David Crowder Band singles chronology `` Never Let Go '' ( 2007 ) `` How He Loves '' ( 2009 ) `` Alleluia, Sing '' ( 2009 ) `` Never Let Go '' ( 2007 ) `` How He Loves '' ( 2009 ) `` Alleluia, Sing '' ( 2009 ) Contemporary Christian band David Crowder Band recorded How He Loves for their ninth studio album, Church Music. It was released as the album 's lead single in 2009. For the band 's version, Crowder received permission from McMillan to change the lyrics from `` sloppy wet kiss '' to `` unforeseen kiss ''. DCB 's cover helped propel the already popular song to greater rotation on Christian radio, peaking at No. 8 on the Billboard Christian Songs chart in 2009. `` How He Loves '' was also by the compilation album WOW Hits 2010 with the radio version. Awards In 2010, this version of the song was nominated for a Dove Award for Rock / Contemporary Recorded Song of the Year at the 41st GMA Dove Awards. References Jump up ^ Kevin Selders. `` The Heart of John Mark McMillan ''. RELEVANT Magazine. Retrieved 2012 - 02 - 22. Jump up ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20110612164115/http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xcmr8i_the-story-behind-how-he-loves_music. Archived from the original on June 12, 2011. Retrieved May 8, 2011. Missing or empty title = ( help ) Jump up ^ Elmer, Anne. `` UPDATE ON MORNINGSTAR STAFF MEMBERS ACCIDENT : Steve Coffey goes home to be with the Lord ''. Elijahlist.com. Retrieved 2012 - 02 - 22. Jump up ^ `` John Mark McMillan Artist Profile Biography And Discography ''. NewReleaseTuesday.com. Retrieved 2012 - 02 - 22. Jump up ^ ( marker 1 : 13 ) Archived September 2, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. Jump up ^ ( marker 4 : 18 ) Archived September 2, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. Jump up ^ `` How He Loves, David Crowder, and Sloppy Wet Kisses... `` johnmarkmcmillan ''. Johnmarkmcmillan.wordpress.com. 2009 - 09 - 14. Retrieved 2012 - 02 - 22. Jump up ^ `` Christian Songs ''. Billboard.com. 2009 - 12 - 19. Retrieved 2012 - 02 - 22. Jump up ^ 41st Annual GMA Dove Awards nominees announced on The Tennessean ( February 18, 2010 ) External links How He Loves : A Song Story ( John Mark McMillan 's Vimeo ) mini-documentary David Crowder * Band version Kim Walker version David Crowder * Band David Crowder Jack Parker Mike Dodson B - Wack Mike Hogan Mark Waldrop Jason Solley Taylor Johnson Studio albums Can You Hear Us ? 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Question: who wrote the song oh how he loves us
Answer: John Mark McMillan