"Voice of Truth" is a song

Song

In music, a song is a composition for voice or voices, performed by singing.A song may be accompanied by musical instruments, or it may be unaccompanied, as in the case of a cappella songs...

 recorded by Casting Crowns

Casting Crowns

Casting Crowns is a Grammy Award and Dove Award winning Contemporary Christian/Christian Rock band. Casting Crowns was started in 1999 by youth pastor Mark Hall at First Baptist Church in Downtown Daytona Beach, Florida as part of a youth group. He now serves as a lead vocalist...

 and written by Mark Hall

Mark Hall (musician)

Mark Hall, Jr. is the lead vocalist for the Georgia-based Christian rock group Casting Crowns, a seven-member group made up of all youth pastors.-Early childhood:...

 and Steven Curtis Chapman

Steven Curtis Chapman

Steven Curtis Chapman is an American musician, songwriter, record producer, actor, author, and social activist.After starting his career in the late 1980s as a singer/songwriter of contemporary Christian music, Chapman has since been recognized as one of the most prolific singers in the genre,...

. It was the third single

Single (music)

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 released from their 2003

2003 in music

-January:* January – following an investigation by The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry and London detectives, police raids in England and the Netherlands recover nearly 500 original Beatles studio tapes, recorded during the Let It Be sessions. Five people are arrested...

 debut album

Album

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, Casting Crowns

Casting Crowns (album)

- Charts and certifications :-Decade-end charts:...

. "Voice of Truth" was an enormous success on Christian radio; the song reached number 1 on the three major Contemporary Christian music

Contemporary Christian music

Contemporary Christian music is a genre of modern popular music which is lyrically focused on matters concerned with the Christian faith...

 charts, Billboard, and 20 The Countdown Magazine

20 The Countdown Magazine

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The song uses the Biblical stories of Peter walking on the water to Jesus (Matthew 14:22-34) and David defeating Goliath (I Samuel 17).

Decade-end charts

Chart (2000s)	Position
Billboard Hot Christian Songs Hot Christian Songs Christian Songs is a Billboard chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States....	10

Uses

"Voice of Truth" was featured in the trailer

Trailer (film)

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 and the ending of the 2006 movie

2006 in film

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 Facing the Giants

Facing the Giants

- Official listing :# Come Together - Third Day# Voice of Truth - Casting Crowns# Facing the Giants Theme - Mark Willard# I'm Finding You - Bebo Norman# The Deathcrawl - Mark Willard# Completely - Ana Laura...

. The song also was featured on the compilation album WOW Hits 2006

WOW Hits 2006

WOW Hits 2006 is a two-disc compilation album of songs that have been touted to represent the best of Christian music of 2006. It was released on October 4, 2005. It includes thirty songs plus three bonus cuts. The album features songs by Jeremy Camp, Casting Crowns, MercyMe, Third Day, and many...

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When Casting Crowns was on tour with Steven Curtis Chapman, they performed this song together.

Awards

On 2005, the song won a Dove Award for Inspirational Recorded Song of the Year at the 36th GMA Dove Awards. In 2007, the song was nominated again for a Dove Award for Worship Song of the Year at the 37th GMA Dove Awards.