{"id":24647,"date":"2026-05-15T11:39:06","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T11:39:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/?p=24647"},"modified":"2026-05-15T11:39:06","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T11:39:06","slug":"chris-tomlin-gives-a-special-invitation-to-hannah-harper-after-her-american-idol-win-and-emotional-performance-of-at-the-cross-love-ran-red-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/?p=24647","title":{"rendered":"Chris Tomlin gives a special invitation to Hannah Harper after her American Idol win and emotional performance of \u201cAt the Cross (Love Ran Red)\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Grammy Award-winning Christian artist and worship leader Chris Tomlin publicly invited \u201cAmerican Idol\u201d winner Hannah Harper to sing his song \u201cAt the Cross (Love Ran Red)\u201d with him. Harper performed the song during the show\u2019s \u201cSongs of Faith\u201d episode and reprised it after her win was announced Monday, May 11.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.churchleaders.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/hannah-harper-chris-tomlin.jpg\" alt=\"Chris Tomlin Invites Hannah Harper To Sing 'At the Cross' Together After  'American Idol' Win\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"eyeo\" data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1703381\" data-uid=\"00cb5\" data-src-id=\"${PUBLISHER_ID}\">\n<div id=\"mgw1703381_00cb5\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-3\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cHannah Harper, huge congrats on winning American Idol,\u201d Tomlin said in a social media post of Harper closing the \u201cAmerican Idol\u201d finale with his song. \u201cI love hearing you sing At The Cross!!! Let\u2019s sing it together sometime! God bless you and your family in this next season of your life.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-4\"><\/div>\n<h2>Hannah Harper Gives God \u2018All the Glory\u2019<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Winner Hannah Harper Sings &quot;At The Cross (Love Ran Red)&quot; - American Idol 2006 Grand Finale\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HJpUH19b41I?feature=oembed\" width=\"790\" height=\"444\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-origwidth=\"790\" data-origheight=\"444\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Hannah Harper, a mom of three who grew up singing in her family\u2019s bluegrass-gospel band, won this year\u2019s season of \u201cAmerican Idol,\u201d letting her faith in God shine from the beginning of her journey on the show.<\/p>\n<p>Harper auditioned with an original song titled, \u201cString Cheese,\u201d about how God helped her with her struggle with postpartum depression. Harper\u2019s audition actually moved judge Carrie Underwood to tears. During the finale, Harper performed \u201cString Cheese,\u201d which has achieved over 120 million views, according to host Ryan Seacrest.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.churchleaders.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/hannah-harper-american-idol-1.jpg\" alt=\"American Idol' Winner Hannah Harper Closes Finale Worshiping to Chris  Tomlin's 'At the Cross'\" \/><\/p>\n<p>During the Top 20 performances in March, Harper performed a rendition of the song \u201cAin\u2019t No Grave,\u201d and she gave a heartfelt, emotional performance of Tomlin\u2019s \u201cAt The Cross\u201d on March 30, receiving praise from all three judges. Lyrics to the song read in part:<\/p>\n<p><em>At the cross, at the cross<\/em><br \/>\n<em>I surrender my life<\/em><br \/>\n<em>I\u2019m in awe of you<\/em><br \/>\n<em>I\u2019m in awe of you<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Where your love ran red<\/em><br \/>\n<em>And my sin washed white<\/em><br \/>\n<em>I owe all to you<\/em><br \/>\n<em>I owe all to you, Jesus.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/countrynow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Hannah-Harper-Wins-American-Idol.jpg\" alt=\"Hannah Harper Wins 'American Idol,' Relive Her Unforgettable Journey -  Country Now\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Seacrest asked Harper, \u201cWhat was special about the performance of that song here tonight?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAn opportunity to give an invitation on this platform is incredible,\u201d she answered through tears.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grammy Award-winning Christian artist and worship leader Chris Tomlin publicly invited \u201cAmerican Idol\u201d winner Hannah Harper to sing his song \u201cAt the Cross (Love Ran Red)\u201d with&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24648,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24647","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24647","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24647"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24647\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24649,"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24647\/revisions\/24649"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/24648"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}