 Because We're Loved is a three-piece Christian punk band. Their primary goal is to praise God through creative, thoughtful music. Michael, Nate, and Paul are all freshmen at Goshen College in Goshen, Indiana. The three have been playing music together since the fall of 2003. It was at that time that the three members, also with Jarrod Huffman, formed the band Definite Maybe. The band played simple, upbeat pop-punk. When Jarrod left the band in the summer of 2005, the band decided it was time for a change. The music progressed into more complex indie rock with obvious punk roots. Lyrical content has also deepened as the band has grown out of cliche relationship songs.
The name "Because We're Loved" comes from a band meeting in college. After pulling names from many passages in scripture and not being satisfied with any of them, the band decided to try a different approach. The band picked a topic that they wanted their name to focus on. Paul said, "We need to focus more on the here and now than on the future. Heaven shouldn't be our only reason for acting good. We should be good because we want to be good. We should love because we're loved, we should forgive because we're forgiven. When asked to summarize that statement in three words, Nate said, "Because we're loved."
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