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The Violet Burning: More
Monday, April 16th, 2007When they played last Wednesday at the Bali Satay House, they rocked harder than most bands I’ve seen there recently. This song came along, beginning with a hypnotic rhythm and beautiful guitar riffing. I thought it was an instrumental, interlude type piece, and then it explodes in a simple, but beautiful prayer:
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Seven Ways Christians Can Fall Victim to the Devil and Demons
Friday, April 13th, 2007In my studies for my message this week I came across seven ways the New Testament says believers can fall victim to the devil and to demons.
Remaining angry with someone. (Ephesians 4:27) Not forgiving someone. (2 Corinthians 2:10-11) Being prideful. (Thinking more highly of yourself than you should.) (1 Timothy 3:6, Being put in a public [...]
The Violet Burning Tear It Up In Ames
Thursday, April 12th, 2007Last night I had the distinct privilege of watching The Violet Burning play at a very small venue in Ames.
From their Web site:
“All my life I have been looking for light I cannot find within me.”
This is not only a lyric from Drop-Dead, the latest record from The Violet [...]
Why The Squirrels In The David Crowder Band Video?
Friday, April 6th, 2007Thanks Chris for the back story on the squirrels in the David Crowder Band Video.
Technorati Tags: David Crowder Band, Squirrels
I Am A Powerpop Punk Rocker
Thursday, April 5th, 2007This is a profound realization for a man who spends a majority of his time playing “contemporary” “Chrisitian” “praise and worship” “music”.
I took a blogthing quiz “What Kind Of Rocker Are You” and it told me I’m an Emo Rocker. The heck I am!!
Metallica, Face to Face, Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Foo Fighters, Rage Against [...]
David Crowder Band’s First Video: Foreverandever, Etc
Thursday, April 5th, 2007The David Crowder Band made their first official music video! It is to “Foreverandever, Etc” from A Collision. It’s got a sweet Dragonball Z, anime vibe to it. Check it out.
Technorati Tags: David Crowder Band, Music Video, Anime, Foreverandever Etc
To The Christians - Who Do You Hang Out With?
Saturday, March 31st, 2007“Watch out! Beware the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.”
Jesus of Nazareth, The Christ. (As recorded by John Mark, Peter’s companion)
Who do you spend your time with?
Why is it, when we talk about ways of “meeting ‘the lost’” do we always conceive of awkward, [...]
Christian Bloggers Network
Saturday, March 31st, 2007Mark Kelly, the News and Editorial Director for Saddleback Church (Rick Warren’s Church) is trying to start up a network of Christian bloggers. A lot of people were asked to complete a survey about how Christians are using their blogs for “ministry purposes” etc, it yielded some interesting (thought maybe not scientific) results. [...]
A Parent’s Love as an Image of God’s Love
Thursday, March 29th, 2007This post is exceptionally long, and you probably won’t read it all. But it’s from my heart, and I hope you’ll take time to consider reading it.
Tonight as I was cleaning up the kitchen after dinner (something I do only once in a blue moon) and keeping an eye on Elena while Nancy was [...]
Joshua Blankenship on Christian Art, Parody, and Creativity
Wednesday, March 28th, 2007Preach it, brother!!!!
When a church (or Christian organization, or Christian designer) takes existing art and media, makes poor parodies of it (that they probably made in a few days because refuse to plan well), and then distributes it under the guise of creativity it completely devalues the work and skills of the artists [...]
Ted Nugent On The New Crowder Album
Tuesday, March 27th, 2007This is amazing.
Thunderous applause.
Technorati Tags: David Crowder Band, Ted Nugent, Rock and Roll
Virb is the New Improved MySpace
Friday, March 23rd, 2007MySpace users should all cancel their account* and switch to Virb, which is everything MySpace should be, and better. I have 90 invites to get in and poke around if anyone is interested.
Check out my profile at VIRB.
- I fully realize that this probably won’t happen anytime soon.
Remedy Is Coming!
Thursday, March 22nd, 2007The David Crowder*Band is in the studio again, and again, they have Webcams and blogs set up to capture the process!! How exciting!
Elena Blog, Entry Two
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John Piper’s Father Passed Away Tuesday Morning
Thursday, March 8th, 2007John Piper’s father passed away early Tuesday morning and he wrote a very heartfelt journal entry about it. It made me weep while sitting in a public space. Mildly embarrassing, but oh well. I wanted to share it. I believe I will say many of the same things about my father [...]
Yes, The Rock Is On For Tonight.
Friday, March 2nd, 2007If that changes, I’ll post here and notify the Facebook group.
C.S. Lewis - The World’s Last Night: And Other Essays
Thursday, March 1st, 2007Paul got me into a great collection of essays by the highly quotable C.S. Lewis called The World’s Last Night: And Other Essays. Beautiful.
A few especially quotable excerpts:
On the implications of God being who He says He is.
If human life is in fact ordered by a beneficent being whose knowledge of our real [...]
No, They Did Not Find Jesus Christ’s Bones
Tuesday, February 27th, 2007Just so you all know, this hype (nonsense) that is being paraded all over television about Jesus bones having been found is National Enquirer style tripe.
I might not have a lot of credibility when it comes to this topic, if you are a skeptic, but Michael Spencer has an excellent writeup and links to resources [...]
The Latest SpouseAndSpouse.org Web Site
Monday, February 26th, 2007I’d like to welcome our good friends Mike and Kristin Wesner to the world of blogging on mikeandkristin.org. They are coming out of the gates hard with Kristin posting a wonderfully geeky and clinical explanation of why one should humor one’s spouse in novel activities (like blogging…).
Nice work guys, welcome to the blogosphere ;)
Today Only: Chris Tomlin being featured at Yahoo Music!
Tuesday, February 20th, 2007Chris Tomlin is being featured on Yahoo Music. This doesn’t happen very often for the worship “genre” of music. Go check it out.
