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I have started to rethink how I talk to others about following Christ. Why do we believers always seem to want to present living for Christ in such a pleasant way? Yes, surrendering to Christ yields the promise of eternal life and God’s companionship throughout our lives, but we are a “here and . . . → Read More: Want to be a Christ Follower? Beware the Cost, By Lydia Cooper Thanks to Mitch Hurst for this link: New Dominionists: Meet the Christian Couple Behind the Right’s Most Viral Videos – News – GOOD Miracles follow wherever he goes… http://www.11alive.com/rss/article/221270/5/Tim-Tebow-racks-up-some-miraculous-316-stats Why is African-American gospel music of the forties and fifties, and for that matter, white country gospel music of the same time, usually perceived by critics to be more real, vital, culturally-significant, lasting and better than the Christian Contemporary Music which immediately followed thereon? Chris Estey – I could write a book. Wait, I . . . → Read More: Why is African-American Gospel Music of the 40s and 50s, and for that Matter, White Country Gospel Music of the Same Time, Usually Perceived by Critics to be More Real, Vital, Culturally-Significant, Lasting and Better than the Christian Contemporary Music Which Immediately Followed Thereon?
Resurrection Band on what looks like the Chicago elevated train. In the fall of 1983, a group of classmates from the Moody Bible Institute went to see The Resurrection Band play a live show at the Odeon, a suburban Chicago venue that often featured the latest in Christian contemporary bands. At the show my . . . → Read More: CCM and Me – One Christian Discovers the Smiths and All Hell Breaks Loose, By Mitch Hurst Maybe the song is a bit sappy, but it’s a good question. - Anne Seymour Mette The parallel to this story found on the website of the Evangelical Covenant Church (anybody like Mission Covenant Church better?) and Mr. Alice Cooper is the death penalty. Man should not execute human subjects because the person could at some point invite Christ into his/her life. Penitentiary is derived from penitence; they should sit . . . → Read More: What Alice Cooper’s Conversion Teaches Us About the Death Penalty, By Mark Erickson I was thinking yesterday, “Wouldn’t it be nice to see a production of Handel’s Messiah this year?” Maybe. This clip is probably enough. No one has to hear the whole thing after seeing this clip which is described as, “A small church’s well-meaning but disastrous production of Handel’s Messiah.” http://youtu.be/dErA4RBFoik I’m from a little church that watched the choir dwindle, with words from the small audience of “God Bless Them”, meaning….Thanks for trying, but your better days were 20 years ago! Those older saints , who poured their hearts out of tired vocal cords and hung their choir robes up to rest, were . . . → Read More: Andrea Bocelli – The Lord’s Prayer, By Anne Seymour Mette Mahalia Jackson recorded a studio version of this song (or at least a clean live version) but all you can find on Youtube at the moment are disrupted live recordings, still, fantastic stuff. For a shining moment, Christian music was the most relevant, truest expression on the planet: And here’s a live version . . . → Read More: Mahalia Jackson – How I Got Over – Trouble of the World Feeling discouraged as a Christian? Falling for the same sins and temptations again and again? Having doubts about your faith? Feeling inept in knowing how to share what God has done for you? Having the wind beaten out of your sails by angry skeptics? Other Christians getting on your . . . → Read More: A Pep Talk for Christians, By Natasha Spence Love this. It reminds me of those mornings when you are just not with it. You keep thinking of the hairstyle someone is wearing or what you are going to eat after church. Pretty bad, I know. - Natasha Spence “Sometimes When we worship, we don’t really mean it. This is what it . . . → Read More: Wrong Worship
Even with gray hair, debonair George Clooney may never become invisible. I noticed something while milling around the heavily populated Minnesota State Fair this year – I felt invisible. I have heard of the phenomenom before. My father in his 70′s remarked that people look right past him. At first I thought he was . . . → Read More: With Age Comes Invisibility, By Natasha Spence What follows are image scans of a pamphlet printed by the North Park College News in 1926. I found it this week among my stuff in Portland. I don’t know why I have it, or why this document, amongst all the David Nyvall/North Park/Mission Friend/Covenant materials in my parents’ home which could have survived, . . . → Read More: Doubt: How to Overcome it, By David Nyvall |
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