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Surviving Via Christmas

At my house in Virginia, holiday family togetherness has a tendency to get out of control. Intentional or not, inevitably we all begin eating and drinking after each other, spreading cooties, H1N1 and the like. With an average of 25 people in the house at any given moment, chaos can ensue at the drop of…
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Looking Down

1 Timothy 4:12 – “Let no one look down on your youthfulness …” If this isn’t the mantra for a younger generation of Christ followers, I don’t know what is. Youth pastors belch it from their hip music stand podiums. Student workers and parents encouragingly and unwittingly pat our (notice that I included myself in…
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12.20.09

Great day at Journey today. Crazy-awesome Christmas message by Pastor Jimmy. CD release of “God Be Praised.” Immediately heading up to Virginia after the last service today where 15 inches of snow awaits us. What a day! We played: 1. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (Mercy Me version) 2. Angels We Have Heard on High…
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Thoughts About Itching Ears

2 Timothy 4:2-3 – “preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching. For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions.” It’s interesting how history…
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Free Download – O Come, O Come Emmanuel

Well, I just finished a little Christmas single of my own. O Come, O Come Emmanuel has always been one of my favorite Christmas tunes, so I thought I’d record my own low-budget rendition and offer it here for free. Hey, I’m a sucker for freebies just like the next guy. So, here it is.…
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