Archive for November, 2007

Sons of Thunder

Sunday, November 25th, 2007

A bunch of us have begun following the praise bands out at Mars Hill Church in Seattle.  There are a lot of them, and they like to write a lot of their own music.  It's very different from the CCM (Contemporary Christian Music) many of us have grown up with/grown ...

Send Me - Lecrae

Sunday, November 25th, 2007

Send me I'll go, Send me I'll go, Send me I'll go, Lemme go lemme go! I seen it with my own two, There's no way i can show you A perfectly poverty stricken people with no view. And i bet you can't believe this, They never heard of jesus. Heard young butler, lil wayne, and young jeezy. No one's ...

In all my prayers for all of you…

Sunday, November 25th, 2007

I was having a conversation earlier this evening with my parents that got me thinking. What does it mean to be "proud" of someone? Or, to pull in the holiday we just celebrated, what does it mean to be "thankful" for someone? What should spur us to ...

American Idolatry

Saturday, November 24th, 2007



Humility vs. Pride

Saturday, November 24th, 2007

 Some notes from Driscoll's sermon a few weeks ago, "The Rebel's Guide To Joy In Humility." 1. Pride is our greatest enemy.  Humility is our greatest friend. 2. Pride, in its origin and practice, is demonic and Satanic (Satan's pride was the first sin).  Humility is Christ-like and Spirit-enabled.  Any human being ...

Why I Hate Religion

Saturday, November 24th, 2007



The City

Saturday, November 24th, 2007

This sort of thing intrigues me: MySpace - first massively successful social network (I know about the others, but that’s just an aside), but MySpace was focused on the individual. Customization was highly emphasized in the context of the individuals page, with the individual’s tastes, etc. Facebook - this took it the ...

Interview With Mainstay

Friday, November 23rd, 2007

"The accepted waste of a life for a Christian in America is to love God but do whatever you want, as long as you avoid certain taboo things..."

Burn Out Bright

Friday, November 23rd, 2007

For some of you, this song is infamous - I play it every Friday afternoon at the beginning of our sound check for Crusade’s Real Life meeting. Here’s the beginning: Does it have to start with a broken heart Broken dreams and bleeding parts We were young and world was clear Young ambition ...