It was one of those days. Work brings up a range of characters and sometimes there are ones gifted by God to test the very fruit that He has placed in you through the Spirit. (You know what I’m saying.) So the deal is to see whether the fruit will emerge or if someone a […]
Read More Do You Want to Live Forever?I came across the Commissioned song quite a few years ago and have loved it ever since. Taking a classic hymn and turning it into a heartfelt ballad to God to be drawn nearer – that’s what it’s got to be about right – drawn closer to Christ, knowing Him in His suffering, knowing Him […]
Read More DMCD Songs: Draw Me NearerAs you know, you don’t have to be a pregnant woman to have cravings. It can be a day when you’ve been busy for a period of time and there is a lingering desire in the taste-buds for something familiar, or something particular whether familiar or not. You might remember back in the day Sprite […]
Read More Craving For Christian CommunityThere is something about the whole time of year that gets people up and excited about this, that and the other and it’s not my routine to make it that big a deal. To me it is just a new day. Yet there is enough significance in the new day to rejoice, be thankful, be […]
Read More To Be Like Jesus – New Day, New Year, Same RequestOne of the words that has really had a new meaning to be over the year 2010 is revelation. I got a hint about it in 2008 when I had the reassuring word given to me that the last book in the Bible isn’t actually written as a scary apocalyptic novel to graphically tell me […]
Read More Revelation: Dealing With The Enormity Of JesusI don’t usually blog at this time on this here blog, but I came across something that merited this special blog entry. It’s not even for what I have to blog about, it’s about another blog entry elsewhere. Big thanks to Jon Bloom over at Desiring God for putting together this tribute to Keith Green […]
Read More Keith Green SpecialWhen I was growing up in the family home in the 1980’s and 1990’s, I was only vaguely aware of the Contemporary Christian Music scene. One of the names I came across in that there scene was Michael W. Smith. Not that I heard any of his material. I was far too busy with other […]
Read More Breathe – Michael W. SmithMy gospel music upbringing was predominantly around choirs and groups with a smattering of male solo acts and a very limited number of female solo artists. So if you were to ask me to name ten quality female gospel solo artists I’d struggle where I wouldn’t struggle to name twenty male ones. Deniece Williams as […]
Read More My Soul Desire – Deniece WilliamsI love songs that explore the workings of the writer in their relationship with God. Praise songs that identify characteristics of God are great and have their place, but often they can become somewhat routine and fall under a kind of rote memory exercise. When you’re listening to someone’s heart pouring out their relationship, there’s […]
Read More DMCD Songs: Bless My Soul – Marcus ColeYeah it was last Saturday, but apparently England are playing again, even as I type this, not that I am in anyway influenced by the game or it is in anyway distracting. (Come on England, surely you can get your act together better than this. Where’s the talisman Rooney? Why don’t England retain the ball […]
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