When Jesus Comes

A lot of today’s pop music and various other styles acknowledge their debt to the old black churches with their gospel stylings.  You would not have heard the likes of Whitney, Dionne, Aretha, Chaka, Mariah, Mary J and the assortment of others influenced by them.  Sure, it is a pity that those beautiful voices are […]

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Restoration

The story often referred to as the Prodigal Son is a brilliant example of what the ministry of reconciliation is all about.  In that story a fair bit of credit is given to the wastrel son as he comes to his senses and realises that he could get better quality food back at his home […]

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Jon Gibson – About A New Birth

I’m not in Christmas – you know that, I know that, we all know that.  But I remember when I moved to Stoke-on-Trent coming across the album version of this song and I realised I didn’t have to compromise my stance on Christmas to enjoy a good Christmas song with a great sentiment and of […]

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My Gratitude

I remember from a very early age singing a hymn called Count Your Blessings.  Looking back the lyrics are fairly basic and simple – count your blessings, name them one by one, count your many blessings, see what God has done.  As ever with the hymns that are sung time and time again from childhood […]

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