for those of you looking for good music to worship with, here is some stuff that i love and use in my church and in my car....
Hillsong- Albums-Across the Earth, Faith+hope+love, I heart revolutioin, God He Reigns
Charlie Hall- Album- the bright sadness
Tim Hughes- Albums- Happy day(live album), Holding nothing back
Phil Wickham- Album- Cannons
Passion artists- Chris Tomlin, Matt Redman, David Crowder, Christy Nockles, Charile Hall,
Northpoint music- Todd Fields, Kristian Stanfill, Fee, Eddie Kirkland
Jon Foreman- Seasons (fall, winter, spring, summer)
Ben Cantelon
Mutemath
Derek Webb
Christa Wells
Delirious
Desperation Band
The Rain City project- Bands from Mars Hill church
thats enough for now.
Also if your looking for good podcast to listen to here is some of what i have on my ipod
David Platt
Francis Chan
Matt Chandler
Mark Driscoll
John Piper
Resurgence
My set list this week if you would like to purchase them off i-tunes is
-O for a thousand tongues to sing- David Crowder
-Glorious One- Fee
-Lord of lords- Hillsong (Brooke Fraser)
-Breathe on me- Todd Fields
Friday, August 14, 2009
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Missions in a fallen world
So, my church is about to finish up our series on God’s love for justice called “Echo.” I have seen our church break out of their comfort zones and serve our community in some amazing ways over these past few weeks.
I was in my car this morning thinking about songs for Sunday and how they all connected to one another, and a rather saddening thought came to mind. Since the Garden, when Adam and Eve disobeyed God, and sin forever entered the world, all the human race has ever known is this desire to sin. (Gen. 3) Sin is our nature. We cannot escape it. No matter how hard we try, we will sin.
So I began to think, no wonder there is so much evil in the world. That is what we as humans do, sin. Then I began to think about the Gospel and the beautiful message of God loving this fallen world. I was reminded of Him giving His son up to die for our sins, and a peace began to fill me (John 3:16, 2 Cor 5:21).
Martin Luther called it the Great exchange; our sin was forgiven by death on a cross. Jesus gave Himself to save us. Isn’t it amazing that we are sinners saved by grace, but yet we still sin and we still do evil each and every day?
The question is how are we going to bring justice to the world? The answer is we can't. But thanks be to God, since the fall He has so beautifully been working out His story to bring justice, peace, and hope back to mankind.
We must realize that even though we can never fully bring justice to the world, it is our job as Christians to progressively work towards it. So how do fallen people do that? First, we take the same Gospel message that saved the apostle Paul, and that saved 3,000 people on Pentecost, and that has saved you and me, and we share it. Then, fueled by the Gospel message, we love, we fight for justice, and we strive for peace. We die for the love that has saved us and called so sweetly out of darkness and into His marvelous light (1 Peter 2:9).
I realize we can’t do it, but we have hope in Christ Jesus. He will one day restore His kingdom, and we will live with him for eternity. Then, we will truly see the beauty of Jesus. We will know how He turned something fallen into something risen. jh
I was in my car this morning thinking about songs for Sunday and how they all connected to one another, and a rather saddening thought came to mind. Since the Garden, when Adam and Eve disobeyed God, and sin forever entered the world, all the human race has ever known is this desire to sin. (Gen. 3) Sin is our nature. We cannot escape it. No matter how hard we try, we will sin.
So I began to think, no wonder there is so much evil in the world. That is what we as humans do, sin. Then I began to think about the Gospel and the beautiful message of God loving this fallen world. I was reminded of Him giving His son up to die for our sins, and a peace began to fill me (John 3:16, 2 Cor 5:21).
Martin Luther called it the Great exchange; our sin was forgiven by death on a cross. Jesus gave Himself to save us. Isn’t it amazing that we are sinners saved by grace, but yet we still sin and we still do evil each and every day?
The question is how are we going to bring justice to the world? The answer is we can't. But thanks be to God, since the fall He has so beautifully been working out His story to bring justice, peace, and hope back to mankind.
We must realize that even though we can never fully bring justice to the world, it is our job as Christians to progressively work towards it. So how do fallen people do that? First, we take the same Gospel message that saved the apostle Paul, and that saved 3,000 people on Pentecost, and that has saved you and me, and we share it. Then, fueled by the Gospel message, we love, we fight for justice, and we strive for peace. We die for the love that has saved us and called so sweetly out of darkness and into His marvelous light (1 Peter 2:9).
I realize we can’t do it, but we have hope in Christ Jesus. He will one day restore His kingdom, and we will live with him for eternity. Then, we will truly see the beauty of Jesus. We will know how He turned something fallen into something risen. jh
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