Only a couple more days ’til it’s Christmas — a time of giving and receiving as we celebrates God’s gift of His Son to us once again! This also a time of year filled with all kinds of emotions – from joy to sadness, sentimental thoughts to melancholy musings, it […]
“JESUS AUGUSTUS?” by Jarrod Jones
“Now in those days there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus that a census be taken . . . .” Luke 2:1 Caesar Augustus was the Roman Emperor at the time of Jesus’ birth. The Latin meaning for Augustus is “exalted one.” Literally his name was “Caesar the exalted […]
“THE SNOW GLOBE LIFE” by Jarrod Jones
The previous blog that mentioned Relient K’s “Let it Snow Baby… Let it Reindeer” inspired me to post this blog. A while back I was taking a walk down a street by my house (yes walking, not running or jogging in any form, shape, or fashion) reflecting on snow globes. […]
We Recommend: Relient K, “Let It Snow Baby… Let It Reindeer”
This week, it seems only appropriate to recommend another Christmas album. In 2003, pop punk rockers Relient K produced a Christmas EP, creatively titled, Deck The Halls, Bruise Your Hand, and packaged it with their third studio album, Two Lefts Don’t Make a Right… But Three Do, later the same year. The EP was […]
“Performing for God” by Jarrod Jones
I lived so many years in religious chains. I lived mainly a “sin-avoidance” gospel. In other words, my Christian walk was mainly about not sinning (no cussing, no lying, no drinking, and so forth), doing Christian duties to keep me from sinning (Church, Bible, Prayer, Bible Studies), and finding Christian […]
We Recommend: Jars Of Clay, “Christmas Songs”
December 1st! Omigoodness, where did 2008 go?! Well, the end of the year is inevitably approaching, and with its approach comes CHRISTMAS! It’s my favorite holiday and time of the year, which is due in part to the season’s music! I grew up with the music that my grandfather passed […]
“God Knows Better Than We Do…” by John DiBiase
I’m not a parent yet, so when it comes to learning some of the lessons that parents learn, it’s usually through being a pet owner. For those who don’t know, my wife and I are the proud caretakers of a little guinea pig named Chewie who’s three and a half […]
“I feel like an idiot” by Scott Fryberger
Ever hear a new band, only to dismiss it for sounding like another band that you oh-so-badly do not enjoy in the slightest? I must have been in a bad mood the day I first heard Capital Lights. It was either that, or I only listened to “Outrage”, which is […]
“Part 2- Paying through the Nose (FRIENDSHIPS)” by Jarrod Jones
“Casual neglect leads to catastrophic loss.” I read this out of Ken Gire’s book Window’s of the Soul years ago. I haven’t forgotten it. King Solomon says it this way, “I passed by the field of a sluggard, by the vineyard of a man lacking sense, and behold, it was all overgrown […]
“Paying through the nose (Part 1)– The body” by Jarrod Jones
There are things we unintentionally and casually neglect in the now that we may pay through the nose for later. I remember when I was younger—teen and twenty-something—I didn’t really get this. I had an underlying “Immortality of youth” belief. In other words, I never paused to consider how habits, […]