Kingdom People

Summer is for cotton candy. If you’re like me, you enjoy perusing your iTunes library for some fluffy pop music to go along with cotton candy. This summer, I put together a playlist of the ten greatest pop songs. These ten are my own picks, but I rigorously subjected each song to the following tests: [...]

After viewing Friday night’s Larry King Live with Jennifer Knapp, pastor Bob Botsford, and Ted Haggard, I was struck with the question: Why is it that whenever a proponent of Christianity’s historical view of sexuality goes head to head with an advocate for gay rights, the traditional Christian almost always loses the argument? Read the [...]

This is one of my favorite lesser-known Christmas songs.It was first sung by Perry Como, and then by the Carpenters. The latter version evokes a sense of quiet majesty that builds as the song progresses. So many Christmas carols practically dehumanize the baby Jesus. This one does not. I especially like the line: “Hear him [...]

In my desk drawer at home, I have a large collection of CDs. Years have gone by since I last touched many of them. Yet I still listen to the music, now conveniently stored on my computer hard drive. My big CD collection is now a large iTunes playlist. I know I’m not the only [...]

I thought I would pass along ten of our favorite artists who have terrific Christmas CDs. If you have some recommendations to add to this list, please do! 1. Home Alone, Home Alone 2: Original Score John Williams   The original scores for these two movies make for great Christmas music. A must-have for Christmas fans. “Somewhere in [...]

The newest release from Red Mountain Church is a Christmas album. Several months ago, I hosted a podcast with the singers and musicians that make Red Mountain Music. (Listen here.) Now, their Christmas album, Silent NIght: Advent Hymns from Red Mountain Church has been released. This is a different album. First off, the songs are not old [...]

A couple of years ago, I was browsing the LifeWay bookstore at Southern Seminary and came across an odd-looking red CD called The Gadsby Project by a group called Red Mountain Church. I listened to a couple of tracks and was intrigued by the forgotten hymns that were included on the project. I bought the CD [...]

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Sovereign Grace Music’s newest release, You and You Alone, the fifth CD in the Overflow series delivers music from father-son team, Pat and Joel Sczebel from Surrey, British Columbia. A longtime fan of Sovereign Grace Music, I was looking forward to You and You Alone, thinking it would be in the same vein as Songs for [...]

Lifeway Research recently confirmed with statistics what we’ve all noticed in our churches. We’re losing the 20somethings. Break down the ages of most congregations, and you’ll see a startling absence of young people between 18 and 30. I am currently teaching a Sunday School class that seeks to reach this elusive generation. I am a [...]