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On April 5th Everclear is playing at the downtown campus of Mars Hill Church in Seattle. It is a benefit show for New Horizons Ministries. When I was in youth group I had a youth pastor who would take me surfing and crank Everclear on the way to the beach, ever since then the  band has held a special place [...]


 This Friday I will give you my favorite hymns along with my favorite line from each one. Let me know which ones you would add to the list.

A side note: A hymn is a type of song, usually religious, specifically written for the purpose of praise, adoration or , and typically addressed to a deity/deities, a prominent figure or an [...]


This is according to an article on the Palm Beach Post web site this morning. As someone who ministers to High School students this article caught my eye and is extremely alarming. We need to be more vocal IN CHRUCH about what the Bible says about sex and marriage and how closely related it is to the [...]


As I was reading the Palm Beach Post website this morning this article was on the homepage.  
It says that people are leaving the church to find spirituality, and gives examples of Obama and Oprah each leading the movement. This is happening in my own hometown, while West Palm Beach is not small town America it is also not New York City. I think, not [...]


This article is from the New York Times and I think  that it is a very interesting commentary on what happens when Christian’s actually live out the Gospel. Here is a little excerpt:
In parts of Africa where bandits and warlords shoot or rape anything that moves, you often find that the only groups still operating are Doctors [...]