Mental Musings

For eight years who heard constant complaints about George W. Bush from liberal politicians and the mainstream media. They called him stupid, they ridiculed his speeches, they continually called him a liar, they brought out as much dirt about his family and friends as possible, they wrote books calling for him to be assassinated, they made dream movies concerning his death, etc. The biggest complaint that we heard from his opponents was that the opinion of America had been damaged by his "cowboy politics." So what are these people saying now about Obama? Amazingly they are praising him. Obama refuses to release his college records, but they media claims he is the smartest president we have ever had. Obama cannot make a speech without using a teleprompter, but they glow about his ability to give speeches. He campaigned on changing Washington and shrinking government, but when his lies are clearly seen with appointment of tax cheating Washington insiders and the government grab...

This is from Mark Hamilton's YouTube Channel. Worth watching and reading if you are a worship leader. This comedy version of a well known secular rock track is a cheeky and light-hearted, yet satirical comment on certain elements of the 21st Century Worship Music Industry. It's intended to make you smile, rather than get on your soap box! I wrote the lyrics after meeting some kids after a show by my rock band in Bristol, UK. They said they were in a band. I asked them - So are you a rock band like us, or do you do praise and worship? Their reply took me by surprise. They said - Oh definitely worship; our youth leader told us that if we want to be famous and make a lot of money, we need to be a worship band. So this song is dedicated to them and their youth leader and to any other bands who play worship music with mixed agendas. Its also challenge to myself and every other Christian musician to worship God with integrity and leave any egos and rock star tendencies behind when we...

I was thinking about the live concerts I have attended in my life and thought I would jot them down here. Share your own list. Point of Grace Chris Sligh Joel Engle Denver and the Mile High Orchestra Michael W. Smith dc Talk Canadian Brass Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra (I actually sang in their chorale once and with a choir accompanied by their chamber ensemble several times) Sandi Patty Michael Card David Phelps 4 Him Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Carmen Todd Proctor Mark Lowery Phillips, Craig and Dean Al Denson David Meece Wayne Watson Petra Ken Medema Israel Houghton Empire Brass Quintet Shelley Jennings Amy Grant Wynton Marsalis I have only listed the ones that I bought tickets to see or that were part of a music conference week. There may be some I have forgotten about. I have also been to about five off-Broadway musicals. I would love to actually see a real Broadway musical now that I live so close to New York, but unless they are available at Redbox prices I doubt that will ever...

I believe in creation. I also believe in a literal 6 days of creation. But I also believe that it is possible that dinosaurs existed and they may even exist today. But how could dinosaurs have existed if God created the world only around 5000 years ago and dinosaurs supposedly existed many millions of years ago? The first answer is found in the Apparent Age theory. This theory says that the world was created with the appearance of being millions of years old, just as the first man and woman were created with the appearance of being twenty plus years old. The other explanation that I have is that the world may indeed be older than 5000 years, yet God still created it in only 6 days: the two are not mutually exclusive. Although the Bible says that Adam had lived 130 years when his first son was born, we do not know for certain when they started counting years. It is possible that Adam and Eve had been in the garden of Eden for many thousands of years before they sinned. Could it be that ...

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