Another great song to encourage you this week:
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Jeremy Camp’s New Song: Word of Life
I’m really enjoying this new song from Jeremy Camp!
Music Monday: O Come, O Come Emmanuel
Music Monday: Oh, Happy Day! Aretha Franklin and Mavis Staples
Remembering Reformation Day 499 Years Later
Four hundred and 99 years ago, Martin Luther sparked the Protestant Reformation by nailing his 95 Theses to the doors of the church at Wittenberg. But what led to that was his wrestling with the biblical text, particularly Romans 1 and the phrase “the just shall live by faith.” In this brief video, R.C. Sproul explains:
Music Monday: Great is Thy Faithfulness
Performed by Chris Rice
Music Monday: What Life Would Be Like
Music Monday: I’ll Fly Away performed by Preservation Hall and Del McCoury Band
Some music for your Monday inspired by my weekend. I had the incredible opportunity to see Preservation Hall Jazz Band play at DC’s own Lincoln Theatre last Friday. One of the songs they played was one of my favorites: “I’ll Fly Away.”
Their DC show was I’ll remember forever, but that’s a story for another day. Enjoy.
Music Monday: Sam Cooke and the Soul Stirrers
I present to you Jesus, I’ll Never Forget by Sam Cooke and the Soul Stirrers.
Don’t Miss List: Olympics, Sudan, Russia and Incredible Iceland video
HRW Talks about the Olympics Refugee Team
The Rio Olympics are just days away and I just found out there is a team of refugees competing together. Their presence will highlight the massive and ongoing world refugee crisis. Human Rights Watch has a dispatch.
Michelle Lesley Tackles the Question: What is Contemplative Prayer?
She also tackles the follow up: is it biblical? The short answer is no, but check out her response here.
Infographic to help explain the Sudan/South Sudan history and conflict
Faith & Forced Migration has an explainer on Sudan and South Sudan, their history and some information on the recurring conflicts. Continue reading
