Random thoughts on race (a re-post from 2007)
Here’s another article I wrote in celebration of Black History Month that I’m re-posting. This one was originally posted February 28, 2007. WWD********************The most forgiving people I’ve ever...
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Do Not Abandon the Gospel
I was in Champaign, Illinois last weekend to participate in the Black Sacred Music Symposium held biennially at my alma mater, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. While in town, I also had...
View ArticleTelevised interview of Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones
John Piper called Dr. David Martyn Lloyd-Jones, “One of the greatest preachers of the 20th century” and, from what I’ve read and heard from him, and read about him, I would tend to agree.Thanks to...
View ArticleMusic to encourage the soul
The last couple days the Lord has ministered to me through YouTube and the old-school gospel choir music that I’ve been digging up at that site. Listen to these selections from back in the day, and...
View ArticleLloyd-Jones on Whitefield
Wow! This is a rare treat (for me, at least): A short, 14-minute documentary on George Whitefield (arguably the greatest preacher of the 18th century) narrated by Martyn Lloyd-Jones (arguably the...
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Happy Birthday!
“Happy Birthday!” to my dearest and best friend in the world (other than Jesus)—my wife, Catherine. I love you!
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New Life Bible Conference 2011
An affordable (FREE!) & convenient opportunity to receive solid Bible teaching from nationally-known, Reformed Christian pastor-teachers is coming next week to Lake County, Illinois. For the past...
View ArticleIs it mid-July already?
It’s hard to believe that 2011 is halfway done already. Right now I’m enduring a hot, humid July evening at home—hot and humid not only because the heat index was around 100 degrees today, but because...
View ArticleWhat I have been up to
Hello! I’m back…for a moment. So, what have I been up to? Making music. The school year began a little over a month ago, and so I’m back at work. I work part-time at the local community college as an...
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God is there
Heaven is heaven because God is there, and hell is hell because God is there.Have you ever thought about that? There is simply nowhere that an omnipresent God cannot be. If there was someplace where...
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Beware
This would be my advice to Tim Tebow: Pay no mind to your friends or your detractors; listen to Jesus.Jesus said,“Beware of practicing your righteousness before other people in order to be seen by...
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On this King Holiday, what I’m thankful for
As we celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr. Day here in the United States, a personal incident from many years ago comes to mind.I no longer remember when this happened—it was probably back when I was in...
View ArticlePsalm 32
1 Blessed is the one whose transgression is forgiven,whose sin is covered.2 Blessed is the man against whom the Lord counts no iniquity,and in whose spirit there is no deceit.3 For when I kept silent,...
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What a politician should NOT say
This is how a politician guarantees I will NOT vote for him:Last Saturday, Rick Santorum said, “President Obama once said he wants everybody in America to go to college. What a snob. There are good,...
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How will you vote?
As a product of the historic Black Church, currently active as a member of a predominantly-white, mainstream, evangelical church, who through musical associations has been exposed to mainline...
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You have to take a stand
If Jesus is the eternal God (and He is—just as much God as the Father is God and the Holy Spirit is God), and if the 66 books which comprise the Bible are the written word of God (and Scripture is,...
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Beams of heaven, as I go Through this wilderness below, Guide my feet in peaceful ways, Turn my midnights into days; When in the darkness I would grope, Faith always sees a star of hope, And soon from...
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A Mother’s Day tribute to Grandma
Grandma and Pa Bill - 6/28/1980I am grateful to God that the two people who gave me life, my mother and father, are both alive and well, and are a part of my life. However—as I think most of you...
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