Nuggets of Gold

The Voice Cutris Allen.  A man who's songs never cease to amaze in their truthfulness and power.  For one thing, hip hop and rap has been my go to music lately, but for another thing, I think he really has a powerful grasp of the scripture and shows us what God is revealing to him.

On one note, I definitely failed about keeping my blog up.  It's not like I have that many followers so no biggie, but even something as simple as taking 30 minutes to max an hour to write something was harder than I expected.  Oh well, lesson learned.  I need to be even more responsible with my time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpDDEVLJl-Q&feature=relmfu Contemporary Job
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HXnQ0i4DEY&feature=relmfu Cultural Jesus
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBpx8pci2AE&feature=relmfu Why Didn't You Tell Me
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6imXsEihKA&feature=relmfu Why Should I Care
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jfh9fLEGi2U&feature=relmfu Offended

These are four nuggets of gold that I've found in his music.  Granted I haven't listened to all of it, but these songs really hit me hard.  The first one is a problem I see myself struggling with a lot, and the second one as well.  The third one is straight up, evangelism is crucial.  The 2nd to last song... I think is an honest account of what can happen with evangelism and sharing the Gospel.  And the last song is somewhat comedic, but true about our issues as both Christians and Americans and how being tolerant has become not having different opinions.  Tolerance is no longer about having different opinions, but being willing to accept them; instead it's you are wrong and as such you can't think that anymore, something that DA Carson talked about.

Paul Washer's message was interesting and led to some questions in my mind, but I do recognize and realize that I need to focus more upon the Gospel.  Constantly God is reminding me of how I need to just soak in the message of the Gospel.  Ya, it was a very powerful message...

Regardless thought I would share some really inspirational and powerful music that I've found.  On a side note, I'm constantly reminded of how I don't confront others in a loving manner.  I'm very blunt to the point of just being offensive, which I would argue has it's place, but I think that too often I don't do anything in a loving manner.  I can think of lots of reasons why I do it, and I can almost justify it in my mind, but I believe that in reality Jesus calls us to rebuke in a more loving manner than my first impulse is.  I tend to just act without thinking, which leads to potentially bad consequences.  so if you read this, can you please pray for me that I would be more edifying in my speech and actions?  Thanks.  Hope whoever reads this is doing well.