Rance Allen

One of the great soul artists out there that I wanted to call attention to is Rance Allen. For as enjoyable and quality as he is, he is relatively unknown, at least to me. His Stax profile album is one to check out, and is ultimately the one that got me into him. He has great vocal range that goes well with the quality instrumentation going down on his record. He is also a pastor these days based out of Toledo. Rance Allen. There it is... Check him out!

A man fell into a pit and couldn’t get himself out.

A subjective person came along and said, "I feel for you down there."

An objective person walked by and said, "It’s logical that someone would fall down there."

A Pharisee said, "Only bad people fall into pits."

A mathematician calculated how deep the pit was.

A news reporter wanted the exclusive story on the pit.

An IRS agent asked if he was paying taxes on the pit.

A self-pitying person said, "You haven’t seen anything until you’ve seen my pit."

A fire-and-brimstone preacher said, "You deserve your pit."

A Christian Scientist observed, "The pit is just in your mind."

A psychologist noted, "Your mother and father are to blame for your being in that pit."

A self-esteem therapist said, "Believe in yourself and you can get out of that pit."

An optimist said, "Things could be worse."

A pessimist claimed, "Things couldn’t be worse."

"Jesus, seeing the man, took him by the hand and lifted him out of the pit." 

Shawn Weed Hell Testimony

A while back I came across this absolutely riveting testimony from Shawn Weed where he describes dying, going to hell and coming back. Since I watched it, I have repeatedly thought about it. It has changed my life. See for yourself, and let me know what you think.

Underground Christian Bands

Soon, with the help of my brother Chris and his web design company eegraphic.com, we will be launching a totally new site called Underground Christian Bands. I will keep you posted as this becomes more tangible. In the meantime, enjoy something from Josh Garrels.

Future of Forestry - Slow Your Breath Down

A video that I'm really digging right now is Future of Forestry's Slow Your Breath Down. It's one thing to read the album credits and hear all the instrumentation going down on the cd, but it's entirely a totally different feel to see it all in action. I mean, it's flat out amazing what these guys (and girl) are doing musically with what God's given them. Amazing. Here it is...

Jonathan Thomas - Rambler's Reflections

Jonathan is an artist that I want to feature not only for his music, but I also discovered that he's a blogger and has some of the most interesting well-thought out content that i've read in a while. I mean, it stands out... He writes his thoughts out in a way that I personally, can not only relate well with, but understand. It leaves me walking away with an elevated perspective about my walk with Jesus. Not too many people do that for me these days. Hopefully, you'll feel the same.

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The Walking Tree - We Are Instruments

                                   All I have to say is...
Finally a band that is new, fresh, innovative, dreamy, explosive, intoxicatingly delicious and just downright gnarly... The Walking Tree just released a new album titled We Are Instruments, and it is just really nice. After getting home after a long day's work, I cranked up their song We Are Free. All I can say is I'm feeling pretty good now. This is a band that I just discovered about a month ago, and when I did, I downloaded their debut EP Glorious and really liked it. But now, they just released We Are Instruments and I feel like I have been given an early birthday present. Thanks guys! I don't know what you're doing different, but it's working.

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