10,000 Reasons (Bless the Lord) by Matt Redman

The song we'll sing at Drennon on Sunday, October 28, 2012.  Come worship with us at 11:00 am!

Matt Redman - You Never Net Go

A great song we'll sing Sunday at Drennon...

Carry Me To The Cross, by Kutless

A beautiful song by the young group Kutless.  What an image, how God carries us...

'Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus, by Casting Crowns

Beautiful slideshow set to Casting Crowns' version of the old hymn, which we'll sing tomorrow at Drennon.  Great images of daddies with their kids.Very moving to think of our Heavenly Daddy loving us like this, lifting us up on His shoulders, hugging us, making us laugh--us making HIM laugh.  Wow!  God bless all children!

Tree63 - Blessed Be the Name

We'll sing this song this Sunday at Drennon.  It's always been one of my favorite praise and worship songs, especially after I heard it explained at the Londen Institute for Evangelism.  A musician classmate of mine pointed out that in both the good times and the bad--blessed is His name.

Aaron Shust - My Savior, My God

Here's the song we'll try to sing Sunday at Drennon.  Pray for us!

The Divine Conspiracy, by Dallas Willard

After participating in the Man Challenge Bible study/men's group this past spring at Southeast Christian Church Oldham Campus, I jumped at the opportunity to join the summer Bible study that would go through Dallas Willard's book The Divine Conspiracy.  Kurt Sauder and Chris Brown sort of co-led the study, based on which of them was available that particular week.  Both did an outstanding job with the study, and you could sense the passion each of them had for the material as well as its subject matter.

Willard used this book to expound upon Jesus' Sermon on the Mount, and articulate how God wants us to live while here on earth.  Willard states that we spend too much time focusing on just saving someone to assure them of heaven, while not focusing on what needs to happen after that with a person during his or her remaining days, whether its just days or several decades.

Willard's writing is dense and very interllectual, but not totally unapproachable.  I would compare it favorably to some of the reading I did as a student with The Londen Institute for Evangelism--difficult but vital.  The Divine Conspiracy was so worthy a read, and I hope to read something else of his some day, especially because I understand that this one was really just one section of a trilogy.

I have written previously about how Southeast Oldham has impacted me, my Christian walk and my ministry at Drennon.  This study, which I took my son JR with me as a sort of "auditor", was the best thing I've experienced there yet.