As Christians, are we born again by believing in Christ ......or........do we believe in Christ because we have been born again.....???
Here is a good short article on the subject by Wayne Grudem courtesy of Monergism.com. I think he hits the nail on the head.
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Monday, February 23, 2009
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
box of cassettes......and 5 observations
Remember cassette tapes........?? I remember when I used to see them as things of beauty........you know, an affordable medium for me to put my music on etc......sweet....!! Some of you know that recording music has been a part of me ....well.... for a good long while. I remember as a kid being totally facinated by a cheap tape recorder. How cool was that....! My dad had an old cassette tape recorder that actually had a small hand held microphone with it.......man, I used to take that thing through the yard just looking for different things to record.....so from early on I got the recording bug. Confession time now: My first "real" music recording that I can remember other than my dad recording me and my brother singing Pinocchio etc....was when I recorded myself singing "disco duck". That's right. Disco duck! I had the 45rpm record and the flip side was just the instrumental version of the song. I set up my dad's tape player and mic, turned on my record player and I was recording. Crazy?....yeah..it was crazy, but fun. Now I do pretty much all my recording via computer, but I put myself through an experience recently that had me remembering when that was not the case.
I've got a box of cassette tapes in the top of my office closet, ..........mostly old music demo stuff from the past. Recently, I went through the box and picked out some that had music on them that I wanted to one day put on my computer so I could burn Cd's of some of this "classic" stuff.......that most people wouldn't care to hear but myself.
Well, I did just that this past weekend with a set of songs I recorded with a friend back in 1994 and here are my "observations":
1. Cassettes are noisy......noisy...nooooisy!! All that analog hiss....wow! How did we ever put up with it.
2. Cassettes seem very ineficient to me now. I mean, all that fastforwarding and rewinding......especially when you are used to just "hitting" the forward or backward button on a CD player etc...to change tunes.
3. Boy was the quality of my old recordings lacking. I used to think some of my old recordings were pretty good.........perhaps I was self-deceived. The playing was ok,.....the singing was great (becaues it wasn't me). But the quality of it all is not very good by my new digital standards.
4. It's funny how some songs I used to really, really think highly of that don't really impress me anymore. Songs I spent probably hours working on that have lost most of their appeal.
5.It's funny how some songs I used to really, really think highly of.................that I still think highly of and worth recording.
If you actually took the time to finish reading this post, then you are probably in your mid 40's and found it somewhat amusing that someone actually sat down and took the time to write about cassette tapes.
At least now I can burn a CD for my amusement!!! (though I really need to do it again....my output mix volume on the computer was lower than I realized..!)
But I think my wife will listen to it with me.
I've got a box of cassette tapes in the top of my office closet, ..........mostly old music demo stuff from the past. Recently, I went through the box and picked out some that had music on them that I wanted to one day put on my computer so I could burn Cd's of some of this "classic" stuff.......that most people wouldn't care to hear but myself.
Well, I did just that this past weekend with a set of songs I recorded with a friend back in 1994 and here are my "observations":
1. Cassettes are noisy......noisy...nooooisy!! All that analog hiss....wow! How did we ever put up with it.
2. Cassettes seem very ineficient to me now. I mean, all that fastforwarding and rewinding......especially when you are used to just "hitting" the forward or backward button on a CD player etc...to change tunes.
3. Boy was the quality of my old recordings lacking. I used to think some of my old recordings were pretty good.........perhaps I was self-deceived. The playing was ok,.....the singing was great (becaues it wasn't me). But the quality of it all is not very good by my new digital standards.
4. It's funny how some songs I used to really, really think highly of that don't really impress me anymore. Songs I spent probably hours working on that have lost most of their appeal.
5.It's funny how some songs I used to really, really think highly of.................that I still think highly of and worth recording.
If you actually took the time to finish reading this post, then you are probably in your mid 40's and found it somewhat amusing that someone actually sat down and took the time to write about cassette tapes.
At least now I can burn a CD for my amusement!!! (though I really need to do it again....my output mix volume on the computer was lower than I realized..!)
But I think my wife will listen to it with me.
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Jesus The Lord
Jesus the Lord my savior is,
My Shepherd and my guide,
My life, my strength, my joy, my bliss,
And I His grace record.
Yes, Jesus the Lord my savior is........
What'ere I need in Jesus dwells,
And there it dwells for me.
Tis Christ my earthen vessel fills,
With treasures rich and free.
Mercy and truth and righteousness,
And peace most richly meet,
In Jesus Christ the King of Grace,
In Whom I stand complete.
As through the wilderness I roam,
His mercies I'll proclaim,
And when I safely reach my home,
I'll still adore His name.......
"Worthy the Lamb" shall be my song,
For He for me was slain,
And with me all the heavenly throng
Shall join and say "Amen"...........amen.
the pilgrim project vol.1
Gadsby's Hymnal
My Shepherd and my guide,
My life, my strength, my joy, my bliss,
And I His grace record.
Yes, Jesus the Lord my savior is........
What'ere I need in Jesus dwells,
And there it dwells for me.
Tis Christ my earthen vessel fills,
With treasures rich and free.
Mercy and truth and righteousness,
And peace most richly meet,
In Jesus Christ the King of Grace,
In Whom I stand complete.
As through the wilderness I roam,
His mercies I'll proclaim,
And when I safely reach my home,
I'll still adore His name.......
"Worthy the Lamb" shall be my song,
For He for me was slain,
And with me all the heavenly throng
Shall join and say "Amen"...........amen.
the pilgrim project vol.1
Gadsby's Hymnal
Friday, February 6, 2009
You're Going Through.......
things are hard I know,
as troubled times can blind our way.
the pain that you hide only grows,
and relief is a dream that ends with the day
life is a gift don't you know,
that saying goodbye is a bit too extreme.
there is someone who can show,
that the hope you look for is more than a dream.
He knows everything you're going through,
the disappointments and the pain.
Only Christ can bring true peace to you,
The life you know His love can change.......
"a child with a child" is what they say,
young and afraid, feeling alone.
can't seem to find the right way,
lost in your shame, left on your own.
He knows everything you're going through,
only He has known your shame.
Only Christ can bring true peace to you,
His love for sinners has not changed.
pilgrim project vol. 1
Carroll/Town 1996
as troubled times can blind our way.
the pain that you hide only grows,
and relief is a dream that ends with the day
life is a gift don't you know,
that saying goodbye is a bit too extreme.
there is someone who can show,
that the hope you look for is more than a dream.
He knows everything you're going through,
the disappointments and the pain.
Only Christ can bring true peace to you,
The life you know His love can change.......
"a child with a child" is what they say,
young and afraid, feeling alone.
can't seem to find the right way,
lost in your shame, left on your own.
He knows everything you're going through,
only He has known your shame.
Only Christ can bring true peace to you,
His love for sinners has not changed.
pilgrim project vol. 1
Carroll/Town 1996
Happy Birthday Cathy!!!
I am blessed with such an amazing wife.....truly I got best end of the deal when the Lord sent her to me nearly 21 years ago!!
"mid July, at just the right time...
the Lord sent a blessing to me.
a graceful doe, a loving hind,
a picture of true purity..."
Happy Birthday to the love of my life...!
"mid July, at just the right time...
the Lord sent a blessing to me.
a graceful doe, a loving hind,
a picture of true purity..."
Happy Birthday to the love of my life...!
Sunday, February 1, 2009
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