John Waller - As For Me and My House

John Waller is best known for the hit song 'While I am Waiting,' from the Fireproof soundtrack. But hands dwn my favorite song of his is based a Bible verse: Joshua 24:15. 



It really is that simple. We are like sheep that have gone astray. We can worship money, ourselves, jezebels like Kim Kardashian, power, influence, our families, video games: the constructs of humanity. The Gods of today's society. Or we can worship the Lord. My house made our choice.

Verse 1:
I'm done
Building my own kingdom
No more
Seeking worthless idols

Pre:
Like sheep we have all gone astray
We must choose this day
Whom we will serve

Chorus:
As for me and my house
We will serve the Lord
We will serve the Lord
Idols raised, tear them down
Cause we will serve the Lord
We will serve the Lord
To one king we bow down
As for me and my house
We will only serve the Lord

Verse 2:
I'm done
With powerless religion
No more
Living in deception

Pre:

Chorus:
As for me and my house
We will serve the Lord
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We will serve the Lord
Idols raised, tear them down
Cause we will serve the Lord
We will serve the Lord
To one king we bow down
As for me and my house
We will only serve the Lord

Bridge:
We will cross over Jordan
We will claim what you promised

Chorus:

Out:
We will not give our hearts to another
Will not give our hearts to another
We belong to the Lord
We will not give our hearts to another
Will not give our hearts to another
We will only serve the Lord

Penn State - Uncivil Disobedience

The picture to the left is a news van over-turned by the Penn State students who rioted last night on campus. Rioted you say? Why did they do that?

Because the Penn State Board of Trustees fired beloved head football coach Joe Paterno. They did this because Paterno has been accused of abetting the sexual molestation of at least one child by a longtime assistant coach and friend.

The legal process needs to run its course, but the facts indicate that Joe Paterno did NOT call the police when he was told what a Penn State staffer witnessed, which was Jerry Sandusky sexually molesting a boy in an athletic facility shower.

I'm sorry, why are Penn State students rioting? Because Paterno was fired. Not beause he didn't report the action to the police. They're not rioting on behalf of the boy who was molested.

Society's values and principles are so askew these days it's beyond ridiclous. Even beyond pitiful. We aren't standing upon a rock: we're on shifting sand.

The sadly misguided students at Penn State are yet another example of the cluelessness that pervades our society. Paterno told them to resume thier (student) lives and to pray for the victims and their families. He had a lot more sense than these students did last night.

Joshua 24:15 - As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.

The young adults at Penn State certainly weren't serving the Lord last night.

Jim Tressel, Joe Paterno, many, many others, coaches and not. When given the responsibility to choose between wrong and right, we must choose RIGHT. Paterno was fired yesterday because he knowingly chose wrong.

Casting Crowns - TREMENDOUS!!!

Last night's Casting Crown's concert here in Columbus Oh was simply incredible. It was a rock and roll praise and worship event. World Vision (a fabulous organization) sponsored the show and many children were sponsored last night. One of the three children my wife and I sponsor is through World Vision.

And because my buddy sponsored a child last night, they gave him the DVD, Films & Music inspired by The Story. AND...Mark Hall's new book.The Well. And since I ordred the tickets, he gave them both to me! I'm looking forward to reading it.

I enjoyed Sanctus Real and what I heard of Lindsay McCaul (do NOT drive on Stringtown Rd at evening rush hour if you can avoid it). Lead Me was as good live as I expected. It is a powerful song about being a husband and father.


Casting Crowns is an amazing band. Whether they are singing the ballads the blue-grassish stuff or the jamming tunes (trust me, this isn't kum-bye-ya religious music), they nail it. Mark Hall delivers the Message well and the World Vision tie-in was moving.

I would see Casting Crowns again without reservation. Perhaps the best concert I've attended, which includes bands such as Joan Jett, Buddy Guy, the Beach Boys, the Radiators and Kiss. With the possible exception of Matt Redman, none were like this.

Glorious Day - Byrne's Serms #3

I am headed to a Casting Crowns concert on Thursday night. Needless to say I am quite excited, as they are a fantastic band and I can't wait to check them out live.

Glorious Day (Living He Loved Me) was recently a #1 on the Christian charts and is my favorite song by the band. And it's my favorite not just because it sounds great, but the lyrics are as good as anything I've ever heard before (it's from an old hymn modified by Mark Hall and Michael Bleecker). In fact, they're so good, my third sermon was about that song. I haven't recorded it yet, but click below and you can read it:

Glorious Day - Byrne's Serms

I'm pretty proud of this one.

Casting Crowns makes great music. Which is why the new album, Come to the Well, debuted at #2 on the Billboard 200 chart. That's not just Christian albums: that's all albums in all styles of music. Go Casting Crowns!