Read this article this morning and it reminded me that times have been bad before and yet the kingdom of God has always continued even when churches and denominations fail. Prayer is the only answer to the dilemma we find ourselves in during this current season of history and God will awaken His people once again as we cry out to Him. Hold fast brothers and sisters and we will seize the day! Read below concerning the condition of America before the 2nd Great Awakening in the 1790's...
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So it’s only March, and already the rumors for the future of the Call Of Duty Franchise are swarming like Charlie in the Jungle. What does everyone think about the possibilities? I’d like to take a moment to review what we’ve seen from Activision slightly tipping their hand, and what I’d hope to expect from this. With the booming sales of Modern Warfare 2 and the seemingly impossible bar set conceivably too high to leap, it would appear Activision is not resting on their laurels, but instead preparing to shake this franchise up.
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Andy Geers has a vidcast where he discusses Christian video games and where he feels they've gone wrong. He believes the problem is the focus...but does not mention the lack of budget, inexperienced development teams, etc. etc. While I think those factors cannot be ignored he has a good point that many Christian dev teams are so focused on imparting a moral lesson they forget the first rule of making a video game: make it fun!
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There are a lot of misconceptions about the Bible, namely that it's a compilation of stories about people forgiving one another, being charitable and loving one another -- pretty much the antithesis of the values that this generation values if MTV cable programming is any indication. True, the Bible is used as a holy text by Christians, but interspersed between the lessons of moral righteousness are the exploits of some of the most badass, evil and conniving men and women to ever walk their planet.
Their legacies have resonated throughout history and have found a new home in video game characters. Now, you might think that the Bible would be the last thing to inspire an industry that largely revolves around shooting people in the face and tea-bagging one another Halo, but you would be wrong. Here's five examples why.
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The next time you hear a politician use the Word 'billion' in a casual manner, think about Whether you want the 'politicians' spending YOUR tax money.
A billion is a difficult number to comprehend, but one advertising agency did a good job of putting that figure into some perspective in one of it's releases.
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"Ever since there have been such things as novels, the world has been flooded with bad fiction for which the religious impulse has been responsible. The sorry religious novel comes about when the writer supposes that because of his belief, he is somehow dispensed from the obligation to penetrate concrete reality. He will think that the eyes of the Church or of the Bible or of his particular theology have already done the seeing for him, and that his business is to rearrange this essential vision into satisfying patterns, getting himself as little dirty in the process as possible. His feeling about this may have been made more definite by one of those Manichean-type theologies which sees the natural world as unworthy of penetration. But the real novelist, the one with an instinct for what he is about, knows that he cannot approach the infinite directly, that he must penetrate the natural human world as it is."
I felt convicted and encouraged by this -- despite being at least 50 or 60 years old, it still feels like a fresh and timely critique for today.
I created a new mix last night for NewAgeSoul.com, a site for live DJ mixing online. It features a smashup of Deep House and Blue Jass thus the name Deep Blue.
I also tried mixing in some Christian tracks but they didn't turn out as good as I'd hoped. I also put in some samples from Christian artists in the beginning.
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