GOD OF THE WORD

You can know the Word of God in full, but do you know the God of the Word? This is why after about twenty-five years after conversion, Paul wrote to the Phillipians, "I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord."

BAND FINALITY, HOPEFULLY NOT

The knowledge that everything was going to be different after the hour, they melancholily took the stage. Self-proclaiming to be a cross between Radiohead and the Jonas Brothers, playing and singing violently because it was their last, Castledoor brilliantly captured the summation of their life within their songs' emotion.

HEAVEN'S REST

Your still small voice brings hope to all who wait on you. Lead us to the place where you'll restore our souls, and all our earthly strivings come to cease. Take from our souls the strain and stress and let our ordered lives confess; the beauty of your peace.

WORDS OF THE BAPTIST

“A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven.” There is not a single thing on earth you have, whether it be as delicate as a breath or expensive as a house, that has not been from the hand of God directly. "I must decrease." Selah.

THE UNNATURAL MAN

The natural man is opposite to the spiritual man. "I don't pray that you take them out of the world, but that you should keep them from the evil." All we do should look dramatically different to the rest of the world and should feel completely unnatural to us.

A CRY OUT

Oh, slaves of omission; hiding in your refutation; denying all things blatant; You stare up and see His revelation, yet you continue in ignorance. Even more so revealed by His word; You’re without excuse. You honor yourselves instead of your creator. The work is done, turn now to love!

HEADPHONES

Orange County life today equals rain and time. Have a four hour break between classes, I am sitting in a local coffee shop listening to Evan Wickham through headphones. Music always sounds better with them. I can't explain it. It is just... fuller and more detailed. Also, watch this.

POOR FLASH

When I saw this I laughed. It also made me think. Many people go, go, go, and forget to slow down. James says, "My beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath." Don't forget to take time for importance, or get ticketed.

FOR YOU ARE WITH ME

When all around is fading and nothing seems to last. When each day is filled with sorrow. When I walk through fire, I will not be burned. When the waves come crashing around me, still I know with all my heart. He's got the whole world in His hands.

GOOD RUN, DEAD SPIDER

I once met Sam Raimi on the streets of New York. I crossed the caution tape and security guards to get to him. There, we talked about Spider-Man. Surreal. It is a shame what happened. I'm not sure about this new revamp on what has become an old classic.

COULDN'T BEGIN

I couldn't begin to tell you how beautiful you are. How much I desire to be with you day in and day out. Take the world and replace it with you, without you I'm nothing. I've been waiting my whole life for something this great. Take me home.

FLESH AND BLOOD

"We wrestle not against flesh and blood; but principalities, and powers, and the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places." The physical world faded today, I found myself in the midst of extremity and the state of emergency. Everything is spiritual. It's real.