Thursday, June 19, 2008

RESOLVED-- Enfield, O For That Day: A Review


Finding good, thoughtful, and listenable Christian music is quite difficult for me.
Usually, Christian Music, seems to be a rip-off of what was hip 5-7 years before and the fact that makes it worst is that most of the "Christian" labels are owned by 2 or 3 major secular labels, that do not discriminate against inaccurate theology, rather they discriminate against poor sales.
In Enfield, the official band of the Resolved conference, you have a group of people whose ultimate goal is to bring glory to Christ by singing songs that will cause the believer to worship. Their first release, O For That Day has fast become a favorite of mine, not only for the superior music, but their lyrics truly make me long for that day.
Having known the band for years is also a big plus, knowing that their hearts match what they sing helps in my worship as I listen to the CD.
I highly recommend this CD as an example of thoughtful worshipful lyrics set to good contemporary music.

Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Catching some ZZZ's

My Brother had this as his status report on his chat icon with this caption: "NAP TUTORIAL...." Enjoy!

Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Resolved: AMAZED

The Resolved Conference this year was an incredible testimony of God's grace in the lives of those who attended.
I am sure that you probably could read a more detailed account of the conference in another, more eloquent, blog; but suffice it to say that this year was quite amazing and God worked in my heart.
The theme of the conference was Heaven and Hell and boy did the speakers deliver!

It was great to see the ARMY of people serving at the conference and once again I was humbled by the selflessness of many who missed many sessions so that others could enjoy the experience of Resolved.

The band was incredible... They named themselves ENFIELD, a town in New England where Jonathan Edwards preached his famed "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" and they also have a new CD. GET IT!!!!

I will try to give me more updates, but know this that I LOVED IT!!!!

To get the free downloads go here

to get ENFIELD's New CD go here

To see what's happening next year go here

RESOLVED- Behind the Scenes (Doxologies)

For months now I have been looking forward to RESOLVED. I have been quite excited to see what the Lord was going to do in my heart because the topic of the conference was HEAVEN and HELL.
I had the priviledge once again to be the the band's (which is called ENFIELD now) chaplain. We had some time together before all the sessions and went through different Doxologies.
We started off with Romans 11:36 where Paul with an informed mind (the first 11 chapters of Romans) pour his heart into worshiping his GOD.
Jude 24-25 was the 2nd, 3rd, 4th time together where we saw that God was our PRESERVER, PERFECTER and PRAISEWORTHY. Then we looked at 2 Old Testament heroes of mine who in tough times wrote doxologies: Asaph in Psalm 73:25-28 and Habakkuk in Habakkuk 3:17-19; both of them writing praise to God in very difficult times.
We ended our time together last night looking at one final doxology, 1 Timothy 1: and we all crafted our own doxologies. That was the highlight of these times together; to hear the members of ENFIELD crying out to the Lord and worshiping him with humble hearts was incomparable.
I praise the Lord for being led in musical worship by men and women that are wholly devoted to God and especially by a man like John Martin whose ultimate goal is to glorify his Lord in everything he does!