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Marriage is Important and Good…

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Here’s a couple of marriage links… First off, Trevin Wax highlights an article on the Marginalization of Marriage in Middle America:

At the collective level, the retreat from marriage has played a noteworthy role in fueling the growth in family income inequality and child poverty that has beset the nation since the 1970s. For all these reasons, then, the institution of marriage has been an important pillar of the American Dream, and the erosion of marriage in Middle America is one reason the dream is increasingly out of reach for men, women, and children from moderately-educated homes.

So…marriage is important to the fabric of society. Another great link I came across yesterday was a video Justin Taylor linked to on the good gift of marriage. Watch and be blessed. Today, I don’t know the state of your marriage or your marital status. Whatever the case, though, know that marriage is important to society and it also is a huge blessing from the Lord. May you walk in this blessing.

Music Links…

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…usually on Thursdays I post some links that I find useful and today I decided to make them about music…

First of all, today, Shane and Shane‘s new project “The One You Need” is available to download.  It won’t be released in stores until October.  Great chance to grab it.  Here’s a video of the title track:
. Based on the little bit I’ve heard, it will be amazing.

This past Tuesday Matt Papa’s new CD came out: This Changes Everything. Matt’s music just kind of tells it like it is. One song, entitled “Stay Away From Jesus” speaks of how this song won’t get played on Christian radio because Jesus calls us to come and deny ourselves, take up our cross and follow Him and it’s not a popular message. Anyway, I enjoyed that.

Matt Redman’s new project 10,000 Reasons is one of his best. Michael Bleeker said it has many good songs to use in the church and I would agree. I remember rolling to church this past Sunday listening to the title track and being filled with awe and wonder of God Himself.

I also downloaded the latest from Hillsong Live: God Is Able. It appears to be more of what we’ve come to expect from Hillsong.

Hope these links help give you some good, God-focused resources for worship.

Links of Week 7/25/11

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On Monday, I posted a link to a video of the invocation at a NASCAR race.  Here’s the pastor defending his prayer.  Also, a former prof and seminary president of mine, Mark Coppenger, weighs in on this prayer.

We have a team leaving for a mission trip this coming Sunday.  Having gone on many of these in the past, I thought these 10 Things To Remember AFTER the Trip were helpful.

Here’s some great encouragement for women from a woman commenting on that oft-quoted Titus 2 passage.