The ThoughtQuotient podcast hopes to challenge you with music, media, news, and commentary from a Christian perspective. Read interviews from musicians, media reviews, concert dates, and more at http://thoughtquotient.com.
We just received a press release on this upcoming tour: ART*MUSIC*JUSTICE on tour this fall, benefiting both the International Justice Mission and Food For the Hungry. The International Justice Mission (www.IJM.org) is a human rights agency that secures justice for victims of slavery, sexual exploitation and other forms of violent oppression. Food for the Hungry (www.FH.org) works in more than 26 developing countries providing disaster and emergency relief, and implementing sustainable development programs to transform communities physically and spiritually. Derek is pleased to be joining Sara Groves, Brandon Heath, Sandra McCracken, and Charlie Peacock on this tour, running from September 19th-October 26th (Click here for dates), bringing not only the music of these tremendous artists but also telling stories of the great work of these organizations as they work for justice, advocate for the oppressed, and point towards the day coming when all things will be made right. More than just music, these unique evenings will bring with them opportunities to involve yourself in the stories of our poorest neighbors.
- we could change the world!!! INHABITED - If We Could Love (mp3 clip) You hold up a sign You shout out some lines As she hangs her head down You talk about love You sing about grace But would you take her in If she chose not to stay Yeah we ve got to save ourselves Before we can save somebody else If we could love We could change the world Yeah we d show them what we re talkin about If we could love we could change the world Yeah we d show them, show them What we re all about You cover your guilt Religion suits you well But you ve got secrets you ll never tell Where s the forgiveness That we ve all known You point your finger And throw your stones Have you forgotten where We ve come from No man is better than the next one If we could love We could change the world Yeah we d show them what we re talkin about If we could love we could change the world Yeah we d show them, show them What we re all about Oh God, would You move us now Take away our foolish pride Would You heal our land Give us Your heart Oh please don t pass us by
- is found in you, Jesus! Every attempt to find fulfillment in anything else is just wasted time. This world offers us a lot - but it never fulfills - and it will cost us our souls! We ve all tried substitutes (sex, money, drugs, power, fame) - and they all leave us longing for something more. SWITCHFOOT - Spirit (mp3 audio clip) Spirit, fall fresh on me Spirit, fall fresh on me Hear my cry, fill my life I won t need anything but You I found all that I want, all that I longed for in You I found all that I want, all that I longed for in You Wasted time, is when I m far from Your truth I ve found all that I want, all that I long for in You Spirit, come be my joy Spirit, come be my joy Be my song, fill my lungs I won t need anything but You
On April 14th, Alathea performed on Woodsongs Old-Time Radio Hour hosted by folksinger Michael Johnathon and taped at the historic Kentucky Theater in Lexington, KY. Woodsongs is a live audience internationally syndicated radio program and is broadcast on 491 radio stations worldwide - and on XM satellite radio and PBS stations across the country. Click here to go to the show. Click here for the mp3 audio file of the show.
Produced and directed by the Erwin Brothers, the Slow Fade music video was shot in Birmingham, AL, and follows the heart-wrenching reality of a deteriorating family. The song, which highlights vocals from lead singer Mark Hall s daughter Reagan, was inspired by the spreading cancer of moral failure in the fathers of this generation, Mark says. Related Links: Sin is like poison WANTED: Men to fight for Freedom
May 12, 2008 Sacramento, CA - Two former adult entertainers testify regarding the secondary negative effects of the porn industry. Learn more about what goes on in the sex industry by watching the following video California Assembly bill hearing (Fast forward to bill AB 2914 which is about half way through the video.) Please pass this on to all of your friends and help us spread the truth! If you want help, please contact the The Pink Cross Foundation. The Pink Cross Foundation is on a mission to share the truth and love those in the porn industry and those struggling with addiction.
Her real name is Julie. Sierra Sinn was not and is not who she really is as a human being. It was all an act. We read this recent update from Shelley Lubben: Former porn star Sierra Sinn left porn one year ago and needs our help to return to her family! Just look at her now! URGENT: Please help Julie, formerly known as Sierra Sinn, return home to her family! Julie has a 5 year old daughter whose birthday is June 4 and our goal is to get Julie home in time to be with her daughter on her birthday. Julie has been away from her family for several years trapped in the porn industry in California. But thanks to YOUR donations, we were able to help Julie leave porn one year ago and rebuild her life. She found a full time job with benefits, a new place to live and we’ve been able to continuously assist her this past year. But now she is ready to return home to her family. Her parents and her have reconciled and have invited her to come and live with them and raise her daughter. PLEASE help us send Julie home to her family before her daughter’s birthday in June! You may click here to help Julie return home. Healing for addicts and hope for porn stars www.thepinkcross.org Related Links: Ex Porn Stars Speak Out Online Videos by Veoh.com
INHABITED - Hush (MP3 clip) Hush goodnight I ll kiss you goodbye To every thought that s destroying my life Hush goodbye I ll walk in the light Go away, don t come back I m saying goodbye Where my girls at that are sick and tired Of buying into all the same old lies Cuz sooner or later it will catch up to you I know you want to change but you don t know what to do Where my girls at Tell me where my girls at Where my girls at Tell me where my girls at I m not gonna listen, I m saying goodbye I m not gonna listen, cuz you re taking my life Not gonna listen, I m saying goodbye Not gonna listen because you re taking, you re taking my life The mind works like stop, play, rewind The junk we let in will affect us in time And sooner or later no, we re not the same The voices in our head, they re driving us insane From God s Word 2 Cor. 10:4-5 For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds. We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ Here’s a video clip of INHABITED playing the song during last year s ShoutFest tour… Related Links: Sara of INHABITED talks about ‘Hush’ INHABITED - booking info
FLYLEAF just returned from a humanitarian trip to Rwanda and played SXSW 2008 in Austin, TX. Lead singer Lacey Mosley talks about how the trip gave them a new perspective on life, shares their thoughts on the next CD release, and also performs an acoustic version of Broken Wings
We recently read this update from Jaime Jamgochian Hey Guys, Thought I would let you know we posted a short video blog from a MODEST IS HOTTEST conf. we did in OR. ENJOY! jaime Modest Is Hottest
The highly anticipated new CD from the band INHABITED is in stores today! Go check it out! INHABITED online store Do you have an iPhone? Never miss an INHABITED concert again with this handy concert tracker specifically designed for the iPhone: INHABITEDFAN.COM You can see where their upcoming concerts are, view their YouTube videos, listen to and buy their songs from iTunes, email concert info to friends and more! Related Links: Thought Quotient INHABITED archives Interview with INHABITED
Jaime s new CD Above The Noise comes out tomorrow. Well in just a day ..ABOVE THE NOISE will be out! I am excited and nervous all at the same time..Brand new songs for people to hear and hopefully worship the Lord with! - Jaime www.jaimejam.com Here s a recent video of Jaime performing a song on the new CD: Heal The Wounds Live at Prestonwood Baptist Add to My Profile | More Videos Related Links: JAIME JAMGOCHIAN - ‘Sing of Our God’ Thought Quotient archives: Interview with Jaime from 04/2006
Shannon Wexelberg - Whole Heart (MP3 clip) Give me a whole heart To fully love You Give me an undivided heart Totally free I ask You to heal my broken places The lingering wound Your love replaces Bind every part Give me a whole heart. Give me a whole heart To fully trust You Give me an undivided heart Completely at peace Come in and restore what has been taken The depths of my soul that have been shaken Bind every part Give me a whole heart. Lord, help me to see Your abundant love for me Help me to rise So I can soar on eagles wings Oh Lord, help me to go Where I ve never gone before Help me to fly As You breathe live to me once more. Psalm 86:11-13 Teach me your way, O LORD, and I will walk in your truth; give me an undivided heart, that I may fear your name. I will praise you, O Lord my God, with all my heart; I will glorify your name forever. For great is your love toward me; you have delivered me from the depths of the grave.
- and heat pours in instead! Lacey 13 Originally uploaded by flyleaf_forever We ve all been there. Our best plans to fix our problems result in more problems - not less! The harder we try, the more we fail - and it all leaves us feeling worthless and tired. I guess that s the hard lesson that we have to learn in life. Strength comes from our weakness! Why? Because only when we reach the realization that we are weak and powerless will we let God in to fix what is broken in our lives. We are the broken ones - in body, spirit, and soul. Only God can heal us, and give us the power to not only live, but live victoriously in Christ! FLYLEAF - Perfect (MP3 clip) Sick of circling the same road and sick of bearing the guilt So open the windows to cool off And heat pours in instead Perfect in weakness I m only perfect in just Your strength alone All my efforts to clean me leaves me putrid and filthy And how can You look at me when I can t stand myself? I m tired, to be honest, I m nobody Perfect in weakness I m only perfect in just your strength alone Perfect in weakness I m only running in just your strength alone From God s word 2 Corinthians 12:9 But he said to me, My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness. Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ s power may rest on me.
Who are you God? WATERMARK - You Are (MP3 clip) Keeper, Sustainer, Shelter, Life and Love, Righteous, Mysterious, Spontaneous, Madly in love with me You are these things Father, You are my everything You are to me Jesus, You are my everything You hovered over all that was void And You made beauty out of nothing You made it all and saw it was good You made it wonderful Because You re wonderful
John Waller - Identity (MP3 clip) You are love So I am love You are joy And so I am joy You are peace So I am peace Lord, everything You are Now becomes me The line between where you begin and where I end is gone Now I m in You I know who I am You re my true born identity I m not the one I used to be Cause now there is no separating You From who I am Cause we re in You Cause less is not us Anything less is not us Anything less is not who we are 1 John 4:17 Love has been perfected among us in this: that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as He is, so are we in this world.
- just to save this soul of mine! I was sitting in a room with Lowell Alexander and as we were goofing around we came upon this melody and I said something like that sounds like a fairy tale. This song was born out of that feeling. Surely the story of the Gospel must be a legend or something. It is too good to be true but it really is true. I can t believe the God who is bigger than the universe would care enough for me to send His only Son to die for me. We have so much to be grateful for. - Greg Long GREG LONG - Once Upon A Time (MP3 clip) Once upon a time a Son lay in a manger Gentle tiny precious gift sent from Heaven s hand Mother s baby boy tender as the starlight Born with wonder in His eyes Once upon a time Once upon the sea this Son walked on the water And every eye that witnessed Him witnessed miracles He dared us to have faith beyond imagination To reach beyond humanity Once upon the sea This story that I m telling you Of love that never fails May seem too good to be true But it s not a fairy tale Once upon a tree the Son became a Savior A sacrifice of grand design in the name of love Hands nailed to the cross with open arms to teach us to reach out to humanity Once upon a tree God s Son was born And lived and died Just to save this soul of mine Once upon a time 1 Corinthians 15:1-4 My friends, I want you to remember the message that I preached and that you believed and trusted. You will be saved by this message, if you hold firmly to it. But if you don t, your faith was all for nothing. I told you the most important part of the message exactly as it was told to me. That part is: Christ died for our sins, as the Scriptures say. He was buried, and three days later he was raised to life, as the Scriptures say.
POINT OF GRACE - This Gift (MP3 clip) This gift was the greatest gift that the world had ever known God s love in the form of a little child from Heaven s throne Such joy, Such hope, Sent to earth from above This gift, God s greatest gift Wrapped in Heaven s love What can you give to someone who s hurting? What can you share to calm a troubled heart? In this season of hope just what can you offer to someone whose life is torn apart? The dreams of all eternity were wrapped in a present so small For God cared enough to give to you the greatest gift of all Romans 6:23 Sin pays off with death. But God s gift is eternal life given by Jesus Christ our Lord. Matt. 11:28 Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Related Links: God makes ‘the problem of pain’ His own
Jesus came to take away sin. Has He taken away your sin? INHABITED - Angels Sing (MP3 clip) Who are we that You d send Your Son to bring us peace on Earth Who are we that You d give Your life that we might be set free We sing Hallelujah As the angels sing Your praise And to You our lives we raise In Jesus Salvation, Holy Lamb of God, You re the reigning king We bow down before You alone And thank You for Your love We d be lost and have no hope If it wasn t for Your grace You are holy And we fall on our face You are Jesus And we give You our praise You re our Healer, Salvation, Redeemer, Emmanuel - Salvation is here
Vicky Beeching - Strong Than The Storm When the world all around is shaking and we re deafened by crashing waves We call out to You You are stronger than the storm You are reigning over all Faithful God you re always in control You re the anchor of peace for our souls Check out this recent blog entry from Jenni (former porn star Veronica Lain and prostitute): I was in darkness for so many years. I was satan s slave. I had no soul left. I was dying and in a hole. But you have to understand. God was always there. And he is for all of us. He loves us no matter what. I see so clearly now and feel so much love that I never knew existed. I was in large sea swimming for my life. Sometimes there were storms but I kept on going. There were many sharks but I went on swimming. At times, I gave up and sank deep down into the murky water thinking I would die. Now I am washed up on the shore.(God pulled me out) I am lounging on the warm sandy beach. I am walking in paradise and never want to go back to that dark sea of depression, guilt, hate, anger, loneliness, despair, death, sadness, pain, and every kind of sin and evil there is. I am in a place now that I thought never existed. Satan is a liar. Don t believe him. He doesn t love you. God will save you from the storm. Stop swimming with sharks and take God s hand like I did. If your house is destroyed, God has a new house for you all ready to go. You can move in any time you like. Anyone can. I did. Psalm 107:28-30 Then they cry out to the LORD in their trouble, And He brings them out of their distresses. He calms the storm, So that its waves are still. Then they are glad because they are quiet; So He guides them to their desired haven.
Bruce Carroll - Who Will Be Jesus? (MP3 sample) She has a reputation like the woman at the well the only love she ever knew was the kind she buys and sells But her thirsty heart is searching for a love that will be true The Savior cries for her to see Himself in me and you Who will be Jesus to her? Who ll show the love that s commanded in His word? Will she see in us a mighty God we serve? Who will be Jesus to her? Wounded people everywhere And when they look at us Do they see Jesus there? Who will be Jesus to them? Who ll show the love that restores them again? For they do not need a judge they need a friend Who will be Jesus to them? Related Links: Porn Star Christmas Outreach
Do you want your life to end? Are you tired of the pain? Are you wondering why you re waking up in the morning? Here s a clip of Seventh Day Slumber at Shoutfest 2007 talking about suicide Jeremiah 17:14 Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved, for you are my praise. Jeremiah 30:17 For I will restore health to you, and your wounds I will heal, declares the LORD, because they have called you an outcast
Christy Nockels - Holy Over Me Your love has come and taken over me Your love has caused these blinded eyes to see You come and fill this empty life I bring You re Holy Holy over me My body and my soul are Yours to keep Come make Your temple here with liberty I lay me down for You have promised me You re Holy Holy over me Holy Holy over land and seas Holy Holy over galaxies Holy Holy over deepest needs You re Holy Holy over me Your love does not depend on what I do Your love is freedom and it pleases You You come and cover me in loving truth You re Holy Holy over me
Vicky Beeching - Only Your Love MP3 I ve been hiding, I ve been running away But I am so tired of staying the same Grace is calling, grace is drawing me back home To You alone Only Your love changes me Only Your love sets me free Only Your love can take my fear and doubt And change me from the inside out Only Your Love In this moment, with a heart wide open I cry, Come and heal my life Mercy meets me, I m completely amazed I ll never be the same
John Waller - The Blessing (MP3 clip) This day, you set life, you set death right before us This day, every blessing and curse is a choice now And we will choose to be a blessing for life Let it be said of us that our hearts belonged to Jesus Let it be said of us that we spoke the words of life Let it be said of us that our heritage is blessing for life We will choose to be a blessing for life Cause blessings and curses are choices Will we build up, tear down, the moment of truth is now For Your kingdom For our children For the sake of every nation We will choose to be a blessing for life Deuteronomy 30:19 This day I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life, so that you and your children may live
Now available!!! Here s your chance to get a special commemorative poster of Godstock 2007. If you were there, you ll never forget it - as DAY OF FIRE rocked into the night - and the rain poured down! Fire In The Rain - DAY OF FIRE @ Godstock 2007 by godstock Get this custom print at Zazzle Thanks to the Wayne County Press, Kelsey and Jess for the pics! Here s a little video of their performance Related Links: Godstock MySpace Thought Quotient video archives
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