Faith Comes By Hearing

Written by Jesse Larsen I just wanted to recommend the latest album by my favorite singer, Amy Shreve. The album is titled StoryMan, and you can click here to find some samples of it on her site. You can also buy a CD copy of the album on her site, and you can buy a digital copy on iTunes. I discovered Amy Shreve's music through a "Voice of The Martyrs" conference that I went to in 2005, and she has been my favorite singer since then. Here is a playlist I made with my You Tube channel that will let you listen to many of her songs: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLErgskBaTpm4eLCW46IDRpbtNQkXnGbKi Amy was diagnosed with double-hit lymphoma in October 2015. If any of you are lead to give her and her husband a financial gift, you can do so though this link. They are incredibly real and amazing people who love the Lord.

By Jesse Larsen Based on some of the lyrics, I have no doubt that there are good intentions behind some Christian metal bands, but I also think that they sometimes give the enemies of God occasion to mock or blaspheme when they focus more on being dark and edgy than glorifying God. I realize that there are dark subjects in the Bible, like the lake of fire, the anti-Christ and the plagues that will come during the tribulation period.... but some of these bands are not much different from secular metal bands in some ways. For example, when a band keeps coming out with one angry song after another, I don't think that is glorifying to God, because it shows that they are not slow to anger. James 1:19 says "let every man be slow to speak, slow to wrath ; for the wrath of man does not produce the righteousness of God". Ephesians 4:26-27 says "Be angry and do not sin: do not let the sun go down on your wrath, nor give place to the devil". So, I am aware that anger ...