Rock n’ Roll is from Satan

Posted by D. Goodmanson on Feb 28, 2005 in Culture | 30 comments

I remember watching a poorly made video called, They Sold Their Souls for Rock and Roll with promotion by Kirk Cameron and Ray Comfort no less, which decried the evils of rock music. I remember feeling pretty manipulated by the video that seemed to take quotes out of context and twist the intention of some of the artists comments. What reminded me is a post over at challies.com that mentions another video about the ‘evils of rock n’ roll called Hells Bells.

Hells Bells Description:

After opening with an engaging apologetic on the power of music and the nature of man, Hell’s Bells examines the ideas of key satanists and occultists and looks for their parallels within the world of secular rock music. (Surprise, they’re virtually everywhere!) It then contrasts these “vain and evil imaginings” with the teachings of Jesus. By the end of this absolutely captivating video (multitudes of lost people have watched it out of interest, curiosity, even a desire to rip it apart!), the viewer has seen and heard the gospel forwards and backwards and knows that ultimately there are only two types of people (the lost and the redeemed) and two paths to go on (the path of self (satanism) or the way of the cross). Tens of thousands have been saved through this video! Produced in 1989; 185 minutes; VHS (NTSC); English

And here are some comments from Challies:

Burnside Writers Collective LAUCHED

Posted by D. Goodmanson on Feb 26, 2005 in Church Technology, Monk Dev | 3 comments

We’ll we’ve done a soft launch but there will be tons of mentioning Burnside Writers Collective in magazines, articles and the new books by Miller and others. Authors include Donald Miller, Rick McKinley, Jordan Green, Lauren F. Winner, Chris Seay. Musicians include Derek Webb and the Robbie Seay Band. Current articles include:

Arcade Fire, Funeral and The Killers, Hot Fuss
Interview: Al James of Dolorean
David Dark, The Gospel According to America

If you’d like to submit work to be included, email Jordan Green.

There will be many more tweaks to come. Email updates, ecommerce, some flash fun…but go check it out.

Moving from fear to faith

Posted by D. Goodmanson on Feb 24, 2005 in Church | 0 comments

Five years ago I remember walking up to total strangers and telling them they were sinners and were on their way to a torturous hell. It’s hard to forget. My friend Patrick and I went down to Hollywood on a Friday night and decided to stand in front of a porn shop and offer people warm words of fiery encouragement. No, I’m not kidding, that was the way in which I thought evangelism would best be honoring to God. I assumed cutting to the quick and getting rid of all of the peripheral fluff would be the best thing for the hearer if honesty was to be applied. Needless to say, Patrick and I didn’t receive a very warm welcome. Often I got the middle finger, or a nasty little comment which I would walk away thinking how good it was to suffer for the sake of Christ.

…continue (written by David Fairchild)

33 Reasons Why you shouldn’t post your picture on the internet

Posted by D. Goodmanson on Feb 24, 2005 in Culture | 1 comment

These pictures are pretty funny of people who took one image and have edited this kid to be in so many crazy situations.

Check out all of them here.

The ManKind Project Article

Posted by D. Goodmanson on Feb 23, 2005 in Church Technology, Sheep&Goats | 18 comments

Galloping Horse, Soaring Eagle, Temple Badger, and Powerful Jaguar are some of the 30 graduates of the New Warrior Training Adventure. The New Warrior Training is a weekend retreat facilitated by The ManKind Project (MKP). According to its brochure, MKP “offers men the opportunity to look deeper into their lives and make healthy choices about their future.”

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