Minimal Art - Star Wars Version

Everything is a Remix

Everything is a Remix Part 2 from Kirby Ferguson on Vimeo.

I'm assuming the same thing could be said about music.

It's seems like it's a default human response to HAVE TO compare new music with something old or familiar.

Yes, I do it all the time. You know how it goes, right? Someone will say, "Dude, check out this new band!" And as soon as you start listening to it, the computer in your head starts throwing together every possible combination.

Then you get to say, "This sounds like a mix between (band #1) and (band #2)"

Your friend doesn't agree...which is fine...BUT, something deep inside you really wants them to!

Sooo, you throw in the analogy: "If (band #1) and (band #2) had babies, they'd sound like this."

And on and on it goes.

Make War!

Christless Christianity

"Scripture is of no use to us if we read it merely as a handbook for daily living without recognizing that its principle purpose is to reveal Jesus Christ and his gospel for the salvation of sinners.

All Scripture coalesces in Christ, anticipated in the OT and appearing in the flesh in the NT. In Scripture, God issues commands and threatens judgment for transgressors as well as direction for the lives of his people. Yet the greatest treasure buried in the Scriptures is the good news of the promised Messiah.

Everything in the Bible that tells us what to DO is “law”, and everything in the Bible that tells us what God has DONE in Christ to save us is “gospel.” Much like medieval piety, the emphasis in much Christian teaching today is on what we are to do without adequate grounding in the good news of what God has done for us in Christ.

“What would Jesus do?” becomes more important than “What has Jesus done?”

The gospel, however, is not just something we needed at conversion so we can spend the rest of our Christian life obsessed with performance; it is something we need every day–the only source of our sanctification as well as our justification.

The law guides, but only the gospel gives.

We are declared righteous–justified–not by anything that happens within us or done by us, but solely by God’s act of crediting us with Christ’s perfect righteousness through faith alone."

The Truth and the Lie

I really enjoyed Kevin's talk at the Exchange Conference last Summer. I'm stoked they finally got the video up!

Content WITHOUT Conviction

It's just plain refreshing listening to someone who speaks, not only with passion, but passion rooted in principles.

Dennis Prager is one of those 'refreshing someones'. He's a guy who speaks not only with passion and clarity, but with an actual CONVICTION. (Remember when politicians used to do that too?:) My Great-Great-Great Grandpa said "Those...were the days."

Take a couple minutes to check this out:

A few thoughts:

1) Talk Radio is great and all, but it may need to die so that Dennis Prager, after finding himself jobless, can become who he's called to be...the 45th President!  :)

2) When you hear someone speak from their conviction...you know it. You feel it. Dennis makes ME wanna be American! (Ohh wait, I mean...Double American:)

3) Conviction is combustible, and will set your words on FIRE! "Content" communicated without conviction is the definition of CLICHE. It's lifeless and ultimately imparts nothing more than recycled, room-temp platitudes that fail to captivate or compel anyone to change.

4) I love hearing Dennis speak because he delivers SUBSTANCE, not SLOGANS. 

5) His diagnoses of America reminded me of what Proverbs 29:18a says:

"Where there is no vision the people cast off restraint."

Is America's VISION up for grabs?

Purpose-Driven Piece of Paper

I don't know about you, but I'm constantly looking for different tools to help me just be a taaaad more efficient. Here's my "version 1.0 boilerplate" I created for general meetings.

One way to maximize its use is for PREP 

There's a place on the PDPOP to write thoughts down as they come. I'll usually staple it to a folder where I can put whatever else I need pertaining to the upcoming meeting. It's great showing up to a meeting prepped!

Click HERE to download!

Get More Energy!!!

So true. 

Soundation Studio

It's pretty sweet to have things like this available...you know to help me waste my time.

Another awesome time waster is ClubCreate

Just so there's no misunderstanding though... "wasting time" doesn't mean I'm not enjoying it :)

BandCentral

I haven't used this service yet (mostly because...well, it's for BANDS) but I can totally see the benefit something like BandCentral offers. I wish something like this was around 5 years ago! And sorry, MySpace doesn't count.

Check out BandCentral here.