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September 2015

September 21, 2015
I love reading about how the great hymns came to be. For some hymns, one writer...
September 17, 2015
I must say that I am equal parts shocked and disgusted with the inexplicable surge...
September 14, 2015
Last year, I did a post on southern gospel singers with doppelgangers in the entertainment...
September 08, 2015
Many of you are probably familiar with the Christian movie productions of Sherwood Pictures. They've...
September 07, 2015
Apologies for my lack of contentful columns in the past week or so as I...

August 2015

August 26, 2015
It's probably safe to say that Fanny Crosby was the most prolific American hymn-writer, perhaps...
August 24, 2015
It's official: Josh Duggar is a serial adulterer and p*rnography addict. The data unearthed in...
August 22, 2015
Well, to be clear, former members of Signature Sound. But that would have been too...
August 20, 2015
Here's the link to the second half of my Robin Williams top five retrospective, guest-posted...
August 18, 2015
This project finds southern gospel's most inventive quartet trying on yet another hat: Broadway. They...
August 13, 2015
Focus on the Family's Paul Asay has once again very kindly lent me his personal...
August 11, 2015
Amber Nelon Thompson is one of gospel music's most talented, consistent, and consistently pleasing singers.  Her versatile...
August 07, 2015
I caught bits and pieces of the FOX News-hosted GOP debates last night and wanted...
August 03, 2015
Now that I've spent two weeks talking about the discouraging realities of homosexual "marriage," I...

July 2015

July 30, 2015
Last week, I had some thoughts on SCOTUS's gay "marriage" decision that seemed to strike...
July 28, 2015
Recently, I re-watched a small Christian movie called The Second Chance (2006), directed by Steve Taylor and...
July 27, 2015
July 23, 2015
While I'm on a political roll, I'll take a post to look back at the...
July 20, 2015
In the wake of the disgusting revelation that Planned Parenthood has been trafficking the remains...
July 16, 2015
"[It's about] growing up, and about inner conflict, and about dealing with yourself, and all...
July 14, 2015
Loneliness is woven into the fabric of the human condition. Lifelong companionship is a gift...
July 10, 2015
Another classic performance from the Booth Brothers. I learned something interesting from my blogging friend Brian...
July 07, 2015
The Browns have gone through a few lineup shifts, beginning with two sisters and two...
July 04, 2015
The other week I was listening to Rush Limbaugh, and I heard a very sad...
July 01, 2015
You might know that the Akins are one of my favorite groups in southern gospel...

June 2015

June 29, 2015
...in about four different voices. I think Neil Young is my favorite. "In the land...
June 26, 2015
[OT editor's note: Scheduled posts will continue going up regularly for the next couple weeks, but my...
June 22, 2015
As Charleston reels from the unspeakably evil actions of Dylan Roof (while amazingly making statements...
June 18, 2015
This latest upload from the Booth Brothers' Live in Lakeland project is a one-off, completely unplugged cover of...
June 16, 2015
I can't think of very many songwriters whose material runs the gamut from rock-bottom awful...
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