The Upper Room - all things Christian

I think all children learn from the actions of there parents. And this thread is about ALL things christian so why is this off limits.

 

Hope Now by Addison Road

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE THIS SONG! :hurray:

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=12359999

 

"The Richest Caveman" - the testimony of Doug Batchelor
http://www.amazingfacts.org/Televis...ID/8/SQT/A/7/The-Richest-Caveman/Default.aspx

"I'd Rather Have Jesus" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y34lUGEmv10

 

You're not alone - Meredith Andrews

http://www.godtube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=ebebbc3ad98e25305abb

 

An adoption story - The Richt Family

http://www.godtube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=e176f8dbf863472356eb

 

A couple of oldie but goodies by ZOEgirl

Beautiful Name (one of my favorites)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnssrqjco20


You Get Me
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0x7_gHyGLY

 

Tenth Avenue North

By Your Side http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J95rAr0gOFU

Love Is Here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGGanAZ2IwM

 

Rescue by Jared Anderson

Heard this on the radio today and had to look find out who the artist is. It's been a while since I've heard this but it's such a good song. "This world has nothing for me, I will follow You." AMEN!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpcNHCTs7QI

 

From the website "NotReligion.com"

Check out the site, it's very good!


Not Common

November 20, 2008
Key Passage: Acts 10:9-33
Topic: Christian Living

"What God has made clean, do not call common" (Acts 10:15, ESV).

I remember hearing this story about Peter and his vision when I was young. It was strange then, and it's still strange today.
Imagine lying on a lawn chair, enjoying the summer sun, then looking up and seeing an enormous sheet filled with thousands of animals hovering above you. What does it mean? you wonder.
Peter was confused too, but God explained the situation to him.
"What God has made clean, do not call common" (Acts 10:15, ESV). This moment in Peter's life marks a turning point in his understanding of God's new relationship with humanity.
Throughout the Old Testament, God had dropped hints that someday the whole world would worship Him. But up to this point, God's attention had been on the Jewish nation--His chosen people.
With Peter's vision, the secret is out, so to speak. Now, the whole world--Jew and Gentile, "clean" and "unclean"--had the opportunity to enjoy a relationship with God through Jesus. As the apostle Paul would later say, "There is no longer Jew or Gentile, slave or free, male or female. For you are all Christians--you are one in Christ Jesus" (Galatians 3:28, NLT).
Even today, it's sometimes easy to form our own little groups, to see ourselves as better or more special to God than others. We become afraid of reaching out to someone in need just because they're different.
But Jesus died for everyone. And if you're not a believer, understand that you are welcome to come to Jesus just as you are right now. Don't let anyone tell you different.

 

A Letter To Dad

http://www.alettertodad.com/altd/Home.html

Looks like a pretty good movie for the whole family.

 

Sunday's Coming - in less than 2 weeks!!

A repeat, but deserves a bump:

http://www.tangle.com/view_video.php?viewkey=9601494a6a22cf456942

 

Shroud of Turin - update

http://www.tangle.com/view_video.php?viewkey=f49fccef1853aca031a4

 

Jesus is risen!

He is risen indeed!

 

Not sure if this was the place to put it, but I thought it was adorable

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4FNGsNY3nI&feature=player_embedded

 

This is exactly the right place to place this:

http://www.lightsource.com/ministry/love_worth_finding/20090419/

 

There will be a day - Jeremy Camp

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=le-TG4sRRiQ

Awesome.

 

Couple ordered to stop bible study at home w/out permit

Link: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,522637,00.html

Pastor David Jones and his wife Mary have been told that they cannot invite friends to their San Diego, Calif. home for a Bible study — unless they are willing to pay tens of thousands of dollars to San Diego County.

"On Good Friday we had an employee from San Diego County come to our house, and inform us that the Bible study that we were having was a religious assembly, and in violation of the code in the county." David Jones told FOX News.

"We told them this is not really a religious assembly — this is just a Bible study with friends. We have a meal, we pray, that was all," Jones said.

A few days later, the couple received a written warning that cited "unlawful use of land," ordering them to either "stop religious assembly or apply for a major use permit," the couple's attorney Dean Broyles told San Diego news station 10News.

But the major use permit could cost the Jones' thousands of dollars just to have a few friends over.

For David and Mary Jones, it's about more than a question of money.

"The government may not prohibit the free exercise of religion," Broyles told FOX News. "I believe that our Founding Fathers would roll over in their grave if they saw that here in the year 2009, a pastor and his wife are being told that they cannot hold a simple Bible study in their own home."

"The implications are great because it’s not only us that’s involved," Mary Jones said. "There are thousands and thousands of Bible studies that are held all across the country. What we’re interested in is setting a precedent here — before it goes any further — and that we have it settled for the future."

The couple is planning to dispute the county's order this week.

If San Diego County refuses to allow the pastor and his wife to continue gathering without acquiring a permit, they will consider a lawsuit in federal
court.

More detail from local news: http://www.10news.com/news/19562217/detail.html

 

Rejecting Religiosity - Building relationships with God

Excellent article in today's N&O, featuring Anne Graham Lotz.

http://www.newsobserver.com/105/story/1654159.html

Quote from the article: "I felt I had to leave behind religiosity and not be content to sit in a pew on Sunday mornings singing hymns, reading Scripture and knowing God in a comfortable weekend way," she said during an interview in the Raleigh office of AnGeL Ministries. "I wanted to know him 24/7."

 

Matt Redman - You Never Let Go

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXQBqQejnIA&feature=related

An awesome praise song!

Turn the speakers UP on this one!

 

This is good! I think I've heard it on the XM station, The Message.