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My Top 5 Family Friendly Action Video Games

Video games can be a great way to spend an evening with your family. There are many series of games out that focus on playing as a family. I have played and finished quite a few games together with my son and I know he enjoys spending this kind of time with his dad. What kinds of games are available for you to play with your family? Here are my top 5 family friendly video games.

January 15, 2013

Brandon Heath: Top 8 Christian Songs

Brandon Heath is an award-winning contemporary Christian music star. He has released 4 studio albums since debuting in 2006. He has won 6 DOVE awards and been nominated for over a dozen more from various award shows including Grammy nominations. Born in music city Nashville, Tennessee, Heath at one time moved to Texas and spent a year being a worship leader at Woodlands United Methodist Church. Although he would ultimately move back to Tennessee to focus more on his career he said he still feels at home in Texas and goes back to visit when he can. Brandon’s most recent album titled “Blue Mountain” has it's first hit single “Jesus in Disguise” playing on the radio now. As for the career of Brandon Heath below is a compilation list of the top 8 hits of all time from the budding star Brandon Heath.

January 15, 2013

Tony Dungy Quotes: Top 20 List

Tony Dungy is best known as the Super Bowl winning head coach of the Indianapolis Colts, but he is also an evangelical Christian who believe it or not at one time considered leaving football for the prison ministry. Tony became the first African-American head coach to have won a Super Bowl. They defeated the Chicago Bears 29-17 in Super Bowl XLI who were coached by fellow African-American head coach Lovie Smith who is friends with Tony Dungy. Tony said afterwards that he and Lovie are proud to be the first African-American coaches but they are more proud to also be the first evangelical Christians coaching in that spot.

January 12, 2013

Top 10 Christian Metal Bands Of All Time

Christian metal music has become a big influence on our culture. I am living proof. There are many genres of metal: progressive metal, power metal, thrash metal, death core and so on. They all speak truth about the Living God. Here are my 10 favorite Christian metal bands. Please note that my favorite lyrics may not be from my favorite albums.

January 11, 2013

Christian Sports Stars: 7 Great Witnesses

In sports today, we often see the classic case of fame and fortune turning to sin and legal trouble for many of the biggest stars. Fortunately there are still a lot of sports figures that are worth following and admiring. While there are plenty more than what you’ll read below, this is a list of 7 of my favorite delivering the message of the good news.

January 10, 2013

5 Christian Business Owners To Admire

Today it is hard to find business owners that really care about their faith in God. You can find many that claim to have faith, but when you see their work ethic it makes you think otherwise. Here is a list of 5 godly business owners that really take their faith in God seriously.

January 08, 2013

Christian Songs: Tenth Avenue North Top 8 of All Time

Tenth Avenue North has accumulated an impressive catalogue of hits in a relatively short time frame with 3 studio albums. Their debut album, Over and Underneath, was released on May 20, 2008. The band was formed while attending Palm Beach Atlantic University. They won the 2009 Best New Artist of the year, as well as winning Song of the Year for “By Your Side”. These guys are one of the hottest acts in Christian Music today. Here are what I consider to be the top 8 of All Time from the band.

January 05, 2013

Mercy Me Songs: Top 8 Lyric Videos

MercyMe formed in 1994 and had 6 independent albums, but didn’t gain mainstream attention until their huge crossover hit “I Can Only Imagine” in 2001. Since then they have done 6 studio albums, 4 of which have gone gold. Here is a list of what I consider the top 8 lyric video songs they have put out over the course of their career.

January 04, 2013

Role Playing Games: 5 Favorite RPG's

Role-playing games are by far one of the most entertaining and fun to play game genres out there. While there are so many different types, they all have their own appeal. My list is probably out of ordinary for most, but I loved playing all 5 of these growing up. It was tough to pick only five, but these are 5 worth mentioning.

January 03, 2013

Top 10 Kutless Songs of All Time

Kutless is a mainstream rock band played on Christian radio stations everywhere. Their mission is very evident in the lyrics that they write. They are on a mission to spread the love of Jesus to everyone. This band has made a huge impact for the kingdom. Here are my 10 favorite songs of theirs.

January 02, 2013

Today's Devotional

A Prayer to Be Less Sad Today - Your Daily Prayer - September 7

The greatest cure and medicine for sadness and all the feelings it may lead to is the Word of God. The Word of God seeps into dry and lonely places and fills them. The more you drink from the Word of God and even digest it, the more your soul is saturated, and the more your sadness leaves you.

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