Have you been confused by the "experts" telling you that the Bible is not correct, That Jesus wasn't a real person, and similar lies?

Well, I have found a site that gives you hard facts about the Christain faith in a manner that everybody can understand. (No confusing theological/technical jargon.)

At www.y-jesus.com you can find articles like
Are the Gospels true?
Is Jesus God?
Did Jesus rise from the dead?
and lots more. Strong Biblical scholarship, presented in an exciting understandable manner.

Go check it out. Maybe you can subscribe to their magazine as well.

Superchick's new album "Reinvention" will be in stores in South Africa later this week or early next week. You can listen to their new radio single "Let It Roll" on their official Facebook page at facebook.com/Superchick.

Here's a little explanation about the song from Max:

Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?” (Matthew 6:25-26)

Life is beautiful, but we often forget that. One of the easiest ways we rob ourselves of joy is to spend our time worried or stressed out. When I look back at the times when I was stressed out in the past, I realize that almost none of my worrying and freaking out was helpful or necessary. I used to love the parable of the ant and the cricket. I vowed not to be the cricket singing life away while the clever ant stored up food for the winter. It is certainly a good thing to prepare, but the lie in the ant and the cricket is that we have control. As anyone who has cancer will tell you, we have no control - we only have each day we are given and the only thing we control is how much we enjoy it. It took me a long time to understand that joy is a discipline, that you can teach yourself to focus on what is important. You only get so many beautiful spring days in your life and each minute that ticks by is time we will never get back. Let’s use those minutes well. May we all live in joy and beauty.

“I have been through many terrible things in my life, some of which have actually happened to me” - Mark Twain

After 22 years and more than 2000 shows, newsboys frontman Peter Furler will no longer front the band in concert. Michael Tait will be touring with the band as lead singer with Peter making special appearances throughout the year.

Peter will continue with the band and his trademark songwriting and production will remain as he focuses his professional career toward future newsboys recordings.

Michael has been on the road with the band over the past weeks working alongside Peter in what has been a positive and enjoyable experience for both parties. It has been a graceful process that both Peter and Michael have worked through as they prepare to make the change in the coming weeks.

Peter states, “newsboys to me has always been a mission, and I entrust Mike, Jeff, Jody and Duncan to continue all that is in store for us as a band. I’m looking forward to focusing on the band’s studio career and spending time in my own bed after many years in a tour bus and hundreds of thousands of miles on the road.”

Wes Campbell, newsboys manager, explains, “Whilst the decision to replace Peter on the road was a painstaking one, when the idea of dc Talk vocalist Michael Tait was presented, it was a no-brainer to all of us. No one can replace Peter, but we know Michael will bring a new attitude, energy and vocal style that will thrill our audience. To be able to continue a world class show and still have Peter behind the scenes guiding the career and making of newsboys music is a huge opportunity for all of us. It’s amazing that after many years of touring with dc Talk in the 1990’s, that in 2009 our paths would cross once again. It’s an exciting time for all of us.”

“For years dc Talk and newsboys have been family and thus shared the same loyal and adoring fans,” says Michael Tait. “When I received the initial call from newsboys to consider joining the band as lead singer, I was speechless! I immediately sought wise counsel and flooded the heavens with endless prayers for insight and vision, and I soon received a clear and definite peace. Last weekend, I had the opportunity to perform my first show as newsboys’ frontman to an audience of 12,000 people. I was completely wrapped in love and support by newsboys’ fans, who are clearly the best fans on the planet. Now I know this is exactly where I belong in this new and wonderful moment in my life’s history. This is a definite highlight of my career and for my 20+ years of walking with Jesus, and I am humbled, proud and privileged to call myself a newsboy.”

In the coming days, Peter will be releasing a personal statement on the band’s website in more detail.

The band has recently finished recording its new studio album, In The Hands of God, which features Peter as lead vocalist on the entire album. Street date for this record is May 5th.

With five gold albums, sales exceeding six million units, more than 20 No.1 radio hits, and a mantle of Dove Awards as well as Grammy nominations, newsboys has achieved phenomenal success in its two decades together. Known for its amazing live performances and groundbreaking tours, the band continues to sell out festivals and concerts worldwide, satisfying diehard fans and winning new ones in the process.

Jeremy Camp's new album Speaking Louder Than Before has just been released in South Africa.

Great album, but what does "speaking louder than before" mean? Head over to Jeremy's website at http://www.jeremycamp.com/speak.html to read his own explanation.

 
 

 

Take six guys from Belfast - the sort who grew up in and around the troubles, whose faith evolved as roadblocks and bomb scares punctuated their daily routines - and grow them in a church soaked in worship. Open them up to a sense of adventure, to a passion for local churches and prodigals, fill them with tunes like cliff-faces and you’ll be getting some where towards a band like Bluetree. But not quite close enough.

For the final piece of the puzzle you have to go to Thailand. It was there in Pattaya - a city scarred and stained by its reputation as the capital of the world’s sex trade - that the final piece fell into place.

The band had bartered their way into playing‚ at a club - a club which is a brothel. As they did what they only ever do - worshipped - something arrived. It was a song - but one that formed with unusual power and speed. Lyrics and melody formed, calling out a message of hope, a promise of new life for a city so chained by darkness:

You’re the God of this city
You’re the King of these people
You’re the Lord of this nation
You are
You’re the light in this darkness
You’re the hope to the hopeless
You’re the peace to the restless
You are
For there is no-one like our God
There is no-one like our God
Greater things have yet to come
Greater things are still to be done
In this city
Greater things have yet to come
And greater things have still to be done here

That was back in November 2006. They formed a little under a year before with the intention of taking up the worship-leading baton passed down across the last two decades within their home church - CFC in Belfast. The likes of Robin Marks and Jonny Parks had gone before, teaching the guys as they made their way through youth groups about the heart of worship.

Originally a five piece, Bluetree soon found themselves as a regular part of Northern Ireland’s church event scene. The faces - both on and off stage - would often be the same, breeding a strong sense of family and unity. And when they realized that Pete - the DJ who always seemed to be playing at the same events - was making his own travel arrangements, they simply decided to have him join the band and take a place in the van.

A year and a few months on from their trip to Thailand and - in many ways - things have changed for the band. First Chris Tomlin heard and fell under the spell of God Of This City‚ the prophetic song born in front of prostitutes and worshippers alike. Tomlin loved it and the track has become something of an anthem for the Passion‚ generation becoming the title track of their February 2008 album.

It doesn’t take much imagination to work out the intensity of the buzz that’s now surrounding Bluetree. But it’s not the meetings and the planning and the prospects of bigger buzzes that gets them most excited; it’s the chance to spend more time with local churches, cheering them on, providing the soundtracks for prodigals and returns, and the refining of fresh vision and hope for congregations.