Leviticus 19:28 (NIV)
28Do not cut your bodies for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves. I am the LORD.
1 Corinthians 6:19 (NIV)
Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body.
Matthew 11:28 – 30 (NIV)
28?Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. 29Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.?
Woo-hoo! Let’s have some fun with some great music!
This is the first Lifespring! Weekend Music Show. In this show, I tell you a little about my musical background, some radio history, and why I’m doing this show.
Artists and Songs
Jimmie Bratcher with “Something Better”. I mistakenly said that this cut was from the Red, White and Blues-Live! CD. While that song is on the Live CD, this particular version of the song is from the “Something Better” CD. Sorry, Jimmie!
You can download the “Live” version from iTunes by clicking here.
The Critics with “Fairie Queen”. This song is not available on iTunes, but several other cuts from the “Soul Still Remembers” CD are. Click here.
Bryan Duncan with “Never Lied To You”. Of course, since the song on my show was recorded at my church, you can’t download that version, but you can download Bryan’s CD “Music City Live”, which has this song, and a bunch of other great tunes. Click here.
Chris Mills sang “Living the Dream”. This one is from the Podsafe Music Network (PMN). Click here.
Peeper Radio Theatre did the Peeper Auto Cars spot. This, too, is from the PMN. Click here.
Bill Neubauer played some great Hawaiian Slack Key on “Fairest Lord Jesus”. Click here for more info.
Johnny Nicholas did some fantastic blues with “John the Revelator”. Found Johnny at the PMN. Click here.
And of course, I couldn’t leave out Adrina Thorpe. The song was “Round the Bend”. Click here to buy the album from iTunes. Or here to buy directly from Adrina.
Listener Russ writes: “Quick question: with all the interpretations of the Bible out there, how
do I know that I’m really getting the Word as the Lord meant it to be presented? One example is 1 Corinthians 13 – in most translations the story is about love, in the King James it is about charity. I feel like I should learn Greek and study the orignal text to see what Paul wrote to better understand what God said.”
This is a great question, because many people ask the same thing. Is there a “best” or “right” Bible? There really is a good answer to that question! Listen to the podcast to find out the answer.
Click here for a great place to find out about building a Bible study library. Written by a man I respect very much, John Kohlenberger III.
1 Cor. 13:4 – 7 (NIV)
4Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
John 7:25-44 (NIV)
25At that point some of the people of Jerusalem began to ask, ?Isn?t this the man they are trying to kill? 26Here he is, speaking publicly, and they are not saying a word to him. Have the authorities really concluded that he is the Christ? 27But we know where this man is from; when the Christ comes, no one will know where he is from.?
28Then Jesus, still teaching in the temple courts, cried out, ?Yes, you know me, and you know where I am from. I am not here on my own, but he who sent me is true. You do not know him, 29but I know him because I am from him and he sent me.?
30At this they tried to seize him, but no one laid a hand on him, because his time had not yet come. 31Still, many in the crowd put their faith in him. They said, ?When the Christ comes, will he do more miraculous signs than this man??
32The Pharisees heard the crowd whispering such things about him. Then the chief priests and the Pharisees sent temple guards to arrest him.
33Jesus said, ?I am with you for only a short time, and then I go to the one who sent me. 34You will look for me, but you will not find me; and where I am, you cannot come.?
35The Jews said to one another, ?Where does this man intend to go that we cannot find him? Will he go where our people live scattered among the Greeks, and teach the Greeks? 36What did he mean when he said, ?You will look for me, but you will not find me,? and ?Where I am, you cannot come???
37On the last and greatest day of the Feast, Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, ?If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink. 38Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, streams of living water will flow from within him.? 39By this he meant the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were later to receive. Up to that time the Spirit had not been given, since Jesus had not yet been glorified.
40On hearing his words, some of the people said, ?Surely this man is the Prophet.?
41Others said, ?He is the Christ.?
Still others asked, ?How can the Christ come from Galilee? 42Does not the Scripture say that the Christ will come from David?s family and from Bethlehem, the town where David lived?? 43Thus the people were divided because of Jesus. 44Some wanted to seize him, but no one laid a hand on him.
In this podcast, I give a non-political reason why my governor is cooler than your governor, and a look at why I do the Lifespring! podcast the way I do it.
Mark 2:14-17 (NIV)
14As he walked along, he saw Levi son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax collector?s booth. ?Follow me,? Jesus told him, and Levi got up and followed him.
15While Jesus was having dinner at Levi?s house, many tax collectors and ?sinners? were eating with him and his disciples, for there were many who followed him. 16When the teachers of the law who were Pharisees saw him eating with the ?sinners? and tax collectors, they asked his disciples: ?Why does he eat with tax collectors and ?sinners???
17On hearing this, Jesus said to them, ?It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.?
Matt. 9:9-13 (NIV)
9As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax collector?s booth. ?Follow me,? he told him, and Matthew got up and followed him.
10While Jesus was having dinner at Matthew?s house, many tax collectors and ?sinners? came and ate with him and his disciples. 11When the Pharisees saw this, they asked his disciples, ?Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and ?sinners???
12On hearing this, Jesus said, ?It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. 13But go and learn what this means: ?I desire mercy, not sacrifice.? For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.?
Matt. 22:36-39 (NIV)
36?Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law??
37Jesus replied: ??Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.? 38This is the first and greatest commandment. 39And the second is like it: ?Love your neighbor as yourself.?
