Tag: jesus
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Hallelujah! It’s Christmas! by Phil Wickham (Album Review)
It was my first time listening to a Christmas album by Phil Wickham. This one is actually his fourth Christmas album – which I had no idea of. I’ve heard Phil Wickham’s songs in the past, but it had been a while since I’ve listened to his music. I remember enjoying his worship-fused tunes. I happened upon this one, because I was looking for a good holiday album. I have to say, it was a pleasant welcome back. I didn’t even know that this was his fourth Christmas album, but I’m so glad I discovered it through CMADDICT’s Spotfiy Christmas music playlist (check it out here!).
Right away, I was drawn in. I liked how he took familiar songs and added his own festive spirit to them. It had more of a modern-worshipful spark, but somehow, the same comforting feel that you get from classic songs. When I got to the second track, I knew this was going to be one of the best Christian Christmas albums I’ve ever discovered. “God Rest Ye Merry Gentleman” is one of my favorite songs during the holiday season, and his rendition of it is now my go-to for Christmas.
There were other favorites of mine, “Silent Night, Holy Night,” with its calm, but powerful melody, “Deck the Halls with CHPTRS,” it starts more toned down, but grows to a joyous celebration at the end, “Hallelujah! It’s Christmas!,” which is also the title of this album – it’s a beautiful, and cheerful track, and “Worth The Wait,” it spurs this ancient, and hopeful tune about Christ (He was indeed worth the wait!), “Holy Forever,” is a worshipful song that brings a focused glory of God, and lastly, “O Christmas Tree (Greatest Story),” is a sweet, and reflective story on the Greatest Story. In conclusion, all the songs are great, and sure to move you to sing along with the lyrics.
Phil Wickham has a couple of albums, as well as his four Christmas albums. I first discovered him from his album Heaven and Earth. A friend of mine first introduced me to his music. I enjoyed that album and played the songs often. Because of this Christmas album, I’m curious to check out his other music again. I loved this new Christmas album by Phil Wickham, and I look forward to more. I highly recommend Hallelujah! It’s Christmas! and his other music, as well. You’ll like them for sure.
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I Am N – Inspiring Stories of Christians Facing Islamic Extremists – By The Voice of the Martyrs
Yousef, whose mother threatened to kill him for having a Bible, now smuggles Bibles the way his family once smuggled drugs.
After Parveen’s employer beats her for attending church, Parveen begins to help other young Christian women who work in Muslim houses.
Abdulmasi kills hundreds of Christians in Northern Nigeria with no remorse – until the day he chooses a new life of faith and sacrifices everything for a God of love.
What can we learn from these faith-filled brothers and sisters around the world? How can we pray for them? And what do their remarkable stories teach us about a God whose light shines in a dark world?
I Am N reminds us that we are each “N”, as radical Muslims in Iraq identify followers of Jesus the Nazarene. Wherever we live, we have camaraderie with those who are persecuted. So come meet their families. Listen to their stories. Deepen your faith in a God who gives us the courage to shine in a dark and hurting world.
©2016 eChristian (P)2016 eChristian
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Hearts of Fire – Eight Women in the Underground Church and Their Stories of Costly Faith – By The Voice of the Martyrs
Christian Book Award Finalist – Audio – 2023!
Eight women from eight different countries shared similar experiences of hardship and persecution, all for their faith in Christ. Yet they all emerged from adversity as heroines. From the young Vietnamese girl who turned down freedom in order to share the gospel in her Communist homeland, to the Australian missionary who spread the message of forgiveness and healing across India after her husband and sons were burned alive, these women overcame Extreme adversity to become leaders and ministers of the underground church in Pakistan, India, Romania, the former Soviet Union, China, Vietnam, Nepal and Indonesia.
©2012 The Voice of the Martyrs (P)2021 One Audiobooks
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I, Jesus: An Autobiography – By Chuck W. Missler, William P. Welty
I, Jesus: An Autobiography
ByChuck W. Missler,
William P. Welty
Many people who knew Jesus understood him well enough to admire him, to respect him, and to love him. Others were terrified of him. Some of his own relatives said he was out of his mind. But the politically and religiously intolerant leaders of first-century Israel hated him. So they murdered him. But that wasn’t the end of the story. Not by a long shot.
Today, more than 20 centuries later, respected Bible scholars Dr. Charles Missler and Dr. William Welty bring Jesus of Nazareth to you in the most unconventional way possible…by bringing Jesus of Nazareth to talk in his very own words about himself, his purpose, his nature, and his mission.
By the time you’ve finished listening to I, Jesus: an Autobiography, you’ll have learned why this rabbi from Nazareth rose from literal obscurity – as well as from the grave – to change the very course of history.
©2014 Koinonia House (P)2015 Koinonia House
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Heaven – By Joni Eareckson Tada
Heaven
ByJoni Eareckson Tada
For the past 25 years, Heaven has inspired us to live well on Earth even as we long for eternity. Drawing on Scripture, Joni Eareckson Tada answers the deepest questions of our hearts about what heaven will be like, who we will see there, and who we will be there.
This updated and expanded edition of Joni’s classic brings a new understanding of what heaven is, along with new mysteries and hopes. Now in her late 60s, Joni is much closer to heaven than she was when she first wrote the book in her mid-40s. And she says, “I will soon – soon! – hear His voice, look into His eyes, and feel His embrace. And He will say, ‘Welcome home, Joni.’” It is from this vantage point that Joni now speaks about how we can live for Jesus as we look forward to our real home.
As a quadriplegic for 50 years, Joni has also endured cancer and extreme ongoing pain. She doesn’t speak lightly when she reminds us that, “God knows the precise tools to use in your life to cut, facet, cleanse, and refine the diamond that is your eternal soul…. Every good thing that God has ever given you will last for all eternity – including the best part of every affliction.”
©2018 Joni Eareckson Tada (P)2018 Zondervan
