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01 Mar 2009
By jasondsears

God of This City

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Here is the story that I mentioned this morning regarding the song: God of This City.Nov 2006, Bluetree are heading out to Pattaya Thailand to participate in an event arranged by Belfast missionaries living in Pattaya, Thailand called Pattaya Praise. We’ve no expectation of the event; we were just looking for an opportunity to serve somehow.We didn’t know much about it before we left, but Pattaya is a dark place. It’s a small seaside town notorious for it’s sex trade. Throughout our time there we heard countless stories of girls who are bought from their parents for a price, sold…
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28 Feb 2009
By jasondsears

Church hands out 100% of donations

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25 Feb 2009
By jasondsears

Lent begins tomorrow . . .

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Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the season of Lent. Growing up Catholic, I would give up something for the 40 days before Easter - and mostly did it because it was what you did when you grew up Catholic - but this year, i'm giving something up, and the Sears family is also giving something up - as a daily reminder of the sacrifice, and a preparation for the celebration of Easter Sunday. Why 40 days? The 40 days of Lent echo the period of withdrawal of Jesus into the wilderness. The number 40 has several other Biblical references:…
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23 Feb 2009
By jasondsears

Monday morning recap for Sunday – Feb. 22, 2009

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This week we opened with "Amazing God" which is a song by Brenton Brown that we sang for offering last week. Great tune. The CHOIR will be singing it again this week to open the service.After our call to worship, we sang "You Are Worthy of My Praise," but it was a completely different feel - set to a rip-off of "Clocks" by Coldplay.We followed that with The Solid Rock, Enough (recorded by Chris Tomlin), Grace That is Greater Than All Our Sin, and You Gave Your Life Away (by Paul Baloche). Our offering song this week was "As it…
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19 Feb 2009
By jasondsears

Kelly Clarkson . . .

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Apparently she won a TV contest a few years ago . . . I'm not certain about that though.I heard a news report yesterday that she's gone on record saying that all of her pictures get photoshopped - that she isn't perfect - that she looks different in person than she does on the cover of her magazine: [In fact, she told the group of about 20 pre-teens gathered in Nashville Feb. 11 for a self-esteem workshop sponsored by Dove, "just to let you know everyone in the magazines is Photoshopped! Beyoncé is one of the most beautiful girls in…
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18 Feb 2009
By jasondsears

Facebook Terms of Use

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Facebook has reverted back to their previous terms of use while they resolve the issues that people have raised.FROM FACEBOOK [Terms of Use UpdateOver the past few days, we have received a lot of feedback about the new terms we posted two weeks ago. Because of this response, we have decided to return to our previous Terms of Use while we resolve the issues that people have raised. For more information, visit the Facebook Blog.If you want to share your thoughts on what should be in the new terms, check out our group Facebook Bill of Rights and Responsibilities.]Even though…
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18 Feb 2009
By jasondsears

Tuesday nights in the spring . . .

personal
I LOVE Tuesday nights in the spring. Scrubs come on ABC.There's this other show that a lot of America is obsessed with. And it's ON right now on our TV. The "singing" that they give us on this show makes me SO thankful for the talent that we have at Oak Mountain. I have some of the BEST vocalists and instrumentalists in the country - and I'm not just saying that. Shows like American Trashy-Vocals really make me thankful for the talent God has brought to Oak Mountain.
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18 Feb 2009
By jasondsears

Jason's opinion on Facebook's "licensing" issue

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Facebook has stirred up some sharp feelings because they've updated their terms of use as of the beginning of this month to say that anything you post is now "theirs" to keep or use, or sell - even if you cancel your account.Bottom line . . . don't put anything on the internet that you don't want for public consumption. Your "friends" on facebook can download your pics onto their computers, can save your messages, etc . . . Facebook is just stating the obvious. (you posted a pic on our server - you must not have a problem sharing…
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