Jesus Christ who is the Way, the Truth and the Life. Christian hardcore, metal and punk music. And possibly you... and/or your band.
I also enjoy listening to and/or reading books from great ministers and christian thinkers such as Ravi Zacharaias, R.C. Sproul, John Piper, John MacArthur, Chuck Swindoll, Alistair Begg, C.S. Lewis among others.
Music
Bands that I love or loved music made by (in no particular order) and may or not be functioning bands at this current stage of my life...
The Crucified, The Lead, Training For Utopia, Believer, Blenderhead, The Chariot, Roadside Monument, Nobody Special, Scaterd Few, Jesus Wept, Figure Four, Deliverance, Mortification, The Blamed, Argyle Park, Brutal Fight, Hanover Saints, Bloodlined Calligraphy, Symphony In Peril, Empty Tomb, Spitfire, With Blood Comes Cleansing, Extol, Inevitable End, Mortal, Blaster The Rocketman, Warlord, The 77's, Daniel Amos, Black And White World, Dig Hay Zoose, Stavesacre, TRAUMA, Resurrection Band, Outer Circle, Living Sacrifice, Fluffy, Breakfast With Amy, Fasedown, Mortal Treason, No Innocent Victim, Undercover, Point Of Recognition, The Redemption Song, Seventh Star, Adam Again, XDEATHSTARX, Kings X (up to and including Dogman), Blackhouse, LSU/Life Savors Underground, Mike Knott, Circle Of Dust/Brainchild, Tortured Conscience, Lust Control, Ceasefire, Becoming The Archetype, The Lost Dogs, Bride, Saint, Crashdog, No Laughing Matter, Mad At The World, Rose/Randy Rose, The Choir, Crux, Franks Enemy, The Throes, Selfmindead, Minier/Applehead, Demon Hunter, Galactic Cowboys, Seventh Angel, Mortal, Swirling Eddies, Terry Scott Taylor, One 21, Tourniquet, Steve Taylor, and lots of others that I will add when I think of them...
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Movies
Okay, just a few... Unforgiven - The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly - High Plains Drifter - The Passion Of The Christ - Evil Dead - Evil Dead II: Dead By Dawn - Dawn Of The Dead (2004) - Night Of The Living Dead (90's)
Jesus called the devil the father of liars in the gospel of John, chapter 8, verse 44. Jesus also said of the devil, "There is no truth in him" (John 8:44).
Why would we listen to the devil's lies? We could say because of our fallen human nature, but Adam and Eve bought into the lies of the devil while they were in the state of innocence in the Garden of Eden. Satan, the devil, struck a chord in their hearts and deceived them. The chord is that we believe God arbitrarily limits us in our quest for total fulfillment. It's "What is over the next hill?" or "What is behind that door?" that drives us over the edge.
Satan tells many lies, but there are two in particular that plague the average Christian. Once again, Satan finds great complicity in human nature as he twists the truth.
The first lie of Satan we are quick to believe is that God could not have enough grace and mercy to accommodate us.
Satan is our accuser. The New Testament book of Revelation says of Satan in chapter 12, verse 10, that "the accuser of our brethren, who accused them before God day and night, has been cast down." Satan stands in the presence of God and rehearses our failures, obviously thinking God will cast us aside for our frailty and unfaithfulness. If Satan is before God from time to time bringing up our shortcomings, don't you think he is whispering the same things in our ears?
Satan could quote to us the New Testament book of Galatians, chapter 3, verse 10: "Cursed is everyone who does not continue in all things which are written in the book of the law, to do them." We wilt under such condemnation, and could succumb to that statement if we are not grounded in the truth of God enough to know about Galatians, chapter 3, verse 13, "Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us."
We sin; that is, we do not keep all things written in the law. Sin produces guilt, which is God's hook in our jaw to turn us to Him; but Satan tries to intervene and convince us that God will have nothing to do with us. We must know the truth to sweep away the lie.
Another lie that Satan finds ready ears for is that we are perfectly capable of ordering our lives without God. Satan believed in himself so strongly that he sought to elevate himself above God (Isaiah 14:13-14).
We are clever, we are cute, and we are very impressed with ourselves. Humility is a great thing for other people to practice. Our mind thinks, "I am the king or queen; crown me!" We continually look for affirmation and coronation. A whisper from Satan can propel us into grand self-promotion.
The mind of Christ is far from self-aggrandizement, but rather is meek, lowly, serving, and obedient (Matthew 11:29; Philippians 2:5-8).
King Saul tried to move ahead of God (1 Samuel 13:13-14). Abraham had God's promise of a child, but Abraham moved ahead of God and thought he had a good plan. The result was the birth and life of Ishmael, who was and is a continual rival of God's son of promise, Isaac (Genesis 17:18-21).
Both these lies of Satan are totally refuted at the cross of Jesus Christ. The first thing we realize as we visualize Jesus, the righteous Son of God, hanging there is that we are greatly loved by God. The second thing we realize is that we needed someone to die for us. We are powerless to deal with our sinful condition. The cross silences Satan. The curse of the law was taken by Jesus Christ. We live free because He took our place. Self-exaltation is dealt with at the cross. All our self-effort is seen to amount to nothing.
If we follow the story of the death of Jesus Christ, we know He died, but He was also resurrected from the dead by the power of God. We can know and live in that same resurrection power. One of Satan's biggest lies is to refute the resurrection of Jesus. If Satan can get us to agree with him that there was no resurrection, he has us.
The only means to resist Satan's lies is to know the truth of God. Read your Bible; it's all there.
I've been working on compiling a series of free online pre-release albums as appetizers for my upcoming full length CD, Past Progressive. Well, here is the first course, Unkempt:The Acoustic Demos. It's a 10 track release with some well recorded and mastered acoustic recordings for songs that will appear as full versions on Past Progressive, a little surprise from me, two live recordings, and a full color album art image drawn in high resolution. Well, enough said... click the album cover below to download this free release! Thank you for listening! Enjoy, and tell me what you think.
(Please download from this link so i do not have to fight to keep the zip file from being removed... download, share, burn, you can even remix them if you want, for the vocal tracks in some songs, ask me and i'll email them to you.)
Apparently my zombie pic violated MySpace TOS and was immediately removed. I've come across profiles before with bare breasted women on them and I get cited for showing too much teeth...go figger??? Hope your week is treatin' ya good! :)
David Benson latest project Dbeality , Produced By : Robert Sweet of Stryper.
For fans of Doom oriented Hard Rock!
"Sounds like a good mix of old school doom inspired by Black Sabbath with a mix of modern influence and heavy stuff. The singer could be Ozzy's brother !" -Alexander Rack, President Of Black Sabbath Fan Club, Germany
"If Ozzy ever needs a ghostsinger, it should be David Benson!" -Horst Odermatt, Heavy Oder Was !? Magazine, Germany
Buy Now available through CD Baby! By clicking the Dbeality Cover.... ....
He is not here. He has been raised, just as he said. Come and see the place where he was lying.
Then go quickly and tell his disciples that he is risen from the dead. He is going ahead of you into Galilee, and you will see him there. Remember, I have told you!" Matthew 28:6-7
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