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My Top 10 Hits – Week 473

Every Monday I post my all-new Top 10 Christian hit music chart based on personal preference and influenced by radio airplay from the previous week. It’s the continuation of a weekly hobby that goes back almost 50 years. Here’s this week’s chart – for the week ending Sunday March 08TH 2026 – the 473RD week of this current era that began on Presidents’ Day Weekend of 2017:

TW LW WKS SONG TITLE ARTIST / SITE
1 1 8 Where Would I Be
[6TH week @ # 1]		 Peter Burton
2 3 8 Homesick For Heaven Phil Wickham
3 4 10 Heaven On My Mind TobyMac X Forrest Frank
4 2 8 Finished Caleb & John
5 10 2 I’ve Got A Fire Pat Barrett
6 6 21 How Good It Is Chris Tomlin
7 5 7 The Love I Have For You Colton Dixon
8 9 2 Keep Holding On Jeremy Rosado
9 7 6 Make It Well MercyMe
10 8 5 Good Matthew West

# 1 This Week In:
2025 – “Goodbye Yesterday” – Elevation Rhythm
2024 – “Hallelujah Anyway” – Rend Collective
2023 – “The Lord’s Prayer (It’s Yours)” – Matt Maher
2022 – “Jesus Is Coming Back” – Jordan Feliz Ft. Mandisa
2021 – “Say I Won’t” – MercyMe
2020 – “Almost Home” – MercyMe
2019 – “Red Letters” – Crowder
2018 – “No One Like Our God” – Lincoln Brewster
2017 – “Love Broke Thru” – TobyMac

OPERATION DESERT STORM – 35 years ago today – on March 09TH 1991 – I returned home stateside from the first Gulf War. I was stationed at Al Kharj Air Base Saudi Arabia (about 50 miles from Riyadh). I listened to a lot of great music in Tent City. One particular album (cassette) that I bought on base and listened to extensively was Don Henley’s “The End Of The Innocence”. It was hit-rich. Including its title track there was “How Bad Do You Want It ?”, “The Last Worthless Evening”, “New York Minute”, and “The Heart Of The Matter”. All great songs that were recorded from 1987 to 1989. The album was released during the Summer of 1989. My chart existed back then as a Mainstream Top 40 chart. “The End Of The Innocence” was my # 1 smash exactly 35 years ago, and it was its 2ND run at # 1. (It was previously at # 1 a year earlier in February and March of 1990.)

ONE-HIT WONDER – Christian Paul was briefly part of a secular boy band. And then he was about to go solo at 19. But God. He was rescued, saved, and became “born again – resurrected sinner – been forgiven”. His Christian pop track “Yes I Am” tells his story of redemption. It was a Summer Of 2023 hit for me – my # 10 hit of the summer.

SPOTIFY – You can hear “My Top 10 Hits” anytime by accessing my CountUp playlist on Spotify. All 10 hits are there from top to bottom. You can hear them in order from # 1 to # 10, or you can shuffle them. My playlist will be updated every weekend (usually before the actual chart is presented here on Mondays). You can link to it here.

Your likes, follows, and comments are always appreciated. Thank You for being part of my online ministry to share God’s Good News and win souls for Christ through His music. God used loud music on the radio in South Florida to reach me in August of 2006. I’ve been testifying about Him ever since.

Be blessed my friends !  May our God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in Him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

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Sunday Scripture

Greetings my friends. It is Sunday March 08TH 2026, and this is the day that our LORD has made. Let us rejoice. Let us be glad in it. Let us celebrate this great new day of believing, following, trusting, loving, and being more like our Lord + Savior Jesus Christ. Let us love our neighbor as ourself.

Volume 9, Number 2, Edition 402
“Hypocrites In Church”

“I don’t go to church because of all of the hypocrites there.”

And of course my response to that would be – “Yes, and we have room for one more.”

There are hypocrites in and out of the church, and we are all hypocrites in various ways.

Yes – every church has those congregants / members / attendees who appear to be perfect in every way. They may even tell you that they are perfect – if they are pompous enough. If they don’t tell you then they will try to show you perfection – at least for those 90 minutes inside the church. Before and after that – you can’t tell them from the world. They are going to church, and they are leaving from church. They are leaving the church behind. They are not being the church. They are not bringing the church in everything they do and everywhere they go.

Hypocrites are in great abundance. It is not a church problem. It is a human problem – in and out of the church. We are all flawed. We are all sinners. We are all hypocrites. We are all in need of God. We are all in desperate need of His grace and mercy. True believers and followers of our Lord + Savior Jesus Christ know that. A true believer and follower is one 24/7 – even when nobody else is around.

I like seeing and hearing the same version of my brothers and sisters of my church family during the week away from our church building as I do on Sunday mornings, Tuesday evenings, and Friday evenings inside our church building. I like honesty. I like humility. I like being yourself – while getting closer to God – His Way and His Word.

There is no perfect church. There are no perfect people in the church. If you believe that you may have finally found that perfect church – then don’t go there. You’ll ruin it for everyone there.

My testimony is featured each week here on #SundayScripture – whether it’s part of a sermon, a testimony, or just me writing about the events of the past week. Hopefully it encourages you and inspires you to seek the Lord – and get closer to Him with each new day.

If you wish to learn more about the God I know – then stay tuned to #SundayScripture. The best is yet to come !

Thank you for reading my blog for this day, and may:

The LORD bless you, and keep you.
The LORD make His face shine upon you, and be gracious to you.
The LORD lift up His countenance upon you, and give you peace.

In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. AMEN.

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Publix

Welcome back to #TravelThursday. Last month (February) was Homecoming Month. I wrote about driving around Florida and walking around my neighborhood (Feb. 05TH), the Avon Park Depot Museum (Feb. 12TH), the Sebring Historical Society (Feb. 19TH), and the Charles F. Weigle House Museum & Gift Shop (Feb. 26TH). This week I write about a place that is quintessential Florida, and that is – Publix – where shopping is a pleasure.

Publix is my playground. It’s my favorite store in the entire world. I’ve spent more money at Publix over the past 33 years than any other store, and it’s not even close. And this month – March – does indeed mark 33 years as a Publix customer. I first started shopping at Publix in Melbourne Florida when I moved there in March 1993. I shopped at Publix # 704 on South Babcock (built in 1959). I lived a half-mile away from there.

When I moved back to partially rebuilt (post Hurricane Andrew) Homestead a year later in 1994 the Publix (# 510) on U.S. 1 eventually became my new go-to store. And then a 2ND Publix (# 1029) opened in Homestead in 2005. And then a 3RD Publix (# 1136) opened in Homestead in 2007. I shopped at all 3 almost equally. # 510 was my “Original Publix”. # 1029 was my “Work Publix”. # 1136 was my “New Publix”. They were each located just a few miles away from each other. They each had their own unique character. And then a 4TH Publix (# 1229) opened in Homestead just a mile down the road from my longtime neighborhood – a year after I had moved away to Sebring.

And now my Publix (# 1347) – opened in 2008 – is my home away from home – just a couple of miles away from home. I would not have moved to Sebring if there was no Publix. We have 3 Publix stores here in Highlands County, and I’ve never been to the other 2. (No need to.)

Nowadays I average about 40 Publix visits per year, and that’s actually down from my 2015 to 2023 average of 60 visits per year. (I often went to my “Work Publix” for lunch when I was working in Homestead.)

“But Chris – Publix is so expensive. How can you afford it there ?”

I probably don’t pay what you pay at Publix. I meticulously create my shopping list on their digital app based on weekly sales, BOGOs, and coupons. (Wednesday is a great day, as that’s the day they reveal their new weekly ad online.) I typically save anywhere from $10 to $30 or more on my average Publix receipt. Most of the items on my receipt are on sale. And everything I buy is actually less expensive than Walmart. (Believe it or not – I only go to Walmart about 8 to 10 times a year – more so now than I did when I lived in Homestead. Both of our Walmart stores are nicer here.)

So when I enter a Publix store I become noticeably happier. I belong there. If you see me singing in the aisles it could be because of the awesome music that’s playing on the sound system. Long live the ’80s and ’90s !

Next #TravelThursday – I’ll begin a multiple part series on a unique agriculture and natural resources tour of the local area. Go Gators ! Let’s keep traveling together.

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Welcome To My Blog

Greetings my friends. It is Tuesday March 03RD 2026, and this is a special edition of my blog. Normally I publish new posts 3 days a week – on Thursdays, Sundays, and Mondays at 0300 U.S. east coast time (0700 UTC during much of the year).

Each day has its own unique theme. My Thursday posts center on travel. My Sunday posts center on Scripture and the Gospel. My Monday posts center on current Christian pop music. So – my hashtags are #TravelThursday, #SundayScripture, and #MusicMonday.

Occasionally during the year I’ll publish a special post on a Tuesday (like today), a Wednesday, or a Friday. That’s over 150 posts per year. Each post is about a 2-to-4 minute read.

If you’re new here – then welcome to my blog. Thank You for checking it out. You may have clicked on my link on my Facebook, X, Flickr, or Spotify profile. Perhaps Google, Bing, or DuckDuckGo sent you here awhile back, and you’ve been returning on a regular basis. Maybe you only read my posts on #TravelThursday, or you’re only interested in my Gospel messages on Sundays. Either way I’m glad you’re here. This is a no-judgement zone. This is also a political-free space online. There’s plenty of judgement and politics elsewhere. There’s lots of hate in this world. I try to shine light and bring encouragement and love into this world.

Feel free to comment with relevance on any post. Some of you have your own blogs that I check out on a regular basis. Keep doing what you do. Keep blogging alive !

I’ve been blogging here on WordPress and on Facebook since 2007, and really – I was blogging for 14 years before that (before it was universally known as blogging) via my own dial-up bulletin board system (BBS) and its spinoffs on the early World Wide Web of the late-1990s into the early-2000s. It’s my favorite hobby online.

My Facebook presence has substantially increased and expanded over the past year-plus. #TravelThursday is promoted on my CountUp Facebook page, and on most Fridays – I post #FollowUpFriday – which are essentially follow-up thoughts on my blog post from the previous day.

I also run the Facebook page for the Sebring Historical Society – an organization that I’ve written about often here on my blog.

A new #TravelThursday is up next in less than 48 hours. I hope that you’ll check it out.

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