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Today I observed and celebrated my 12TH Easter Sunday of this fantastic journey in Christ’s light.

Happy Resurrection Sunday to my fellow brothers and sisters of my global church family. He is risen !  He is risen indeed !

Today at Living Waters Full Gospel Church in Homestead Florida my brother in Christ Pastor Ben preached on the events of that Sunday evening – after Christ’s resurrection – when He suddenly appeared to His disciples – except for 1 (John 20:19-23). The other Apostles told ‘Doubting’ Thomas what they witnessed on that night, and 8 days later – accompanied by the other Apostles – Thomas saw for Himself. He touched Christ’s wounds. He was finally convinced. He exclaimed, “My Lord and my God !” (John 20:24-28).

Then Jesus told him, “You believe because you have seen Me. Blessed are those who believe without seeing Me.” (John 20:29 NLT)

I led my church family in Communion using the account of the Resurrection as told by the Gospel Of Matthew (28:1-10).

Next Sunday I’ll be preaching a full sermon titled “Light & Dark”. It continues my message series on the Book Of James. (You can see the Scripture I’ll be referencing on my SERMONS page.)

May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in Him. (Romans 15:13a NIV)

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The Major’s Top 5 Hits RETRO – 1998

  1. I Know Where It’s At – All Saints
  2. I Want You Back – ‘N Sync
  3. As Long As You Love Me – The Backstreet Boys
  4. One More Night – Amber
  5. (I Wanna Be Your) Number One – Alexia

These were my Top 5 hits exactly 20 years ago this weekend – Sunday March 29TH 1998.

The # 1 pop smash nationwide on this date was Celine Dion’s “My Heart Will Go On” from “Titanic”. I actually saw “Titanic” on March 12TH 1998 in Fort Worth Texas with coworkers during a military trip. We saw it rather late – nearly 3 months after its box office release. It was still # 1 when we saw it.

(For fun I maintain a database of every movie I see at the box office. I’ve been doing this since 1989.)

I’ve been producing my own personal weekly hit music chart off and on for the past 30+ years. Next Friday I’ll go back another 10 years to the 2ND weekend of April of 1988.

This Sunday I’ll be back with Scripture. I’m leading my church family in Communion on Sunday, and I’ll be using Matthew 28:1-10 as my guide. Today and tomorrow I’ll continue building my May 2018 sermon on “Pride & Prejudice” from the end of Chapter 1 and the start of Chapter 2 of the Book Of James.

That’s all for now. Keep moving forward towards God’s bright light. Remember that it’s Friday now, but Sunday is coming !

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The Major’s Top 10 Hits – Week 58

  1. “No One Like Our God” – Lincoln Brewster [# 1 last week / 11TH week on chart]
  2. “Gracefully Broken” – Matt Redman Ft. Tasha Cobbs Leonard [2 / 15TH]
  3. “Freedom Hymn” – Austin French [- / 1ST]
  4. “Fear Is A Liar” – Zach Williams [4 / 7TH]
  5. “Resurrection Power” – Chris Tomlin [5 / 7TH]
  6. “Come To The Table” – Sidewalk Prophets [6 / 8TH]
  7. “I Just Need U.” – TobyMac [- / 1ST]
  8. “Reckless Love” – Cory Asbury [- / 1ST]
  9. “What A Friend” – Matt Maher [- / 1ST]
  10. “So Will I (100 Billion X)” – Hillsong UNITED [8 / 3RD]

Lincoln Brewster holds at # 1 for a 3RD week in a row on my personal weekly Christian music chart, and “Gracefully Broken” holds steady at # 2 for the 3RD week in a row following its 6-week reign at # 1.

Entering the chart – straight-in at # 3 this week – is newcomer Austin French with his “Freedom Hymn”. Austin was actually the runner-up of the ABC-TV singing competition show “Rising Star” during its lone season in the Summer of 2014. “Freedom Hymn” celebrates chains breaking, a heart changing, and a soul forgiven.

I frequently preach about freedom. Back before I was saved – I was a slave to the world, and I didn’t even know it. Now I’m free. I never experienced true freedom – until God placed me on this fantastic journey. I am freer today than I was yesterday, and I’ll be freer tomorrow than I am today. God is freedom.

For you have been called to live in freedom – my brothers and sisters. But don’t use your freedom to satisfy your sinful nature. Instead – use your freedom to serve one another in love. (Galatians 5:13 NLT)

Thank You – my brothers and sisters – for liking and following my blog. May God bless you – always and forever – as you walk towards His bright light.

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Sunday Scripture

It’s been 70 days since I returned to my original blog on social media – a blog that I regularly posted in a full decade ago. I blogged over 1,300 times back then, and every single one of those blogs can still be read today. I enjoy reading some of those classic gems.

I burnt out on blogging, and I discovered Twitter in 2009. I fell in love with the 140-characters-or-less universe. I then joined Facebook 5 years ago this week on March 31ST 2013 (Easter Sunday). I brought my blogging back to Facebook. It was popular at first, but then it eventually got buried by all of the politics that people prefer discussing over there. Towards the end of my blogging (this past New Year’s Eve) I was dismayed that I’d pour my heart and soul for hours on a blog, post it on Facebook, and watch it get maybe 10 likes (on a good week). Meanwhile others would post fake news or a politically-charged meme, and it would get 10 likes in less than a minute.

So I’m back on here, I’ve got a new audience, I’ve brought some friends over from Facebook and Twitter, and I’m blogging 3 times per week again. It’s peaceful here on WordPress, and I don’t have to dig through all of the political nonsense to get to the positive, encouraging, and inspirational news that I’d rather read and absorb online.

Thank You for joining me here on Fridays, Sundays, and Mondays. I love you all !

It’s Palm Sunday. I preached this earlier today from John 12:12-19 (NLT):

The next day – the news that Jesus was on the way to Jerusalem swept through the city. A large crowd of Passover visitors took palm branches and went down the road to meet Him. They shouted, “Praise God !  Blessings on the One who comes in the name of the Lord !  Hail to the King of Israel !” Jesus found a young donkey and rode on it – fulfilling the prophecy that said: “Don’t be afraid – people of Jerusalem. Look – your King is coming – riding on a donkey’s colt.” His disciples didn’t understand at the time that this was a fulfillment of prophecy. But after Jesus entered into His glory – they remembered what had happened and realized that these things had been written about Him. Many in the crowd had seen Jesus call Lazarus from the tomb – raising him from the dead, and they were telling others about it. That was the reason so many went out to meet Him – because they had heard about this miraculous sign. Then the Pharisees said to each other, “There’s nothing we can do. Look – everyone has gone after Him !”