This guy is good- I would pay money to see a live concert with him performing.  His passion for his faith is contagious.   His name is Josh Garrels and he has a my space page.  You can also check out his website at www.joshgarrels.com.  The site has a schedule of his live concerts and you can buy his albums their.  CD's I mean- I am showing my age.

I am not sure what theological perspective Josh is coming from in his songs.  From the little that I have listened to him he probably is involved in the Emerging Church movement.  He is a very talented musician though with a great voice.  It will  be interesting to watch where his talents take him and what his place in the Church will be.  I hope he doesn't veer off into purely political causes.  That would be a shame.  I hope he just concentrates on creating good music and developing a good and clear theology as a backdrop for his lyric writing.

He certainly is not ashamed of proclaiming the Gospel in his songs.  We always have to remember though that it is not necessary to proclaim the Gospel in all our artistic endevors.  We just have to continue refining our craft with the talents that God has give us so we produce good, true and beautiful art.  Josh's music is aesthetically pleasing.  That should be the goal of all the art we produce. 

I have also added a couple instructional video's which I think explain the Gospel in a biblically accurate way.  When this is truly understood then 'nothing can separate us from the Love of God in Christ Jesus.'   As Romans chapter 8 so elequently explains to us.  This will also help us to be driven not by a 'purpose driven life' (which burns us out because it is Law not Gospel) but by a 'Gospel centered life.'  The Gospel is the promise God made to us and which He will fulfill in our lives even when everything looks the opposite all around us.  As Abraham struggled with the promises God gave Him in his life so do we today.  Abraham is our prime example of what the life of faith entails.  The scriptures transcend the times and ages we live in.  The scriptures are eternal and always relevant no matter what age we live in.

Lastly, I just added an interview that Michael Horton did with R.C. Sproul on a recent White Horse Inn Broadcast.  They talk about the condition of the evangelical Church and some of the major issues confronting evangelicalism  today.  It is well worth listening to.