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Don’t Be a Fool
The fool has said in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt, and have done abominable iniquity; There is none who does good. ~Psalm 53:1 I'm guessing everyone reading this believes there is a God, yet many live as though they don't believe it, which makes...
News Nuggets: 7-17-26
Asheville, North Carolina and MORE in NewsNuggets!
The Bishops – “Stories” (2001)
As we conclude this series on the Bishops, we take a look at their final recording, “Stories”, which has become a pretty iconic recording for the group. Read all about it!
News Nuggets: 7-10-26
Asheville, North Carolina and MORE in NewsNuggets!
The Bishops – “Great Things” (2000)
After a change in record labels, the Bishops released one of their finest recordings that truly lived up to it’s title…”Great Things”! Read all about it…
REVIEWS
The Bishops – “Marching On” (1989)
As the 80’s marched on…so did the Bishops, who closed out the decade with a defining album called “Marching On” that yielded 2 of their biggest hit songs. Read all about it…
The Bishops – “Live at Fayetteville Community Church” (1988)
Who doesn’t love a good live album? In May 1988, the Bishops recorded their first live album in Fayetteville, North Carolina. It’s a wonderful insight into the early sound of the Bishops in a live setting. Check it out…
The Bishops – “Blessed” (1987)
The Bishops’ 3rd album with Eddie Crook would yield their most popular acapella song, “Blind Bartimaeus”, which would be a song they would sing for the next 14 years. Read all about that, and the rest of the recording in this weeks’ article…
The Bishops – “Can’t Stop Now” (1986)
“Can’t Stop Now” was the Bishops second national release, yielding them their first top 20 song with, “Battle Scarred Soldier”. Read it all about…
The Bishops – “Great Things” (2000)
After a change in record labels, the Bishops released one of their finest recordings that truly lived up to it’s title…”Great Things”! Read all about it…
The Bishops – “Let’s Celebrate Jesus” (1999)
“Let’s Celebrate Jesus” wasn’t the most “celebrated” recording by the Bishops, as it didn’t yield any major hit songs. Nonetheless, it’s a good recording…check it out…
HISTORY
StowTown Records Vault Series
On Friday, November 27th, 2020, StowTown records surprised SG fans by releasing a digital remaster of a long-out-of-print record by the Cathedrals, Smooth as Silk. This album, originally released as a table project in 1979, is noteworthy for being the first full...
#NewsNuggets: 4-24-20
Remembering Larry Hinson
My 2020 SGMA Hall Of Fame Nominees
DBM’s nominees for the SGMA Hall Of Fame.
Libbi Perry’s Fundraiser For SGMA
The Perrys will appear at NQC in these outfits if you give $$$ to the SGMA!
My 2024 SGMA Hall Of Fame Nominations
The nomination period has commenced for the 2024 SGMA Hall Of Fame.
Song Evolution: “I Know What Lies Ahead”
Written in 1983, this song has seen a significant evolution over time.
VIEWS AND COMMENTARY
Grammy Roots Gospel Album Category Questioned
What in tarnation is going on?
USB Flash Drives – An Unnecessary Compromise?
Are USB albums an elegant solution, or is it a stop-gap to allow artists to still get paid for a physical product, even if that physical format has a limited life span?
Release Oddities: Gaither Vocal Band – “New Star Shining”
Another example of how streaming has impacted the music industry.
SONY’S DEVOTIONS
Sins of Omission
I'm sure everyone is familiar with sins of commission. These are the sins that we willfully commit. Maybe we aren't mindful at the time that we are sinning or maybe we don't care, but they are the sins that can be seen. Sins of omission, on the other hand, are harder...
Wisdom of the Aged
Then King Rehoboam consulted the elders who stood before his father Solomon while he still lived, and he said, “How do you advise me to answer these people?” And they spoke to him, saying, “If you will be a servant to these people today, and serve them, and answer...
Palm Sunday Thoughts 2023
Palm Sunday. The day we remember the throngs of people who worshiped Jesus as they waved palm branches, shouting, "Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!" Yet it wasn't long before these same people were shouting, "Crucify Him!" How could their adoration so...
Man Makes His Plans
On Tuesday, my brother and I were driving home from New Jersey. We were scheduled to stay with friends in Ohio but not long after we crossed the Ohio border, my brother felt like we could make it home. We both liked that thought since we could then have Wednesday to...
Remember!
"If you should say in your heart, 'These nations are greater than I; how can I dispossess them?'--you shall not be afraid of them, but you shall remember well what the LORD your God did to Pharaoh and to all Egypt." ~Deuteronomy 7:17-18 Remembering. It seems like...
Turn Your Burdens to Prayer
I confess that I am guilty of taking way too many burdens upon myself. Family members who don't know the Lord, others making bad decisions, some having financial difficulty ... you name it, I feel it, and it can literally affect my health. In Matthew 11:28-30 Jesus...
Looking Forward
"Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus" (Philippians...
Come Worship the King
Still through the cloven skies they come With peaceful wings unfurled And still their heavenly music floats O'er all the weary world; Above its sad and lowly plains They bend on hovering wing. And ever o'er its Babel sounds The blessed angels sing. ~from It Came Upon...
Thankful for Rest
Then God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.” ~Genesis 1:28 Contrary to what some may...
Judas vs. Peter
Then Judas, [Jesus'] betrayer, seeing that He had been condemned, was remorseful and brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders, saying, “I have sinned by betraying innocent blood.” And they said, “What is that to us? You see to it!” Then...
A Slippery Slope
And I will establish My covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you in their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and your descendants after you. (Genesis 17:7) In the Book of Genesis, God created a covenant with Abraham, that He...