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June 17 2008

John Davis of Superdrag found by Christ

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I don’t claim to be the Associated Press of all that is Christian music. Sometimes I arrive at the scene a little late, this would be one of those times, but I don’t think too many people knew about this. One of my favorite bands in the 90s was Superdrag, they are best known for their hit “Sucked Out” off their cd “Regretfully Yours”. I saw them live with Ben Folds Five and that show to this day goes down as one of my all time favorites.

John Davis founded the band, led on vocals and guitar. Incredible songwriter, incredible rock voice, killer guitar work, what else can you say, dude was just a flat out rock star. He also lived the life of a rock star and hit rock bottom. One night, prior to the release of their last album, while driving to his parent’s house Davis pulled over and prayed to God. John said he felt God answered him right there and it was life changing for him. John sobered up and soon left the band.

John’s latest solo album Arigato is awesome. It has a lot of the Superdrag grit but lyrically he’s all about talking about the greatness of God. It’s amazing to hear modern day Damascus road stories and to see the fruit of that experience lived out in someone’s life. Go check John out on myspace, I’ll be working on getting an interview with him. Oh and Superdrag is reuniting and releasing a new cd….yes!

On January 8th, 2008, John Davis announced on the Superdrag news section that the band is reunited indefinitely, stating that “Superdrag’s original line-up will reconvene in the recording studio in February to begin work on our first new recording project together since 1998’s Head Trip In Every Key.”

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May 08 2008

Exposition of Come Thou Fount (Part 6)

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Part 6 in this series is brought to us by Kendra…

“He to rescue me from danger, bought me with His precious blood”

This hymn is rich with meaning and so doctrinally sound but poetic at the same time, I will do my best to expound upon this line. The first part, “He to rescue me from danger” I think speaks of rescuing us from eternal separation from God - hell. What could possibly be more dangerous that that? It also made me think about how terrible hell must be for God to give such an incredible sacrifice just to spare us from that penalty. There is also the “danger” of living this life outside of a relationship with God and the only way we can have relationship with the Father is through the Son and through His blood.

In the next line “bought me with His precious blood” the word “bought” stood out to me and I wanted to dig a little deeper to see what that really means. Here is how the dictionary defines it:

bought - to acquire the possession of, or the right to, by paying or promising to pay an equivalent, redeem; ransom.

There it is, we have been bought and if there was any question as to whether we are our own it is answered right there. If He bought us with His blood then we are His, He acquired the rights to our lives, He took possession of us by of the sacrifice He gave on our behalf. Read the rest of this entry »

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