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The start of the Jesus Movement

Eve of Destruction by P.F. Sloan sung by Barry McGuire The Eastern world, it is explodin’ Violence flarin’, bullets loadin’ You’re old enough to kill but not for votin’ You don’t believe in war, but what’s that gun you’re totin’? … Continue reading

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Ask Him

In the mid-sixties, a daring new portrait of Christ by Richard Hook began to circulate that was rugged, masculine and a little dirty from the road. It was just in time to become the image of Christ for the Jesus … Continue reading

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‘I love you’

“I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you…” Jesus says it to us. We say it to Him. We say it to each other. You say it to me. I say it to … Continue reading

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Song of Deliverance

She’s been called the First Lady of the Jesus Movement, and the fact that she came out of Fort Wayne, Indiana proves that in 1970, Jesus wasn’t only moving in southern California, He was moving all over. This was a … Continue reading

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‘I believe in you’

In August of 1968, I arrived at my dorm room in Fisher Hall for my senior year at Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois, and the first thing my roommate had unpacked was his Kenmore turntable, amplifier and speakers. We didn’t … Continue reading

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Write it on a tablet

Like all of the prophets in the Old Testament, Habakkuk was the bearer of mostly bad news. That’s because God called prophets up when the nation of Israel was not paying any attention to the Lord, and going after the … Continue reading

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All Along the Watchtower

I will climb up to my watchtower     and stand at my guardpost. There I will wait to see what the Lord says     and how He will answer my complaint. Habakkuk 1:1 The watchtower is the place for the prophet. As a prophet, Habakkuk … Continue reading

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Habakkuk’s complaint

So how are things going with our Old Testament Jesus Freak prophet/musician, Habakkuk? Not too well, actually. He’s pretty depressed over the state of the church. He doesn’t see that Christians are much different than the pagan world they dwell … Continue reading

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Habakkuk was a Jesus Freak

Today we begin a study on the book of Habakkuk, one of the 12 minor prophetic books in the Old Testament. They are called “minor” not because they are of little importance, but because — unlike the much longer writings … Continue reading

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Hidden art

Look at this picture. Don’t you want this moment? Don’t you want to be there right now? Doesn’t it seem kind of like you are? Can’t you feel the sun on your face, hear the river flow, smell the flowers, … Continue reading

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