Phil Wickham - Children of God Album Review

Phil Wickham is back with a brand new album entitled, “Children of God”. This is his album since 2014 when he had major surgery to remove and fix a vocal polyp. The first song on the album is a praise song called, “Dexology/ Amen”. This song talks about how we are praising God for all he has done in our lives and how he saved us from our countless sins. This song gives you a sense of perfect peace and it’s only that can help you draw near to the Creator. One of my favorite songs was called, “The Secret Place”. This one is a duet with Madison Cunningham. The vocals between these two artists is perfectly blended together. This song conveys the place where we run to deal with the storms of our lives and where we can find renewed strength to continue on in the battles we have to endure in this life. Our secret place might be a closet or a church or where we received salvation. I liked the words and the message of this song and how God is close to us in these difficult times. Another favorite song is “Your Love Awakens Me”.  This song describes how Christ loves awakens us and how He was able to break our chains and walls in our lives. This song explains how Christ’s love is stronger than anything and the darkness is afraid of the light

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I also liked the song called, “My All in All”. This song conveyed how God is our all in all. He is our joy, passion, love, reason, shelter and life. He is worthy of all of our praise and when we are in a battle we can know He is the victor and we will come out better and stronger on the other side. I also loved the title track “Children of God”. This track explained how we are all Children of God and how we are all standing strong in the battle together and marching on until the final victory. The chorus described how we are all believers and we have hope in the risen King. We are fighting with faith and love and this is our most powerful weapon against the enemy. I loved how this track has some electric guitars and some drums bringing this message to life. 

I would recommend this awesome album to anyone who enjoy Christian music. This album has new tracks that many churches will begin to add to their Sunday worship lineup. I loved how Phil Wickham was able to push through his vocal problems and able to take the stage again and be stronger than ever! I feel like his vocals have only increased and his new sound with portray that. This album will help you draw closer to God’s throne and you will be placed in His Heavenly presence while you worship His Holy name! If you’re looking for a new Christian CD, then check out this one! 

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Buy Links:

iTunes: http://smarturl.it/PW-COGiTunes


Amazon: http://smarturl.it/PW-COG-Amazon

Spotify: http://smarturl.it/PW-COG-Spotify

 

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Wise Guys: Unlocking Hidden Wisdom from the Men Around You by Ken Evans Book Review

In Wise Guys, Ken Evans explored the significant role fathers and men have on us and how the lack of a connection with a father is hurting our youth and even adults. The statistics in this book stated the lack of fathers results in, “likely to abuse drugs and go to prison, twice as likely to drop out of school, seven times more likely to become pregnant as a teenager”, and much more. Throughout the book, Ken Evans looked at the role key men figures had on his life and how they helped to shape him into the man, father, and husband that he needed to be. He begins the book by sharing how his parents went through a divorce when he was a teenager. He began to see a family therapist, Weldon C. Fuller. This men role model in his life had a remarkable impact on his life. Ken was deeply afraid of becoming his father and how he acted in the divorce. Fuller shared with Ken that we have to be extremely careful about trying to become the un-something. He stated that Ken needed to, “stop trying to not do this or not be that. Instead find some men, who have the life you want, and figure out why their situation is the way it is. Then do some thinking. What is it that makes these guys worth imitating? What do they have or embody that you want? Learn from them and then model yourself after the parts you like.” (Page 25). This was a critical introduction to how Ken Evans chose to model this in his own life and how he wrote this book. 

I would recommend this life changing book to all men who is ready to change their lives. I loved how Ken Evans asked men to make a list about who they wanted to be in five years and to pick twelve character traits that they want to display. Some of my traits that I want to display is hardworking, courage, integrity, and much more. I immensely enjoyed all the different stories he shared throughout the book in order to encourage men to find wise guys in their own lives that can assist them into becoming a better man, husband, and father. I like how he shared how he met his wife and how he came into a relationship with Christ. I really connected with the concept of the book and how important it is in learning and demonstrating vital character traits that other men are portraying in their life. This book can greatly benefit men, and it would make a wonderful father’s gift or even a graduation gift! 

WISE GUYS:

For guys, more than ever, it’s a confusing world. Your GPS doesn’t offer any maps showing how to get to the point of wisdom — and who likes asking for directions anyway?

But there are ways to get that guidance you need. The answers may be all around you, in the form of guys you already know. Wise guys. More experienced guys. Better-traveled guys. Could there be ways to tap into their invaluable knowledge without enduring dull lectures or taking pages of notes?

Kent Evans has surrounded himself with these wise guys. They have shown him all the back roads on the way to wisdom. With a great deal of humor and an endless supply of stories, he wants to show you how to gather life-enriching truth from the guys in your own circle.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

KENT EVANS is the board chairman and co-founder of Manhood Journey, a ministry that helps fathers and mentors build the next generation of godly men.  Kent has personally experienced how the guidance of godly men can change the course of a life.  Today he is blessed with a solid 20-year marriage, four wonderful sons and a fulfilling life – largely because of what he’s learned from other men.  He lives in Louisville, Kentucky, and can be found on Twitter @manhoodjourney.

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Official Website -  : https://www.manhoodjourney.org/wise-guys

Amazon - :  http://www.amazon.com/Wise-Guys-Unlocking-Hidden-Wisdom/dp/193962228X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1460165778&sr=8-1&keywords=Wise+Guys+Kent+Evans

Twitter - @manhoodjourney

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