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They started the band around a year ago as something to do for fun.
They say first of all, they really enjoy making music, “so why not praise God with it?”
Many of their songs don’t directly talk about religion or Christianity but there is an underlying Christian world view presented. “we let people figure it out”.
“Original, unpredictable, energy with a range of influence” a loyal fan said.
Check out the video!
For more information about the band here is their link: myspace.com/tithob
by Jenisha Watts
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Faithbusters Series
by Ashley Bowman
Just this semester, the Student Activities Board Engaging Issues Committee added the Faithbusters Series to their usual list of events in order to spotlight various religions and beliefs to UK students and the public who are curious.
Meghan Bostic, Director of Engaging Issues for the 2007- 2008 school year sees the series as an opportunity to “enlighten and educate others, not to convert them to any certain religion.”
Certain religions, like Scientology and Judaism, were highlighted because the lack of recognition they receive on campus. By striving to bring information onto campus that is new, the series is creating an open atmosphere for our diverse cultures.
Having speakers, professors and members of different religions hold forums in the W. T. Young auditorium throughout the semester was a free way for people to gain essential knowledge, learn basics, and ask questions about the beliefs.
“Basically, the series is a way for students to broaden their cultural views, and walk away from the series with an open-mind and more educated opinions,” Bostic said.
Alan Herbst, current associate to the series will be taking over for Bostic next semester as Director and will be the only one working the Faithbusters Series. He would love to see the student involvement grow: those who attend the events and people wanting to be a part of the committee.
“As members of the Engaging Issues Committee, it’s part of our job to help remove the veil of ignorance some students may have over their beliefs” Herbst said.
He realizes that while students may know their own faiths, they are quite ignorant of others. Through Faithbusters events, SAB is trying to rid them of stereotypes, prejudices, and discrimination towards particular religious groups.
Click here to read more and hear audio from the Directors of the Series.
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Adrea LaRoche
by Ashley Bowman
After singing her first solo in church at the age of four, she continued belting out Christian songs.
Temporarily, Adrea LaRoche, songwriter and independent artist, was not involved in church and went on “doing life on my own with disregard of God,” a time she now considers as “crazy.”
Then, the summer after graduating from Georgetown College, she visited Northern Ireland and wrote a song that is now on her first CD. LaRoche began playing “Funeral Pyre” at coffee shops and concerts. Though others were written before that, this one felt particularly real to her life-story
However, not all of her songs are religiously based. Most of them spawn from her experiences close relationship God. “Much of my music has come from seeing Him at work in my life and the result of surrendering my life to Him,” LaRoche said.
For her, inspiration comes from getting to know who God truly is and beginning to recognize Him at work, in life and from those around her.
“When I began to believe in Christ and understand that God wants a relationship with me, I began to experience life in a whole new way,’ LaRoche said.
It seemed a natural fit for her to become a worship leader after realizing the place for God in her life. She started leading CSF in college and continued on to other events at her church, Southland Christian.
“I appreciate the term lead worshiper,” LaRoche said. She enjoys it because the goal is not to be noticed, making it different from a performance. “As I lead worship I want people to be able to follow the songs and have their own experience in worship with God as they turn their attention to Him.”
She now views her college years as important time for growth and development. Noting that most people change by the time the graduate. “It was during those years that I came to see and believe in God not just in an intellectual way but as One I could actually interact with who loved me absolutely unconditionally,” LaRoche said.
For her, worship is not just singing songs. “Worship is our turning our attention to God and giving Him the thanks and credit for who He is and often for what He has done in our lives. Being able to be a part of that experience with college students is exciting for me because I know how God can change their life, shift their focus and truly open their minds to the mind blowing concept of grace and redemption” LaRoche said.
She hopes to always have opportunities to be a conduit through which God will lead people into worship. She wants to continue to lead worship at conferences and retreats and even talk with people about what worship really is because she think that many have the idea that it is just a church service or just songs sung.
“Really worship is a personal time and experience that we have with God Himself and that can happen anywhere at anytime. I hope to be able to convey that throughout every aspect of my life,” LaRoche said.
For more information on Adrea LaRoche, or to hear samples of her music visit www.adrealaroche.com
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The man with many religions
Brooks Weathers isn’t perplexed about his religion. He seems to feel perfectly fine with
having more than one. Below he discusses his reasons and logic.
Click here to listen and watch a picture show: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5-6fwKFKa4
by Jenisha Watts
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Emmaus Walk – Luke 24:13-33
Late in the afternoon of the day of the resurrection, two of the disciples were on their way to Emmaus, a little town eight miles from Jerusalem. These disciples had had no prominent place in Christ’s work, but they were earnest believers in Him.
They had come to the city to keep the Passover, and were greatly perplexed by the events that had recently taken place. They had heard the news of the morning in regard to the removal of Christ’s body from the tomb, and also the report of the women who had seen the angels and had met Jesus.
They were now returning to their homes to meditate and pray. Sadly they pursued their evening walk, talking over the scenes of the trial and the crucifixion. Never before had they been so utterly disheartened. Hopeless and faithless, they were walking in the shadow of the cross.
They had not advanced far on their journey when they were joined by a stranger, but they were so absorbed in their gloom and disappointment that they did not observe him closely
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Christian Organization Embraces Gay Community without Condemning
Unlike most males, when Chris Stomp hit puberty, he sought to explore guys instead of girls. He was intensely attracted to the same sex, he recalls. Growing up isolated from male peers, he was surrounded by his mother and her friend, who had three daughters.
“The male world was mysterious to me,” he said.
Stomp, a UK graduate and native of Roanoke, Virginia, was the director of Open Door Ministries, a Christian organization that attempts to foster a better understanding and communications between Christians and the gay community.
Since becoming the director, he has had several Christian students ask how they should respond to a friend or a family member that may be involved in a homosexual lifestyles. Stomp believes his lack of male influence and his struggle with manliness shaped his sexual orientation.
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Why Christians Must Think or Die
Dr. Jerry Walls, a philosophy professor at Asbury Seminary in Wilmore Kentucky visited Christian Student Fellowship on the University of Kentucky’s campus to lead a discussion forum on “Why Christians Must Think or Die.”
Dr. Walls used quotes and slides to make his points knowing that the audience would learn best from seeing others views and thoughts supporting or denying what Dr. Walls was trying to explain.
“The only thing that consoles us for our miseries is diversion. And yet it is the greatest of our miseries. For it is that above all which prevents us thinking about ourselves and leads us imperceptibly to destruction. But for that we should be bored, and boredom would drive us to seek some more solid means of escape, but diversion passes our time and brings us imperceptibly to our death.”
-Blaise Pascal
