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As fast as I drank it, I spit it out. The sourness and bitterness not only offended my taste buds, but all my senses. I couldn’t consume bad cream. Ick! Nasty! I didn’t only spit it out once, but did it again. The aftertaste and me? We didn’t jive. After this horrible encounter with coffee, I just sat there in the car humming down the highway, and thought about how bad sourness in coffee tastes. How it must be spit out. There is no other alternative. I sort of understood God when He said: “But because you are lukewarm, neither hot nor cold, I am going to spit you out…

I’ve been to a lot of concerts over the years. It’s part of what we do. But every once in a while, a night comes along that feels different. Forrest Frank’s sold-out stop on The Jesus Generation Tour at Nashville’s GEODIS Park, where more than 25,000 fans packed the stadium, was one of those nights. This was certainly one of those nights! Part of that was getting to experience it with our son, Ryker. Part of it was the sheer anticipation surrounding the event. In the months since the show sold out, it felt like half of Nashville was trying to find tickets. Once the show started, it wasn’t hard…

Wait… Comatose Is 20 Years Old? I refuse to accept this information. Somewhere in my brain, SKILLET’s Comatose is still one of their “new” records. Then SKILLET goes and announces the Comatose: 20 Years, Still Screaming Tour, and suddenly I’m doing math this 40 year old never asked to do. What do you mean 2006 was twenty years ago? I’m only 25. To celebrate the anniversary, SKILLET has announced a major fall headline run produced by Live Nation, along with the arrival of brand-new music. The band’s new single, “Scream,” arrives July 10 and serves as the first taste of a new chapter that John Cooper says reaches back to…

Multi-platinum rock band Skillet continues to reach new heights in 2026 as their 6x-platinum anthem “Monster” surpasses 4 billion streams, earns a place in Spotify’s Billions Club, and solidifies its status as one of the most-streamed rock songs of all time. The achievement is also particularly significant given the song’s unprecedented reach among Christian artists, standing as the only Christian song in history to cross 1 billion Spotify streams. The milestone arrives on the heels of the band’s completely sold-out European headline tour, which sold 90,000 tickets across 23 cities and brought Skillet in front of the largest international crowds of their career. The tour saw sold-out performances throughout Europe,…

Beckoning listeners to pause and reflect through intimate moments of worship, award-winning singer/songwriter Justin Gambino is set to bow Garden Of The Lord on July 17. The Residence Music EP was produced by Gambino and longtime collaborator Walter Halliwell and showcases five original selections along with the aptly titled instrumental “The Invitation.” Co-penning all the project’s vocal tracks, Gambino’s first-ever worship set celebrates the Master Gardener who lovingly nurtures new growth in His children. Highlights of Garden Of The Lord include “Depend on You (All I Need),” a poignant heart-cry written in a season of infertility for Gambino and his wife; the stirring modern hymn “Let Me Not Forget,” co-penned…