Behold the Lamb Tour 2010 - Huntsville

One of the highlights of my year is coming up on Dec. 7th at Southwood Presbyterian Church here in Huntsville as Andrew Petersen's "Behold the Lamb" Concert/Tour rolls into town. I've been the past two years and both years has been an awesome evening of praise and worship and reflection on the ultimate gift of all time as the son of God became flesh.

The first half of the concert features the talented group (6-8) of singer/songwriters on stage featuring a song of two of their own accompanied by a story to go along with or about the song. The talent on stage is some of the best in all of Christian music.  Brandon Heath was a part last year and Bebo Norman sat in in 2008 when I went.

As good as the first half always is, it can't hold a candle to the second half as the artists go through the entire set list for "Behold the Lamb" telling the story of the birth from Genesis forward. It is really amazing how the songs are interwoven and tell the magnificent history of how it all came to be on that night in Bethlehem.

I promise that if you take the time out of your schedule to go, you will not regret it as you will be blessed.

Below is a clip of Jill Phillips (Who is regularly on the tour) singing what is my favorite song off the CD and of the night entitled "Labor of Love"

Redhead Recommends - The Grace of God by Andy Stanley

As Andy Stanley points out in the book, there a numerous books written on the subject of grace.  Many much deeper theologically than his but "The Grace of God" is a great read from cover to cover.  Stanley's easy-to-follow style keeps the reader moving through the chapters and makes finishing the book a piece of cake.

Stanley begins in the Old Testament and discounts the myth that the God of the Old Testament is not a gracious God.  He brings up example after example of God's grace in the Old Testament. Interwoven in the book are the old familiar stories of Joseph and his brothers, Rahab, David and Jonah among others
In the latter half of the book, Stanley begins to show the numerous examples of God's unmerited and undeserved grace in the New Testament. From the story of Nicodemus, to the criminal on the cross, along with the parables of the three sets of workers and the ever popular prodigal son, Stanley paints the picture of grace under the new law.

I found the next to last chapter to be the most powerful to me as Stanley talks about his own church and the things that have happened there as it has ministered to as he calls it the "unchurched" in Atlanta.

In all, "The Grace of God" is a solid offering from Stanley and a book I would recommend to anyone looking for some insight into what the Bible has to say on the subject.

Disclosure: This book was provided to me by Thomas Nelson Publishing for review purposes only.  I was not required to give a positive review or compensated in any fashion.