Last week we had family force 5 at skull church. They did a few songs before the message and then did a full hour long concert at the end of the night. Normally we ask bands to do a half-hour bonus after the invitation as a sort of after party, but they asked if they could do a full set instead. What would you say? Yeah, that’s pretty much what we said.

These guys are awesome and insane at the same time. I had the chance to do a little interview with them before the night got underway, check it out:

You can check out their new site here.

Am I the only one with the “You don’t always die from tobacco, sometimes you just lose a long…” song stuck in my head? Those ads were gnarly, and so are the cigarette packs in the United Kingdom. Across the pond they dedicate half the space on each pack of smokes to bold statements like, “Smoking Kills” and “Smoking can cause a slow and painful death” In spite of these deterrents, you will still see people puffing away.

Last time I was in London I saw a guy on a street corner taking a long drag while staring intently at the bold type that sentenced him to certain cancer. Amazing. Although I read recently that in America obesity now kills as many people as smoking does each year–so maybe french fries should come with a similar warning.

Medical risks aside, is it a sin to smoke ciggs? That was a question I was texted and answered @ Skull Church.

Text-msg question about sex/dating answered @ Skull Church.

We launched a new series at Skull Church called High Fidelity: a study through the book of James. The big idea is that we are meant to amplify our faith in Jesus Christ through the way we live our lives. That is what James is all about; faith lived out-loud, without interference, noise or the static of sin.

Through out the series we will see what the accurate transmission of a genuine faith looks like in different areas like: facing temptation, talking, spending cash and so on. James has been called “the Proverbs of the New Testament” for a reason, he hits on a ton of different subjects and it is all super practical.

I absolutely LOVE the ultra short film that our creative team generated for this series. My hat is off to them at the way they artistically ran with the Hi-Fi concept, both in the vid and with the stage design. you can check out the video here:

The teaching that follows the video is on what the High Fidelity life looks and sounds like in Trials.