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Standing in the Gap
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© by John Fischer for CCM Magazine, October, 2001 issue.
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There are places where just the normal life of a Christian can make a big difference.
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Sing Along With Handel
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© by John Fischer for CCM Magazine, December, 2000 issue.
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Just as the Messiah sing-along makes high art accessible to the common person, so our high praise needs to encourage the lowliest to join in.
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Y2K Compliant
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© by John Fischer for CCM Magazine, March, 2000 issue.
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Why should those who live for a heavenly home be so concerned about protecting their earthly ones?
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9/9/99
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© by John Fischer for CCM Magazine, December 1999 issue.
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In reality the gospel is all about speed limits and hiring police officers because one who has been redeemed by it is in a position to deliberate on such things.
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National Hug A Promoter Month
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© by John Fischer for CCM Magazine, August 1999 issue.
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None of us could foresee what began as a friendly party with a $500 sound system mushrooming into a $2,500 CD release showcase including staging, lights, security guards, special event insurance, 2-way radios, T-shirts, tables, bottled water and a Port-A-Potty.
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The New Target Market
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© by John Fischer for CCM Magazine, January 1999 issue.
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Christians have gathered together to make a mark on culture, and now the mark is on us in the form of a big, round bull's-eye.
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C-stone '98
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© by John Fischer for CCM Magazine for September, 1998 issue.
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This is actually Christian music the way I remember it. In the concession tent you can even buy tie-dye and beads. I think about my bell-bottoms and wonder what became of them.
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Between a Rock and a Hard Place
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© by John Fischer for CCM Magazine for August, 1998 issue.
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I worry about a schism that is developing where Christian music becomes more and more spiritually elite, while Christians in culture become more and more artistically elite. And I wonder about who and what is getting lost in the middle.
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Two Nights Out
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© by John Fischer for CCM Magazine for July, 1998 issue.
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If we are going to lead with our music and expect our witness to follow, then there has to be something real coming along at some point.
CCM MAGAZINE's 20th anniversary issue.
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This Isn't About You
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© by John Fischer for CCM Magazine for May, 1998 issue.
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The professor pointed out that this was like Jesus pulling us aside when we are worried about our own sense of holiness being offended by the unrighteousness of the world around us, and gently--or maybe not so gently--correcting our spiritual pride and selfishness.
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The Big Christian Lie
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© by John Fischer for CCM Magazine for July, 1997 issue.
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Aren’t all those smiling people on the covers of Christian books telling us how we, too, can get it right? If we didn’t worship at the altar of “getting it right,” there wouldn’t be a market for half this stuff.
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Mighty Rushing Wind
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© by John Fischer for CCM Magazine, March, 1997 issue.
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It began with a mighty rushing wind. It blew down trees, knocked over power poles, scattered semi’s like toy trucks kicked over on the freeways, and robbed electricity from millions of southern California homes. It was one of the worst windstorms to hit the area in recorded history.
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Mind Over Matter
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© by John Fischer for CCM magazine, February 1997 issue
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Learning to employ our minds in the activity of thinking about God all the time is one of our primary delights as Christians. This is not one more thing to do; it’s the thing you do while you are doing everything else.
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“All I Want for Christmas...”
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© by John Fischer for CCM magazine, December 1996 issue
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What do you want for Christmas? For over 50 years, children of all ages have been charmed by the notion that a 7 year old would be just as happy to find two missing central incisors under the tree as anything. When the idea was first introduced, Don Gardner was teaching music in a Smithtown, Long Island grammar school. The year was 1944.
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People Get Ready
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© by John Fischer for CCM magazine, September 1996 issue.
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I have a feeling that if the Holy Spirit does visit us with another revival, He may do so without much reverence for the Christian market we’ve created. It has always been God’s desire to seek and save that which was lost.
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Only A World To Reach
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© by John Fischer for CCM magazine, August 1996 issue.
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It’s as if, in a time of culture wars pitting Christians against the world, Jars of Clay has slipped behind the lines and is playing in the world’s camp. We need to back off, and let this thing happen. Pray if you will, but please, don’t go to hear Jars of Clay at a club and cheer for Jesus. This isn’t a contest. There are no sides. There are only sinners and a gospel.
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