Lightfoot Lane Posts
Some regular thoughts from FFMCIt’s Friday: God’s Will at Work
Could you say this about your day-to-day work? What I do is all about my Lord, all about my Saviour and everything I do is only because I have him, and because he allows me to do it. I'm not smart enough to do this on my own, I'm not strong enough to do this on my...
It’s Friday: “Weakness is the Way” with J. I. Packer
Many of us have enjoyed the writing of J. I. Packer, most famous of which is probably Knowing God which he wrote back in 1973. In this video he gives testimony to his personal experiences of weakness and contrasts that with a society that spends all its time...
It’s Friday: “How Great Thou Art” by George Beverly Shea
I did have another It's Friday post lined up, but when I learnt on Wednesday that George Beverly Shea had died at the age of 104 I had to commemorate the event. George Beverly Shea sang at Billy Graham crusades from the 1940's for nearly 60 years. Speaking at George...
It’s Friday: “Peace Like A River” by Page CXVI
Page CXVI is a project that seeks to make hymns accessible and better known. You'll find there website here, their Facebook page here and their twitter here. One of the things they've produced is a set of hymns as lullabies. This video is one of those lullabies...
It’s Friday: “The Same Power” by Worship Central
On this Easter Weekend I'm returning to the latest Worship Central Album - Let it be known - and a song that reflects all that we receive through the cross. The grave cannot contain The power of His name Death you overcame Once and for all (Also, I have it on...
It’s Friday: “Let It Be Known” by Worship Central and “Open Heaven” by !Audacious Band
This one is for all of the young people who joined us at the Worship Central UK Tour in Manchester this week. A huge thank you to Dave Brown - minibus driver to the masses. (Yes, I know we've done this song before, but we really like this new video)...
It’s Friday: “Back to the Start” by Martin Smith
Since the end of Delirious! lead singer Martin Smith has been working on a solo project called God's Great Dance Floor: Step 1 which will be out in April. Back to the Start is one of the songs of the new album: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0Glq025b60 See Martin...
It’s Friday: “The Reality of the Resurrection” by Odd Thomas
This week I decided that it was time for something a bit different. Rap anyone? Or is it really poetry? I'll let you decide. This is Odd Thomas from Portland, Oregon with The Reality of the Resurrection: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNVW5iWqzCQ
It’s Friday: A Pastor Addicted to Performance (and Drugs)
This video is a humbling story of recovery and restoration that reminds us that Pastors are just as human as the rest of us. Joseph "Skip" Ryan resigned at Pastor of Park Cities Presbyterian Church in Dallas in 2006. It was then revealed that he was an opiate addict,...
It’s Friday: Facing the Canon with Rachel Gardner
Over the last couple of years Canon J John has been running a programme on UCB TV called Facing the Canon. In this series J John interviews people about their faith. An archive of previous programmes have recently been published to YouTube so you can watch them at any...
It’s Friday: “Let it be known” by Worship Central
The team at Worship Central have a new live album coming out soon. As an introduction they've posted one of the new songs - Let it be known - which will also be the name of the new album. Let it be known that that our God saves, our God reigns. We lift you up, up. Let...
It’s Friday: The Campfire Story – Rend Collective Experiment
The Rend Collective Experiment have a new album out, it was recorded around a fire on Ballyholme Beach, N.Ireland. "To be on a journey as God's family, going through the highs and lows of life, suffering and laughing together, that's what I want. Not some holy huddle...