Jelly Roll, in ‘People’ magazine’s December 2, 2024 issue, reveals that Casting Crowns’ ‘Voice of Truth’ is a song that changed his life
By Steven Brodsky
… This revelation appears in this People magazine issue that features an interview with Jelly Roll spotlighted on the cover of the issue. Adjacent to the interview, Jelly Roll’s words about this Casting Crowns song: “It’s helped me the last couple weeks for something I’m fighting personally. It’s about listening to Jesus.” Four songs by other artists are also named by Jelly Roll, under the heading of “5 SONGS THAT CHANGED MY LIFE.”
Isaiah 41:10: “Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.”
Posted 11-23-24
Hallelujah for hard fought hallelujahs
By Steven Brodsky
… and hallelujah for Brandon Lake’s “Hard Fought Hallelujah.”
A powerful video:
Psalm 34:1: “I will bless the Lord at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth.”
Of course, dear readers, there may be times when such blessings and praise will be hard fought.
Posted 11-21-24
With much of the Northeast experiencing a drought
By Steven Brodsky
Wildflowers, photographed prior to the current drought
Photo by Steven Brodsky
… many have noticed the effects of the drought upon grass and flowers.
Some have been prompted to recall and reflect on a number of Bible verses, including Isaiah 40:8.
Isaiah 40:8: “The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.”
Photo by Steven Brodsky
Posted 11-19-24
If you need to hear a gospel song
By Steven Brodsky
… go for it!:
If you know others who need to hear a gospel song, direct them to this page.
Posted 11-18-24
In the near future, in a Bible-teaching, Bible-believing house of the Lord, will you be celebrating being born again?
By Steven Brodsky
… Some of the readers of this column will be doing that!
And some of those people won’t be waiting until they get to a house of the Lord to start or continue celebrating being born again!
A song of celebration:
Posted 11-15-24
One’s life can be filled ‘with something money can’t buy’
By Steven Brodsky
… I’ve got God’s love in mind, not the kind of “love” that’s the subject of the Beatles’ song, “Can’t Buy Me Love.” (I “love” this song.)
God’s love is the subject of this great song by Cochren & Co.:
Perhaps you, dear column reader, know (and love) God’s love, or will soon.
Posted 11-10-24
To commemorate Billy Graham’s birthday (and for other reasons): ‘How to Get to Heaven’
By Steven Brodsky
… sharing this video (recorded in 1963):
Billy Graham was born on November 7, 1918.
He got to heaven on February 21, 2018.
A 2018 interview titled “Rev. Billy Graham’s Passing: A Revisit With Paul Heil, Host of ‘The Gospel Greats’ Radio Show” is posted at: Conversations With Paul Heil, Founder and Former Host of ‘The Gospel Greats’ Radio Show – delcoculturevultures.com.
Posted 11-7-24
Column reader, are you trusting in the Lord with all your heart?
By Steven Brodsky
… God never fails.
Proverbs 3:5: “Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.”
Posted 11-6-24
Those who’ve accepted this ‘unspeakable gift’ can be thankful before, during, and after Thanksgiving (all the days of the year)
By Steven Brodsky
… by choosing to cultivate thankfulness to God, though words of gratitude will “fall short.”
2 Corinthians 9:15: “Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift.”
Have questions about this gift? Visit: https://www.gotquestions.org/indescribable-gift.html.
Hallelujah.
Posted 10-29-24
I don’t know
By Steven Brodsky
Photo by Steven Brodsky
… if Rocky Raccoon, the fictional character in the Beatles’ “Rocky Raccoon,” actually read any words in the Bible that was placed in a hotel room by The Gideons International.
I can tell you that many people have been eternally blessed by their having read verses in Gideons-placed Bibles.
Lives have been transformed.
About The Gideons International: https://www.gideons.org/about.
About “Rocky Raccoon”: https://www.songfacts.com/facts/the-beatles/rocky-raccoon.
Posted 10-25-24
Please continue to support those impacted by Hurricane Helene
By Steven Brodsky
… Visit https://www.samaritanspurse.org/our-ministry/nam/#volunteer-now to contribute funds to Samaritan’s Purse.
Margie Royal, Delco Culture Vultures’ managing editor, was affected by Hurricane Helene: Margie Royal Shows Resilience Battling Helene – delcoculturevultures.com. Please send contributions for Margie Royal via the page that’s linked in the article.
Of course, support for all of those impacted by the hurricane includes your prayers.
Posted 10-15-24
About being unashamed of the gospel
By Steven Brodsky
… Sharing the lyric video for Matthew West’s “Unashamed” and a Bible verse (unashamedly):
Romans 1:16: “For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.”
Posted 10-14-24
God’s children
By Steven Brodsky
… can take God at His word.
Philippians 1:6: “Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:”
Photo by Steven Brodsky
What it means to be children of God: https://www.gotquestions.org/children-of-God.html.
Posted 9-22-24
Prayer is the subject
By Steven Brodsky
… of this brief post and this song:
James 5:16: “Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.”
Have questions about prayer?
You may find answers to some or all of those questions at:
Does God answer prayers? | GotQuestions.org
Are there any conditions to answered prayer? | GotQuestions.org
Posted 9-12-24
Aaron Wilburn’s ‘The People That God Gives You’
By Steven Brodsky
… was referenced here in the summer of 2020.
Circumstances of life have affirmed the value of the song’s message for me and many others.
I first heard “The People That God Gives You” on the syndicated radio show that Paul Heil hosted for many decades.
The song has continued to be a blessing to me (and I believe to some of the people that God has given me).
Be blessed.
1 John 4:7-8:
Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.
He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
Paul Heil was interviewed for this column in 2018 and 2016. The interviews are accessible at: https://delcoculturevultures.com/2017/03/14/a-conversation-with-paul-heil-host-of-the-gospel-greats-syndicated-radio-show/.
Posted 9-5-24
‘Sweeter than honey’
By Steven Brodsky
… was the taste of God’s words to the psalmist.
Psalm 119:103: “How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!”
This verse came to my mind while I was enjoying a spoonful of wildflower honey a few minutes ago.
Some of this column’s readers will recall the verse the next time they taste honey.
And some will recall the verse when they next taste the sweetness of the Bible.
Posted 8-27-24
‘I’m just a long-haired son of a sinner’
By Steven Brodsky
… sings Jelly Roll in “Son of a Sinner” (one of my favorite Jelly Roll songs):
We’re all children of sinners.
And all of us have sinned.
Nonetheless, God loves us.
Romans 5:8 KJV: “But God commendeth his love toward us, in that while we we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.”
Posted 8-20-24
One thing that we can’t take back from the enemy
By Steven Brodsky
… unfortunately, is stolen time.
Our lives are short, like the lifespan of a vapor.
James 4:14: “Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.”
Time is valuable, including the time spent to write this column installment and the amount of time that readers will spend engaging with the installment.
God-willing, our time will be well-spent.
Take the time to watch (and enjoy!) this video:
Posted 8-14-24
Have you been redeemed?
By Steven Brodsky
… Hallelujah, if you, dear Entertainment, Culture and More column reader, have been redeemed.
For all of us to enjoy, Big Daddy Weave’s “Redeemed”:
Philippians 1:6: “Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:”
Posted 8-12-24
A rescue story
By Steven Brodsky
… not unlike the rescue stories that some of this column’s readers have experienced:
Isaiah 12:2: “Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation.”
Have you asked God to become your salvation?
Posted 8-3-24
The lyric video for Ben Fuller’s “Don’t Let Me Forget” was released this morning
By Steven Brodsky
… “Don’t Let Me Forget” will remind followers of Jesus about things that should never be forgotten.
“Lord, don’t let me forget.”
Posted 7-26-24
Every morning
By Steven Brodsky
Photo by Steven Brodsky
… God’s mercies are new!
Lamentations 3:22-23: “It is of the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.”
Posted 7-10-24
If you’ve found a friend in Jesus
By Steven Brodsky
… the lyrics of this song may tell your story also:
John 8:36: “If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.”
Posted 6-24-24
Shackled and unshackled listeners
By Steven Brodsky
… have been enjoying episodes of UNSHACKLED, the iconic radio drama show, since 1950.
Episodes of UNSHACKLED are accessible at: https://unshackled.org/on-demand/browse-all-programs/.
John 8:36: “If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.”
Posted 6-6-24
‘O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?’ – 1 Corinthians 15:55
By Steven Brodsky
… This video is embedded here especially for the miracle children who regularly visit the sections of the Entertainment, Culture and More column:
Posted 4-10-24
A life that is proof of what God can do
By Steven Brodsky
You may know people who’ve experienced God-enabled transformation similar to the kind that Stephen McWhirter sings about in “My Life Is Proof.”
I do.
Matthew 19:26 KJV: “But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.”
Posted 4-4-24
Need a reminder that the battle has already been won?
By Steven Brodsky
… If you do, you’ve come to the right place.
Psalm 63:4: “Thus will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in thy name.”
Posted 2-19-24
‘But the cross says they’re wrong’
By Steven Brodsky
… thankfully.
Posted 12-4-23
‘Be still’
By Steven Brodsky
Photo by Steven Brodsky