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01 Jan, 2008

What I Never Want to Do in 2008

Posted by: Bob Kauflin In: Devotions

This morning, as I often do, I read two of the prayers from The Valley of Vision, edited by Arthur Bennett. I’ve found these prayers help focus my thoughts on the most important issues in life: the greatness of my sin, the sovereignty of God, the saving work of Christ, the needs of the world, [...]

19 Sep, 2007

Why I Love Writing Songs

Posted by: Bob Kauflin In: —Funerals

I’ve been composing songs for forty years now. That’s a long time.
In high school, my songs were very functional; I wrote them to meet girls. It wasn’t the most original plan, but it worked. A girl would catch my eye, and rather than introduce myself like a normal person, I’d go home and write her [...]

The feedback from the Valley of Vision CD we produced earlier this year has been very encouraging. But nothing is more meaningful than someone who takes the time to write and let us know how God has used the truth in the songs we write to make Him bigger in their eyes. I wanted to [...]


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  • Pauline: great post! some thoughts from my point of view We don't really retire songs - if an older song fits the sermon topic that week or the church's th
  • Abbi S: He's one of my pastors! Thanks for posting.
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