June 19, 2004
You always hated R.E.M.
You - ew - oo - oo - oo
were never into sweaters and pearls
You - oo-oo-oo-oo
were never a sorority girl...
When everyone like Hootie
you were jammin in your car
to the Wildhearts..."
("Sorority Girl" by Crunchy)
Much like The Wildhearts are a band that, up until now, never seemed to get the recognition in the USA that their feel-good fun rock music deserved. Now that this problem is getting solved, maybe the injustice of the great All Day Sucker debut album from Crunchy getting ignored will one day be resolved. It's not often that 14 songs are all good on one album (save for a best-of), yet that's the case with this infectious "foo fighters meets cheap trick" stuff.
About to get in the car to drive to Dallas to see Demon Hunter. I'll pray something like this before I leave, "Father, I pray that Your mighty angels would protect me as I travel."
I wonder how many angels there are. I've read Billy Graham's book, Angels, which is a good collection of each of the passages of Scripture that discuss angels and their work. The Bible states that 1/3 of the angels fell with Satan. That means a few things. Two points we can pull from that are: 1. There are a LOT of demons. So we should have a healthy respect for them (kinda like poisonous snakes). 2. The demons are outnumbered two-to-one. So we should not fear them or fear for our safety or "losing the war" to Satan and his minions.
While the Angels book is pretty good, it's not as deep or rewarding, perhaps, as a more studious theological book might be. I haven't read one of those, though. I'd love to know more about angels, but I'll certainly not wallow in my naivity or ignorance. One day, for sure, I will know much more. I believe that angels are all around us, but it's a mystery. I'm intrigued by the verse where Jesus matter of factly states, "Don't you know that you will judge angels?" Wow.
Posted by Doug Van Pelt at June 19, 2004 12:10 PM