Any thoughts? Thanks for listening. What are your plans for St. Patrick’s Day?

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I’m excited to announce a new original single called Walk With Me!
It’s available on iTunes and Amazon MP3! Only 99 cents and I think you’ll enjoy it! Here are the links:

iTunes

Amazon

Xanga is modern again, now that there’s an app. Nice!! Is it just me or was Xanga the last network to release an app?

Hope you all in Xanga land are doing great. How was your Thanksgiving? I ate horribly, and am looking forward to eating healthier when I get home from South Dakota, where I’m at now visiting family. Peace!

In the 1600′s, Galileo Galilei promoted the idea that the earth revolves around the sun. The Catholic Church at the time condemned his discoveries as heretical. He was also placed under house arrest for the rest of his life. Many Bible verses, which I pasted below, were presented as a defense of a flat, immovable earth. Obviously this incident was ultimately an embarrassment for those who interpreted these Scriptures literally while hating those who interpreted them differently. What can we learn from this incident? In my opinion, we can learn that when Jesus talked about being nonjudgmental, he probably meant it. Also, we should embrace truth even if it is not fully supported or encouraged in the Bible. But I don’t want to simply preach from my soap box, so what are your thoughts on this?

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“that it might take the earth by the edges and shake the wicked out of it?  (NIV, Job 38:13)”

“He unleashes his lightning beneath the whole heaven and sends it to the ends of the earth.  (NIV, Job 37:3)”

“for he views the ends of the earth and sees everything under the heavens.  (NIV, Job 28:24)”

“Their measure is longer than the earth and wider than the sea.  (NIV, Job 11:9)”

Isaiah 11:12
12 And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth. (KJV)

Revelation 7:1
1 And after these things I saw four angels standing on four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree. (KJV)

Job 38:13
13 That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it? (KJV)

Jeremiah 16:19
19 O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things wherein there is no profit. (KJV)

Daniel 4:11
11 The tree grew, and was strong, and the height thereof reached unto heaven, and the sight thereof to the ends of all the earth: (KJV)

This is a video of my friend Judah and I performing an Adele song called “First Love”. Judah made it to the 4th round of America’s Got Talent last season, and he is singing in this video. I also included an original song below that I recorded this past week. I titled it “July Sun” because we haven’t seen much sun in Chicagoland lately, and I miss it…  Enjoy!

“July Sun” © Pete Kruse

My band (a Gain of Ten) is headlining at the Metro in Chicago this Saturday (January 8th) at 6PM! For $6 tickets log on to www.metrochicago.com. promo code: gain.  Hope to see you there! Pete

I got a chance to record a few songs on video with my good friend Judah Legge last night. A year or two ago, Judah made it to the 4th round of America’s Got Talent – It is always a pleasure to get to do music with him! To see all the songs we recorded, check out his Youtube page Here! Please rate or “like” the songs if you feel so inclined. – Pete (formerly pedrothepoet here on Xanga)