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| Big Shiny Planet -
Where Christian Music and Video Meets Bible
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Monday, September 18, 2006
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| “How
Loud is your Bible Study?”
Big Shiny
Planet is a six-week Bible study for student
ministry led by Christian artists. Using music
and video, each week a different artist presents
a lesson based on one of their own songs.
Instead of learner guides or student books,
teens in the study receive an enhanced CD
containing the music from the study as well as
other resources to prepare for weekly lessons.
“Music is a powerful way to reach a generation
of teens searching for answers,” said Alan
Vermilye, executive producer of Big Shiny
Planet. “But with teens, you must earn the right
to be heard.” Big Shiny Planet provides artists
that opportunity with both their music and their
ministry.
That’s what attracted
BarlowGirl to the concept of hosting a study
based on their song “Grey.” “Everything is
either black or white, something is either right
or wrong and you have to know what that is,”
said Lauren Barlow. Building off their theme
verse, Romans 12:2, the three Barlow sisters
confront the issue of absolute truth while
challenging teens not to conform to the world’s
patterns. Alyssa Barlow adds, “Romans 12:2 is a
daily challenge of running to God before I run
to the media, before I run to the mirror, before
I find out what people think of me.”
“I’d say
to you don’t be ashamed, don’t be afraid to
believe and admit that you are a believer,” said
Scott Beshears of Building 429. But it was not
always that way.
The guys of Building
429 know first hand about the struggles of being
fearless for God. Based on their song
“Fearless,” they combine personal and biblical
stories to bridge the gap between fear and
finding strength in the Lord. “No matter what
the world throws at me, I can make it through, I
can persevere, and that’s what fearless is all
about.” Life is good for Stellar Kart these days
as they’re out touring with a new album and a
hit single. “The Christian life doesn’t have to
be boring,” says Adam Agee, lead singer of
Stellar Kart. Taking Paul’s letter to the
Philippians and their song “Life is Good,” the
band talks about the good life both now and in
eternity. “Obviously, Paul had a
high
expectation of what heaven is like. He
said, ‘To die is gain.’ Paul knew he was going
to heaven, and it was only getting better from
here,” said bassist Brian Calcara.
Jessie Daniels knows what it is like to
have noise in her life. In addition to all the
distractions any other nineteen year old faces,
she also has the responsibilities of being a
touring artist. “My life has been music, and
writing songs, and meeting people. That’s
all
great and good, but sometimes we just
need to get to the heart of it and hear where
God wants us to be instead of where we want to
be,” said Jessie. Her song, “The Noise,”
confronts all the noise in our lives that keeps
us from truly hearing from God.
The guys
of The Turning know what it's like to dream
dreams and then to sit among the wreckage of
those dreams wondering if God is paying any
attention. “God had to let our strength and the
things that we had done fail, on purpose,
because he was ready to come in and show us the
plan he had for our lives,” says guitarist Matt
Warren of The Turning. Based on their
autobiographical song, “Out of My Hands,” the
band reminds us that God’s dream for our life is
bigger and better than anything we could have
ever imagined. We just need faith to take hold
and trust that Jesus is in control.“Temptation
is going to be there. Christ even tells you that
you are going to be tempted,” claims Coffee of
the rap group GRITS. Regardless of how spiritual
we become, we are still vulnerable to
temptation—especially when we let our guard
down. “Hittin’ Curves” focuses on knowing our
weaknesses and avoiding those situations that
will lead us into sin. “Know the situations that
come your way and be prepared for them.”
To view videos from each Big Shiny
Planet Bible study or to download a sample study
visit http://www.bigshinyplanet.com/
or for additional information call (615)
321-5130. |
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