Casting Crowns wins 2nd American Music Award!
On Sunday night, November 20, Platinum-selling, five-time Gospel Music Association Group of the Year, Casting Crowns added another honor to its list of accolades with a 2011 American Music Award. The band won for “Favorite Artist” in the Contemporary Inspirational category and it was announced during a live broadcast of the 39th annual AMAs on ABC. Casting Crowns is currently promoting our new Bible study, Pure Praise for Youth, at all their Come to the Well tour concerts. Mark Hall, lead singer of Casting Crowns, has...
read moreA 6th Grader Is Changed by Reading “Pure Praise for Youth”
My pastor’s wife just called me. She wanted me to know what her son did tonight. She said, “Dwayne, he stood in front of the mirror, looked at himself and said, ‘Timothy, you will live the rest of your life for God.’” As soon as I heard those words, I knew exactly what Timothy had been doing. He had just done the final day of my six-week Bible study, Pure Praise for Youth. In that lesson I challenge students to do the same thing I did when I was in 6th grade –stand before a mirror, recite the words...
read moreDwayne to Speak at 2 Student Conferences about Pure Praise for Youth
Please pray for Dwayne as he speaks at two student conferences in Pigeon Forge, TN. Dwayne will be teaching from his forth-coming book, Pure Praise for Youth: A Heart-focused Study on Worship (June, 2011). Dwayne will speak to the youth leaders at the Strength to Stand Conference on Tuesday, December 28. Then on Wednesday, December 29, Dwayne will lead a unique 2-hour workshop at the Live In the Mountains Conference. Members from bands like Rush of Fools and Pocket Full of Rocks (who are playing at the Live In the Mountains Conference)...
read moreLives Being Changed at Liberty University!
We just received an amazing email update from Dr. John Baker Thomas at Liberty University. He leads the graduate class which uses Pure Praise: A Heart-focused Bible Study on Worship. Pure Praise is required for many of the students in the Center for Worship at Liberty. Here is what Dr. Thomas said about the students going through Pure Praise: This last class has responded to PurePraise in such an awesome way. It is helping them open their lives to new praise that they have never experienced. I am so thankful for this blessing...
read moreFamily Christian Stores Carries Pure Praise Nationwide
Many thanks to Family Christian Stores for now carrying Pure Praise on their shelves in all their stores nationwide! Go by and get your copies today! ...
read morePray for Liberty University Summer Intensive
Dear friend, I know you’re extremely busy, but as the Lord brings this to your mind, I would greatly appreciate you breathing a prayer. I’ll be teaching a class today through Friday at Liberty University in Lynchburg, VA. It’s a graduate course entitled “Developing a Heart for Worship.” I’ll be teaching from my study, Pure Praise, as well as from the new book I’m writing called Heaven’s Praise: Hearing Him Say Well Done. Please pray for clarity and anointing as I teach. Pray for the grad...
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