Forrest Guptill & The Gospel

it was an interesting first-time experience sharing the gospel with a microphone in a public setting. There was no confrontation, I could have been much more confident, and will be in the next opportunity I get.

"Brother" in biblical context is used many times as a description of our kinship among believers. This is where we get the phrase "my brother in Christ..." In Mark 3 where Jesus heals the sabbath we read this: 31Then Jesus’ mother and brothers arrived. Standing outside, they sent someone in to call him. 32 A crowd was sitting around him, and they told him, “Your mother and brothers are outside looking for you.” 33 “Who are my mother and my brothers?” he asked. 34 Then he looked at those seated in a circle around him and said, “Here are my mother and my brothers! 35 Whoever does God’s will is my brother and sister and mother.” God's use for our love supercedes the aspects of genetics, which includes the appearance it gives us in flesh, which will be altered, damaged, stained, removed, repaired. It does no use to fixate on our flesh's appearance as an identifier of our spirit, because our bodies will be left behind when the spirit passes on.

It's become very apparent in the last couple years that fathers, as well as men in general in my generation, need to step up as leaders and role models. Billings Montana, on its own has so much depression that one out of every three men is clinically diagnosed statistically. When I go to church, and when I play my music and write my music meant to create joy and breathe life into these dead streets of downtown Billings, I do it hoping to make a difference for people around me. Nobody really likes to see the down and out, the homeless, the drug addicted having to wander the streets every evening without help. I am so very fortunate to be a member of a church where the few friends who are of my same generation, also want to serve the community and give people hope for a better tomorrow. I believe it is the most important thing to search for a one true God, and if not forgot alone, find the love that He can bring. I believe that it will show that God's house is still teeming with life, and is ready to welcome everybody along with all of their struggles, because there is nobody out in the world that should be left all alone, our mission statement is 'Loving God, Loving People'. So please vote for my beard.

If you haven't seen the film "Jesus Revolution" I strongly suggest that you do. There are so many moments that have a strong reflection on what the current young generation is facing today.