Kyle Steed is a respected designer, Christian and fellow blogger. I’ve just noticed his new blog design (with the header shown above). What is really great about this site, more than anything else that caught my attention was the footer, which reads:
Crafted by: kyle steed | Secured by: Firehost | Saved by: Jesus Christ
I just thought this was a great idea—and one that speaks volumes. What a great yet simple way to share his faith.
I received an email recently from someone about wanting to be a Christian Graphic Designer. I will obviously keep the person’s name confidential, but here is the question asked, with my answer afterwards. I have included this Q&A so others may benefit from it:
Hello, my name is [let's say] Dave, and I want to be a Christian Graphic Designer. The problem is that I’m not sure about the right education. Which is better – a for profit or not for profit college, regionally or nationally accredited, Associate of Science or Associate of Arts in Graphic Design, a Christian or Community college? Any advice in this matter will be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
The best advice that I could give to you is not an academic answer. To be honest, I have no idea what a regionally or nationally accredited college is. For a Christian, that is, someone who has given their life to Jesus and has received the promised Holy Spirit, all important decisions like this should be made with prayer.
Been educated doesn’t make someone a great designer. It’s God’s gifting that makes a Christian designer useful to God. I went to University and did a BA (Hons) in Graphic Design, but this was something I prayed about first. When applying for Universities to attend, I originally wanted to go to Manchester, UK, so I applied and was shown around the University by invite. However, it didn’t ‘feel right’ spiritually. I prayed to the LORD that if it wasn’t His Will that I attended that University, that He would stop me from going.
This is exactly what happened—and I was both disappointed that I didn’t get in, but was profoundly delighted that the LORD had answered my prayer. This is what I believed.
Eventually, I received an unconditional offer from Coventry University—which was a great offer—and I accepted. I felt this was the LORD’s plan for my life. It was in this University that I worked on Christian based-projects—even on my secular course.
As a closing remark, I’d like to say that you should listen the the LORD Jesus, not what anyone says you should do. When I was at college, and was planning to go to University, I was told by my tutor that I shouldn’t bother. She told me I wasn’t good enough. I knew in my spirit that I should be applying, prayed about it, and as mentioned achieved an unconditional offer from at top University.
When it comes down to it. Pray.
Hope this helps 
Recently, there has been a campaign by an online organisation named Invade The Airwaves to get the Christian UK band Delirious? into the top ten of the UK charts this Easter. Lets face it, in the secular age, we need people to be reminded about Jesus, given that this Holiday is supposed to be about His Resurrection!
*No. 5: I have blocked this title out, due to a 3-letter word that represents a blasphemy against God.
As the image shows above, the single “History Maker” (one of their best singles, which is fantastic) is now at number 6 in the iTunes download charts—Great stuff!
Now, here’s what you can do to get the single even higher (UK buyers for UK Charts)—and aim for the number 1 spot this Easter:
1: Pray about it to the LORD.
2: Buy the single, either from a shop or through download. Simple.
For more information about where to get the single from and other useful information, please visit the Invade The Airwaves site or the “Christian music topping the UK Charts!” Facebook page.
UPDATE: Please note, for maximum Chart ranking, this single needs to be downloaded TODAY if possible (Sat March 3rd)
I have just finished an Evangelistic Poster Design that I’ve been meaning to design for quite a while now (shown below). Posters like this can get the Gospel Message out in a very effective way:
The Poster Design is based on the well-known verse John 3:16 from the Bible:
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
I have included three separate translations of the verse at the base of the Poster (ESV, KJV & NIV) so that the pure message of the Gospel can be communicated without contention.
I will also be making this poster available as screen-savers for monitors and the iPhone soon.
The poster is available for download in both A4 and USA desktop printer sizes, saved in PDF Format:
• USA Version (8.5″ x 11″) @300dpi: Download PDF
• A4 Version (21cm x 29.7cm) @300dpi: Download PDF
• Don’t have a PDF Reader? Get one from Adobe Software Here
The poster has been designed with a white border all the way around, so the actual design won’t suffer any clipping by desktop printers. Please print at 100%, so any clipping will only effect the white border areas.
I hope this design is pretty much explanatory, but if you have any questions or comments, please leave them below
I haven’t posted here for a while due to a heavy workload, but I plan to ramp things up a bit this year. First up is this amazing new track from Christian rapper Tha Good Shepherd named Open My Eyes. The MP3 can be downloaded for Free Here.
The video shows footage from The Passion of the Christ, which is a film I really admire:
I’ve had a couple of online conversations with Tha Good Shepherd—and I believe he’s a true man of God, who puts his musical talents to use for the LORD.
What do you think of the video track?
A couple of weeks ago at Church, my Pastor, Paul Bedford, played a video to us in the congregation of a conversation that BBC Radio 1 DJ Chris Moyles held on air. If you’re not from Britain, and have no idea who this chap is, he the most popular DJ on radio, with his show reaching many millions of listeners.
Now, he’s not usually someone that would ever ‘promote Christianity’, however, watch the video below and listen what he has to say after he watched a TV program the night before. He was amazed to see that there is an actual Jesus-loving Church out there, as his previous experiences have been that of a religious nature.
The video is the footage Chris Moyles was watching, with the radio excerpt playing over the top. The actual footage is from a Church in Peterborough, UK, with believers been baptised whilst the congregation worship. It’s inspiring stuff…
It is evident that there is also a Christian on the radio team as well, which is quite a surprise to say the least. Anyway, I hope this video can encourage you—seeing that the Glory of God can be marvelled at, even in the most secular of environments.
Do you have any similar stories of this nature to share? If so, please have your say in the comments section below…
Here’s a fantastic video I just discovered entitled “A Thousand Questions from Willow Creek Ministries.
If you cannot see this video, please view it on YouTube here.
This is what their site had to say about this video:
A Thousand Questions
This story, told in poetic language and music, is the fictional account of a young film-maker who is travelling the world looking at it through her unblinking lens.She sees the beauty, the pain and destruction, the hope and disappointment, and she passionately asks God: WHY?
Why is mankind in such a mess?
Why has God allowed it to happen?
And what in the world can be done about it?God’s answer will stir you.
I really recommend that you watch this video. Yeah, it’s 10 minutes long, but if you’re short on time, it really kicks off after 1 minute and 30 seconds (to skip stright to the main message of the video). You have to see it to understand what a powerfully movie it is. God bless those involved in its production!
“What Percentage of Europeans Believe in God?” you may wonder. Well, according to the folks who produced this chart at Wikipedia, it depends on where you live.
Here in the UK, it looks like about 30%, although only about 1% or less attend church—with WAY fewer actual Born-again Christians, opposed to pew-warming religious types. Obviously some will attend mosques, etc.
I’d just like to point out though, that whilst Romania and Turkey seem to be at the forefront with 90%, they don’t beat satan and his demons with a staggering 100% belief in God. Moreover, that’s a 100% belief in the true God, our LORD Jesus Christ.
What’s the point of this short article you may ask? Well, I’d just like to say that a belief in God won’t get you into Heaven. If that was so, the satan would be there. Hell isn’t a place for murderers, and Heaven isn’t a place for good neighbours! No, you need Jesus—and He’s the ONLY way. Please don’t live a complacent life, where you think that Jesus will grant you eternity in Heaven because you were Baptised as a baby, or do good works for charity. You need relationship with your Creator to be remembered by him:
John 14:6 (King James Version) Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
If you would like more information on the Gospel of Jesus, and how to be saved, please visit EternalChoice.com. God bless!
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