Last Night's J.P.S. Show

Unfortunately, we didn't get any documentation of the J.P.S. show last night. Sold a couple CD's and saw my cousins and their family though! My wife got to come, as did Elovi! Shout out to Eric Von Eschen (formerly of Eric V. & Tha Preachin' Pose') Thank you for bringing us out to minister! We had an amazing time and I believe that your Jr. High kids are going to grow and come to a completely new level of maturity under your leadership. You've always been a great roll model for me and I'm excited to see God use you with this group!!!  Honestly, I have really missed performing. Although I haven't done many youth group shows as of late, there is a familiarity while doing them... Like I don't have to worry about coming across too spiritual around these kinds of crowds. It was actually very refreshing. Got to listen to some preaching afterwards, get edified... You know. It was cool! I really enjoyed myself. The time spent in transportation to and from the show was great too. I feel like I get to know my friends better when we get ourselves out there and perform together. There's a certain 'gelling' that comes along with that. Not to mention, our true colors come out. I am glad I have my friends and that I'm getting to know them even more. I pray that we do more YOUTH GROUP shows, never thought I'd say that, and that we have more chances to connect with you in the REAL WORLD rather than only online! Make sure to come out to a show when you see one posted in your area... Heck if you don't SEE one in your area, talk to your pastor/local club about bringing us out! Contact us: bookjps@gmail.com

Soundmind Artists: CD Store

Don't know if you know this, but you can get most of the Soundmind Artists catalogue on compact discs!

Everything is always $10 unless it's a single and we've only done one of those.

Click below to see what's available right now!
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Did the beat in this VIDEO

Quick post: Check out my little cousin' BEN catchin' wreck whilst WRESTLING!!! He's killin' it pretty much everywhere he goes! Seriously, he's a wrestling prodigy and I wouldn't doubt that he'll go SUPER far! GO GET EM BEN!!! I'm a HUGE fan!!!

The album this beat is on is called "Good For You" and is available on iTunes, Spotify & Bandcamp!

Justified Prodigal Sons CONCERT

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Justified Prodigal Sons are: Jackson "Nickels Hawkeye" Johnson, Prawphit on Point & Soul the Interrogator

If you're free tomorrow night, come out to our first performance of 2013! Have you heard our previous material? If not, click here! We've got 5 entirely new songs and a whole lot of energy and encouragement to bring. If you want to see these before they're ever released, this is the place! Call up all your people, load up your parents mini-van, and make your way up to Marysville! While you're at it, shoe polish your window with "J.P.S. OR BUST!!" and we'll give you a special gift AND our sincerest amazement! 

We look forward to hanging out with you tomorrow night and can't wait to share this music, our testimonies, and our friendship with you! So make sure to make sure to make sure to make it there!!!

AS a little token of our appreciation, here is a page that features our latest song: CHANGE

The business of the day...

Find Justified Prodigal Sons on facebook & twitter!

I always find it hard to come up with interesting titles for blogs. Just an FYI, I'd post these thoughts on facebook, but they only accept a certain amount of words!!! Kind of like twitter, but more than 140 characters. Not as many as I need though. This blog is the place to be! I'm lovin' this!

I've got three friends coming over today. Soul the Interrogator, Prawphit on Point and Rachel Donnell! Elovi and I will be hosting these fine humans and will hopefully have a wonderful time! We're going to be practicing the set for the January 30th J.P.S. show, and the February 8th Soul the Interrogator show. Also, we're going to be talking about a game plan for working with Rachel Donnell's singing and stuff! Wish you guys could all watch while we brainstorm... It's usually pretty entertaining. I really enjoy hanging with my friends.

Online Sword Storm

If you haven't noticed, Soundmind Artists is a Christ centered record label. This morning I got a message from my half brother. It was a pretty intense message. I gave him the best advice I could, but I must say, there was less impact in what I said than what the Holy Spirit guided me to share with him in the scriptures. Here is a pretty detailed list of scriptures about salvation. I've always needed this list and I thought there may be those, either now or someday, that may need them as well. Reuben AP and I used to call songs that we made with only scripture, Sword Storms. This could be called a SWORD STORM BLOG then eh??? ANYWAY, here it goes....


1. All Men Are Sinners:

Rom.3:23 For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God

Eccl.7:20 Not a just man on earth, that...sinneth not

Isa.64:6 All our righteousnesses are as filthy rags

Rom.3:10 There is none righteous, no not one

James 2:10 Whoever shall offend in one point (of law), guilty of all

1Jn.1:8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves


2. Salvation By Grace (Undeserved Mercy), Not Works:

Eph.2:8,9 For by grace are ye saved through faith, not of yourselves...not of works

Mk.10:25-27 Who can be saved? With men it is impossible

Rom.3:20a By deeds of law shall no flesh be justified in His sight

Rom.11:6 And if by grace, then is it no more of works

Gal.2:16 Justified by the faith of Christ and not by works of the law

2Tim.1:9 Saved us, not according to our works, but according to His grace

Tit.3:5 Not by works of righteousness which we have done


3. Salvation Only Through Jesus:

Acts 4:12 None other name...whereby we must be saved

1Tim.2:5 One mediator between God and men...Christ Jesus

Jn.3:16 God...gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him, should...have everlasting life

Jn.3:36b He that believeth not the Son shall not see life

Jn.8:24 If ye believe not that I am He, ye shall die in your sins

Jn.10:1 He that entereth not by the door...but climbeth up some other way...is a thief and a robber

Jn.10:9 I am the door: by Me if any man enter in...be saved

Jn.14:6 I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father but by Me

1Cor.3:11 For other foundation can no man lay than... Jesus Christ

1Jn.5:12 He that hath not the Son of God hath not life


4. Believe On Jesus:

Jn.3:16 Whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life

Jn.11:25,26 I am the resurrection and the life...whosoever believeth in Me shall never die

Acts 16:31 Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved

Rom.10:9,10 If thou shalt...believe in thine heart...thou shalt be saved

1Jn.5:1a Whosoever believeth Jesus is the Christ is born of God


5. Receive Jesus:

Rev.3:20 If any man...open the door, I will come in to him

Jn.1:12 But as many as received Him...power to become sons

Gal.4:6 God hath sent forth the Spirit of His Son into your heart

Eph.3:17 That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith


6. Eternal Salvation:


A. You can never lose it, even if you make mistakes and fall:

Psa.37:24 Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the Lord upholdeth him with His hand

Jn.3:36a He that believeth on the Son...hath everlasting life

Jn.6:37 Him that cometh to Me I will in no wise cast out

Jn.10:28 I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of My hand

Rom.8:38,39 I am persuaded that [nothing] shall be able to separate us from the love of God...in Christ Jesus

1Cor.3:11-15 [If works are] wood, hay and stubble...shall be burned, yet he himself shall be saved

1Cor.5:5 Destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved

Heb.13:5b I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee

2Tim.2:13 Though we believe not, yet He abideth faithful

1Jn.5:13 Ye may know that ye have eternal life


B. But the Lord will chasten you for wrongdoing:

Psa.89:30-34 If they break My statutes...I will visit with the rod...(but) My lovingkindness will I not utterly take away

Heb.12:5-8 Whom the Lord loveth He chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom He receiveth

Rev.3:19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten


7. Receiving Jesus Guarantees Eternal Life In Heaven:

Rom.6:23b The gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ

Jn.11:26 Whosoever...believeth in Me shall never die

Jn.14:2-3 In My Father's house are many mansions

1Pet.1:3,4 Incorruptible inheritance reserved in Heaven for you

1Jn.5:11 God hath given to us eternal life...in His Son

(See Rev.21:1-27 and 22:1-5 for a description of Heaven)


8. The Results Of Being Born Again:


A. Spiritual rebirth makes you a new creature:

Jn.3:3b Except a man be born again, he cannot see Kingdom

Mat.18:3 Be converted and become as little children

Jn.1:13 Born, not of blood, nor of the will of man, but of God

Rom.12:2a Be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind

2Cor.5:17 If any man be in Christ, he is a new creature

1Pet.1:23 Born again, not of corruptible seed, but...by the Word of God


B. You will desire to work for Jesus:

Eph.2:10 We are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works

Tit.2:14 (Jesus) gave Himself for us (to) purify unto Himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works

(See also Eph.4:21-24; Col.3:8-10; Tit.3:8; Jam.2:18.)


9. Sin Brings About Spiritual Death; But Jesus Died In Our Place, Taking Our Punishment:

Isa.59:1 Your iniquities have separated you and your God

Rom.6:23 The wages of (penalty for) sin is death

Rom.5:8 While we were sinners, Christ died for us

2Cor.5:21 He hath made Him (Jesus) to be sin for (in place of) us

1Jn.1:9 If we confess our sins, He [will] forgive and cleanse us

1Jn.2:1,2 We have an advocate...Jesus Christ. He is the propitiation for...the sins of the whole world


10. In The Mosaic Law, Blood Is Payment For Sin; Jesus' Death Paid That Price InFull:

Lev.17:11 It is the blood that maketh atonement for the soul

Heb.9:22 Without shedding of blood is no remission [of sin]

Mat.26:28 My blood...shed for the remission of sins

1Jn.1:7 The blood of Jesus Christ cleanseth us from all sin

Jn.1:29 The Lamb of God, which taketh away sin of the world

Eph.1:7 We have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins (See also 1Jn.2:12)

1Pet.1:18,19 Ye were redeemed...with the precious blood of Christ


11. All Men Are Not Saved Sons Of God In Their Natural State:

Eph.2:2,3,12 Ye were children of disobedience, children of wrath, aliens and strangers without Christ

Mat.7:13 Wide is the gate...that leadeth to destruction, and many... go in thereat

Jn.3:19 Light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light

Jn.8:44 Ye are of your father the devil

Jn.8:47 Ye hear (God's Words) not, because ye are not of God


12. The Self-Righteous Refuse Jesus' Salvation:

(See Mat.5:20; 9:10-13; 21:31b; Lk.18:9-14; Jn.5:39-44; Rom.10:3; 1Jn.1:9,10.)


13. New Testament Examples Of Salvation:

Lk.19:1-10 [Conversion of the corrupt tax-collector, Zaccheus]

Acts 9:1-22 [Conversion of apostle Paul] (See also Acts 6:8-14; 7:57-60; 8:1-4; 26:9-11.)

Acts 10:1-8 [Conversion of Roman centurion Cornelius]

Acts 13:1-12 [Conversion of governor of Cyprus, Sergius Paulus]

Acts 16:13-34 [Conversion of the merchant Lydia and Roman jailor]

NH Logo 2013 & Show Wednesday

Nickels Hawkeye official logo (2013)

Every so often, being an artist on Soundmind, I try and keep my image fresh and new. I've attempted changing my name 3 times in the last month alone. Maybe that was a little extreme. I know that "Nickels Hawkeye"  has been in my followers minds for years now, and I believe I may have forgotten how important that is.  So, by popular demand, ironically, I've changed my name back. Although I've gotten some pretty good responses from each name, people were used to Nickels Hawkeye. So, to mark the return of my trusty name, HERE is the new "Nickels Hawkeye' logo for this year! Feel free to do what you like with it.

I've got a show this Wednesday with my group, Justified Prodigal Sons. It starts at 7pm and is actually in a church called Turning Point in Marysville, Washington. It's been some time since I've done a show in a church. The last time was with Lojique (another one of my groups) and it was a good experience, but I believe we screwed up their sound system. That wasn't the first time though. Once, we blew out the system at a 3,000+ population show in Tulsa, Oklahoma! Right before the headlining band went on! We felt terrible. We did rock the spot though... pretty dad burned hard too if I may say so myself... So YOU should come through and check this show out just for the pure historical value of it! It's free too... Here's the facebook event page for it with all the details in it...

Thanks for reading again!

Nickels
Soundmind
WON

General Update: Soundmind Artists (2013)

A lot of really cool things have been happening for Soundmind Artists lately! Looks like 2013 is going to be a banner year! We've already got twenty-two releases available online and most of those are available physically as well! If you're interested in getting a hold of a compact disc of the most popular releases available on Soundmind Artists, go ahead and give this link a good ol' click: Soundmind Artists|Compact Discs Or if you'd like to, meet up with any of us at a show for one of our artists, and we'll be able to sell you what you want from there! Square Up App for iphone is amazing! Check it out if you want.

If you know any great musicians that you think could use a shot at helping them get to the BIG TIME, use the widget above to give me, Nickels Hawkeye of Soundmind Artists, a call and tell me all about em! Or just call to say hi! Thanks guys!

Nickels
Soundmind
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PS: Be on the look out for a second album from Justified Prodigal Sons (aka J.P.S.) as well as brand new music from Brass Decibel (formerly 'The Shake Down'.)