Brandon Gilliland

Alright! I’m excited to launch the free ad contest of February 2012. Just like the previous ad contests, I will be giving away 2 free 300 x 200 ad spots on the sidebar.

All you have to do to win is enter in the following ways:

• Leave a comment below telling me about something awesome!- I will only count 1 comment per person…
• Subscribe via email- If you have already subscribed through the email, I will count that already (because the email subscribers are awesome!)…that means that if you haven’t, you are missing 1 extra chance!
• Twitter/Facebook/Google+ a link back to this site- If you want to be awesome, you can do this and get an extra count! (Just make sure you let me know you did it…)
• Subscribe to my future medical blog (+2)

This month is a little bit different in a sense of points. For this month, you can have the opportunity to rack up a total of 5 points!

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Today, I wrote a guest post for Dan Black’s leadership blog. He blogs on Christian leadership topics. Head on over to join the discussion by clicking here! I would love to see some great discussion on his site. I would also recommend subscribing to his site!

Click here to head over to the guest post!

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“Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He will lift you up.”

-James 4:10

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For the weekend, I thought that I would take this time to express some of my thoughts on Gibson’s new guitar: the Firebird X. I have never tried out this guitar personally, but I have seen many videos and demos that have caused me to formulate my own opinions of the guitar.

Here are some of the best reviews/demos I have found on the guitar itself. After, I will explain my thoughts…

(This is a good  of a guy showing off some sounds from the Firebird X.)

(The video here is a demo from the guys at NAMM.)

(Gibson’s introduction of the Firebird X)

If you watched the videos above, you will probably agree that the guitar has some interesting features. The features are definitely new to the “guitar world”. I have already formed my own opinions on the guitar though…

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I have been extremely busy with tasks the past week. I have more school assignments due this week than I probably will have until I get into graduate school (I might even have less then…).

This Friday and Saturday, I have a test in every class as well as papers for a few classes. On top of that, I have little lab reports and assignments to turn in on Monday. It is a lot. With all of that, I have the SAT to take this Saturday! It is a lot, but I read something this morning from Michael Hyatt’s blog that really helped me get many things done today. He talked about the Franklin-Covey method for categorizing tasks:

A—urgent and important
B—important but not urgent
C—urgent but not important
D—not urgent or important

It is very simple to remember and put into practice. The important thing is to stay focused on a task until it is completed. It has been proven that multi-tasking accomplishes very little.

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If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him.

-James 1:5

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This is a new option provided by WordPress. I think it is beneficial for some posts.

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The book, “I Am A Follower” by Leonard Sweet is an interesting book. His tagline is: the way, the truth, and the life of following Jesus. That basically sums up the topics in his book, however, he mentions so much more. I can honestly say that book is something far different from what i have normally read. We all strive to have great leadership characteristics that God would want us to, but how about possessing great “followership” characteristics? This is exactly what is presented in this book.

“I Am A Follower” has four sections: Vece (the place), Via (the way), Verita (the truth), and Vita (the life).

Leonard Sweet, who is a Professor of Evangelism out of New Jersey, talks about how we should be great followers. He says that Jesus is the ultimate leader, and we should all be following Him. The author shows many Scripture verses to support this “forgotten” concept. I think that this book presents an incredible message. So many time, we get caught up in how to be a “great” leader. Instead, we need to learn how to become a better follower of Christ.

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I just wanted to post this blog letting everyone know that a fellow blogger is running a contest. Over on Joe Lalonde’s website, he is giving away 2 free access codes for Marcus Buckingham’s “StandOut” strengths assessment. Click here for the contest! This is an awesome contest, so I highly recommend heading over there to check it out. While you go over to Joe’s site, it would be cool if you would subscribe! He publishes some great content!

And for the weekend round-up:

Top Post of the Week:

Book Review: I Kissed Dating Goodbye

Why I Hate Religion But Love Jesus

Guest Post: Just Little Compromises…?

If you haven’t read any of these posts, please do…especially the guest post!

Stay tuned for more posts next week!

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[This post is a part of guest post Fridays here on the blog. If you are interested in guest posting on this site, please let me know in the comments, and I will get back with you!]

I’m excited to share a guest post from one of my friends from my youth group. Her name is Aislinn. She is a passionate follower of Jesus, and this is her first “official” blog post!

So I’m just going to talk about what’s been on my heart lately. For the past few months, I have noticed that girls or guys change themselves their appearance/actions for the other sex. Before you know it, you start to act more like the world instead of a Christ-follower. I’m not saying that the lost people shouldn’t change some habits for Christians. They do not know Jesus. Without Jesus, it is natural to sin and not even put much thought into it. I’m mainly talking about seeing girls/guys be all “holy” at church, but when they are around “wordly people”, they flip and act as if God isn’t even real. The sad thing is that society is now saying that it’s okay to listen to some worldly music, movies, and television shows. It is almost as if Christians do not even know what is right or wrong anymore.

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