Author: Tony Stone

Tony has been involved with the production of Christian hip-hop for over 10 years. His sufficiency is from God (2 Corinthians 3:5) as he seeks to be a student of the Scriptures. He currently is serving as an officer at his church (Immanuel Church in Nashville, TN) as well as studying through his church and through the regular discipline of reading in Biblical studies. He looks forward to happily lay down his life in the service of Christ through co-planting Hampton Roads Fellowship in Newport News, Virginia. He's married to Jolene and they have 3 children- David Alexander, Stephen Aaron, and Lydia Grace.
Men Christian Living

Why Men Use Porn

Tony Stone

Everything in our life has a narrative attached to it. A story. Things don’t happen in isolation, but are interconnected and fit within a storyline. This is also true for sex. [pullquote]Sex isn’t just an act, but one that fits within a narrative.[/pullquote] The narrative that God puts sex to is a sub story of covenant […]

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Music The Arts

We Are Not Kanye

Tony Stone

I recently read my brother Odd Thomas’ blog entitled, “We are a Kanye,” which was written in response to Kanye West’s song, “I am a God.” I applaud Odd Thomas’ astute observation of the pervasiveness of idolatry in our hearts as well as the tendency to see ourselves as much further along than we actually […]

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Music The Arts

Rapper’s Delight

Tony Stone

Old Discussion, New Faces There is no way to introduce this blog without sounding a bit monotonous- it is a blog about “Christian Rap”, “Rappers that happen to be Christians” and various positions on “engaging culture”.  We’ve heard all of those phrases before and to some ears it’s lost its freshness.  Nonetheless, the discussion still […]

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