Jesus Freaks: Vinyl to Digital

In part 2 of this 2-part season finale, Steven Curtis Chapman talks about the struggles he faced as he began to rise in popularity within the CCM industry. Plus, he discusses his and wife, Mary Beth's passion for adoption and all they are doing to help children in need find loving homes. Of course, we also take a look back at a few favorite hits, as well as preview a couple of tracks off his new project, "Still"!*Music in this Episode:"The Change" - Sparrow Records"Got 2 B Tru" - Sparrow Records"Great Adventure" - Sparrow Records"When Love Takes You In" - Sparrow Records"Still" - Provident Label Group ( A Div. of Sony Music Group) "I'm Alive" - Provident Label Group ( A Div. of Sony Music Group) *All Music Used By PermissionTo Support This Show, Please Visit our Patreon Page!Check our our website HERE!For more information on Show Hope, Click HERE!Buzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched! Start for FREESupport the showTo Support This Show, Please Visit our Patreon Page!Check our our website HERE!Buzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched! Start for FREESupport the show

He is a legend in the CCM world. His lyrics and music have touched millions. He has won multiple Grammy's Dove awards, GMA's and list keeps growing. But this icon of the industry is a self-proclaimed "Kentucky boy" at heart and he sits sits down with us in part one of this 2 part season finale to talk about his life and incredible career. He is the one and only Steve Curtis Chapman.*Music in this episode:"Lord of the Dance" - Sparrow Records"No Better Place" - Sparrow Records"My Turn Now" - Sparrow Records"More to This Life" - Sparrow Records"For the Sake of the Call" - Sparrow Records"Don't Lose Heart" - Provident Label Group ( A Div. of Sony Music Group)*All Music Used By PermissionTo Support This Show, Please Visit our Patreon Page!Check our our website HERE!Buzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched! Start for FREESupport the showPodcasters! Help us Help You!Following this link in the show notes let Buzzsprout know we sent you! You will receive a a $20 Amazon gift card if you sign up for a paid plan, and helps support our show!If you want to upgrade, Buzzsprout has tons of guides to help you find the right equipment at the right price.Buzzsprout gets your show listed in every major podcast platform.You’ll get a great looking podcast website, audio players that you can drop into other websites, detailed analytics to see how people are listening, tools to promote your episodes, and more.Podcasting isn’t hard when you have the right partners, so join over a hundred thousand podcasters already using Buzzsprout to get their message out to the world.To Support This Show, Please Visit our Patreon Page!Check our our website HERE!Buzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched! Start for FREESupport the show

Idle Cure was unapologetic in their Christian Rock message during the late 80's and into the 90's. the sound was unmistakable and many had them labeled as the next Petra. But, despite their popularity, they never had a formal U.S. tour, nor did they ever quit their day jobs. In this episode, co-founders of the group, Steve Shannon (Lead Vocals) and Mark Ambrose (Keys, Guitar), talk about their faith and their journey, plus what they are up to these days!*Music in this episode:"Frontline" - Frontline Records"Redline" - Frontline Records"Breakaway" - Frontline Records"Talk it Out" - Frontline Records"No Fun Anymore" - Frontline Records"Pray" - Frontline Records"Holy Mountain" - Frontline Records*All Music Used By PermissionTo Support This Show, Please Visit our Patreon Page!Check our our website HERE!Buzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched! Start for FREESupport the showPodcasters! Help us Help You!Following this link in the show notes let Buzzsprout know we sent you! You will receive a a $20 Amazon gift card if you sign up for a paid plan, and helps support our show!If you want to upgrade, Buzzsprout has tons of guides to help you find the right equipment at the right price.Buzzsprout gets your show listed in every major podcast platform.You’ll get a great looking podcast website, audio players that you can drop into other websites, detailed analytics to see how people are listening, tools to promote your episodes, and more.Podcasting isn’t hard when you have the right partners, so join over a hundred thousand podcasters already using Buzzsprout to get their message out to the world.To Support This Show, Please Visit our Patreon Page!Check our our website HERE!Buzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched! Start for FREESupport the show

In Part 2 of our interview with Rex Carrol, lead guitarist for Whitecross, Rex gives insight into things God was working on inside him during the prime era of the band. He also gets very honest about what drove he and lead vocalist Scott Wenzel apart. Plus, we preview two new tracks from Whitecross' new project, "Fear No Evil"!Support this show!Music in this episode:"Take it to the Limit" - Jubilee Communications "The Hammer and the Nail" - Jubilee Communications"Shakedown" - Jubilee Communications"Down" - Jubilee Communications"Fear No Evil" - Dark Star Records"Lion of Judah" - Dark Star Records*All music used by permissionPodcasters! Help us Help You!Following this link in the show notes let Buzzsprout know we sent you! You will receive a a $20 Amazon gift card if you sign up for a paid plan, and helps support our show!If you want to upgrade, Buzzsprout has tons of guides to help you find the right equipment at the right price.Buzzsprout gets your show listed in every major podcast platform.You’ll get a great looking podcast website, audio players that you can drop into other websites, detailed analytics to see how people are listening, tools to promote your episodes, and more.Podcasting isn’t hard when you have the right partners, so join over a hundred thousand podcasters already using Buzzsprout to get their message out to the world.To Support This Show, Please Visit our Patreon Page!Check our our website HERE!Buzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched! Start for FREESupport the show

He is one of the most iconic and prolific guitarists known to Christian metal music! Rex Carrol joins us as our guest in part one of this two-part episode about his faith, life and career. In this episode, he discusses with us his early life, how he knew this was his calling and how Whitecross, as we know it, came to be!Support this show!Music in the Episode:"Flashpoint" - 214 Records"Attention Please" - Jubilee Communications"Over the Top" - 214 Records"No Way I'm Going Down" - Pure Metal"Living in a Lost World" - Jubilee Communications*All music used by permissionPodcasters! Help us Help You!Following this link in the show notes let Buzzsprout know we sent you! You will receive a a $20 Amazon gift card if you sign up for a paid plan, and helps support our show!If you want to upgrade, Buzzsprout has tons of guides to help you find the right equipment at the right price.Buzzsprout gets your show listed in every major podcast platform.You’ll get a great looking podcast website, audio players that you can drop into other websites, detailed analytics to see how people are listening, tools to promote your episodes, and more.Podcasting isn’t hard when you have the right partners, so join over a hundred thousand podcasters already using Buzzsprout to get their message out to the world.To Support This Show, Please Visit our Patreon Page!Check our our website HERE!Buzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched! Start for FREESupport the show

Lisa Bevill was a powerhouse Christina artist in the 90's and early 2000's. Her poppy, and also sensitive, touch made her music unique and endearing. In addition, she was the only female artists involved int he "True Love Waits" movement that was very popular at the time, but coming under some criticism now.In this episode, we talk to Lisa about her life and the stories behind her music career. Plus, she answers some of those criticism about "Tru Love Waits" and talks about her days serving as a back up singer to Russ Taff!To support this podcast please click HERE!For Lisa's official YouTube Channel Click HERE!Music in this Episode:"Falling off the Face of the Earth" - Lisa Bevill (Lossless)"Sunshine and Joy" - Lisa Bevill (Lossless)"My Freedom" - Lisa Bevill (Lossless)"My Chaperone" - Lisa Bevill (Lossless)"When the Healing Comes" - Lisa Bevill (Lossless)"All Because of You" - Lisa Bevill (Lossless) *All music used by permissionPodcasters! Help us Help You!Following this link in the show notes let Buzzsprout know we sent you! You will receive a a $20 Amazon gift card if you sign up for a paid plan, and helps support our show!If you want to upgrade, Buzzsprout has tons of guides to help you find the right equipment at the right price.Buzzsprout gets your show listed in every major podcast platform.You’ll get a great looking podcast website, audio players that you can drop into other websites, detailed analytics to see how people are listening, tools to promote your episodes, and more.Podcasting isn’t hard when you have the right partners, so join over a hundred thousand podcasters already using Buzzsprout to get their message out to the world.To Support This Show, Please Visit our Patreon Page!Check our our website HERE!Buzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched! Start for FREESupport the show

In this mid-season finale, we conclude our conversation with Mark and Brynn Gersmehl. They talk about the break-ups of their respective bands and the new music they are up to creating now! Plus, we get to preview a previously unreleased track from Mark and Brynn's collective effort called, "Soulbreather"!To support this podcast please click HERE!Music in this Episode:"Independence Day" - Whiteheart (Star Song)"Only Heaven Knows" - Rachel Rachel (Dayspring)"Heaven of My Heart" - Whiteheart (Star Song)"You Can See the World" - Whiteheart (Star Song)"Revelation" - Soulbreather (Unreleased)"Desert Rose" - Whiteheart (Star Song)This podcast is licensed through BMI. All Music Used By PermissionTo Support This Show, Please Visit our Patreon Page!Check our our website HERE!Buzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched! Start for FREESupport the show

Mark Gersmehl was one of the founding members of Whiteheart, as well as one of only two members to with the band from start to finish. Brynn Gersmehl served as the keyboardist for the all-female Christian rock group, Rachel Rachel. While on tour together, they found love. In this episode, they talk about their difficult roads to the faith, their respective careers and their love story.To Support this podcast, please click HERE!Music In this episode:"You'll never Know" - Rachel Rachel (Dayspring)"You Comfort Me" - Rachel Rachel (Dayspring)"Nothing But the Best" - Whiteheart (Star Song)"How Many Times (Seventy Times Seven)" - Whiteheart (Star Song)"Somebody to Love Me" - Rachel Rachel (Dayspring)"Light a Candle" - Whiteheart (Star Song)This podcast is licensed through BMI. All Music Used By PermissionTo Support This Show, Please Visit our Patreon Page!Check our our website HERE!Buzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched! Start for FREESupport the show

Lary Dean is the front man for the progressive metal band, Trytan. Although he considered himself a believer from a young age, it took the tragic death of a friend to get him to commit his life to Christ. Now, as both a pastor and musician, Lary is reaching the lost like never before. In this episode, we talk to Lary about his faith, career and his new musical projects upcoming, including a preview of an unreleased track from his new project called, "Eminate".For more information on Lary and his ministries, click HERE.To support this podcast, please click HERE!Music in this Episode:"Mr. Electric" - Trytan (World Light Music Corp.)"Prodigal's Praise - Trytan (Millenium Eight Records)"Don't Turn Away" - Trytan (World Light Music Corp.)"Make Your Move" - Trytan (World Light Music Corp.)"Blood of Kinds" - Trytan (Retroactive)"God Bled Through" - Lary Dean (Previously Unlreased)"Revelation Song" - Trytan (Retroactive)They podcast is licensed through BMI. All Music Used By PermissionTo Support This Show, Please Visit our Patreon Page!Check our our website HERE!Buzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched! Start for FREESupport the show

On September 19, 1997, the world said goodbye to one of the most prolific and, sometimes controversial, Christian artists of his day, Rich Mullins. Mullins' soared to CCM stardom with hits like "Awesome God" and "Sometimes by Step", but his deep convictions and poetic mind prevented him from relishing in his fame. Like Keith Green before him, he walked to the beat of his own drum and did the music he wanted. Tragically, his life was cut short in an automobile accident.In this episode, we talk to four CCM artists who knew Rich, and they give us some insight in to the man Rich was behind the scenes, as well as tell some interesting tales of their encounters with him. Join us for this very special episode of Jesus Freaks: Vinyl to Digital, as we pay tribute to Rich Mullins and feature some of the music he brought us.Special Thanks to Russ, Lee, Mark Gersmehl, Lary Dean and Randy Stonehill for their contributions to this episode.Music in this episode:"Here in America" - Rich Mullins & a Ragamuffin Band (Reunion)"Awesome God" - Rich Mullins (Reunion)"That Where I Am, There You..." - Rich Mullins & a Ragamuffin Band (Myrrh)"Hold Me Jesus" - Rich Mullins & a Ragamuffin Band (Reunion)"Let Mercy Lead" - Rich Mullins (Reunion)"Alrightokuhhuhamen" - Rich Mullins (Reunion)"Brother's Keeper" - Rich Mullins (Reunion)"Peace (A Communion Song from St. Joseph's Square)" - Rich Mullins & a Ragamuffin Band (Reunion)"Sometimes by Step" - Rich Mullins (Reunion)"Elijah" - Rich Mullins (Reunion)This podcast is licensed  through BMI. All Music Used By Permission.To Contribute to this podcast, please visit our PATREON page!To Visit our Website, Click HERE!To Support This Show, Please Visit our Patreon Page!Check our our website HERE!Buzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched! Start for FREESupport the show