Mark Lowry Talks Turning Down BROADWAY, Bill Gaither & What God DIDN'T Mention | Kirk Cameron on TBN

[@anonymouspost9144]

Mary did you know is one of the greatest Christmas songs I know.

[@sylviamoravec3382]

I love Mark Lowry❤ I love how he uses music and comedy to send his message about our Lord and Savior. Thank You Kirk for interviewing Mark. God is great and greatly to be praised 🙏

[@tammythomas975]

I’m blessed that my church still sings the old hymns.

[@JerodM]

Hymns are beautiful and should always have a place in worship. There are beautiful new songs as well. God is still using people to write and compose amazing melodies and lyrics that just do a great job at magnifying the Lord. Not everything is ordained by the Lord, but the stuff that is, is amazing.

[@tammythomas975]

@@JerodM I listen to new songs too. I just think we need to make room for the old hymns.

[@Selah7791]

Praise God for praying Mothers

[@johnandsheilaalderson]

Kirk, you are a great interviewer. You don’t interrupted, you ask great questions. Bless you.

[@mary-loumaclean9647]

We still sing the old hymns at our Baptist church and my thirteen year old boy actually prefers these....they touch our hearts:)

[@dc7762]

Im 75 I still sing The hymns from the Baptist hymnal,even though I was baptized in the Holy Ghost & became Pentecostal in a little AoG church on Hatteras Island, NC in the last part of '75.You would be surprised that lots of those "Baptist" hymns had Pentecostal roots.❤❤❤❤

[@amytoon1815]

This is awesome. Thank you Lord for using Mark and Kirk . This speaks to me like getting a call from brothers in Christ. We need encouragement and reminders

[@jayonnaj18]

Amen, the old hymns and spiritual songs are what my inner man enjoys as I sing with praise to my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ!

[@epgrimes]

I am a Mark Lowry fan and I am so thankful for Kirk Cameron! These guys so love the Lord!

[@carolcollins6243]

Amazing Grace got me through a 1 1/2 hr MRI. I was scared and that song gave me peace

[@liap1293]

I smile every time I see Mark Lowry. My church doesn't sing the hyms so I sing them at home. I even have an old church song book.

[@jayonnaj18]

I love the old hymns and spiritual songs best, and never listen to the newer ones!

[@johnberry6380]

Wow that was a man who always makes me smile and gives me goose bumps for JESUS 😁👍👏☝️🕎✝️📜📖☝️

[@KatherineShirley-bf6cv]

I've loved Mark Lowry since I was a kid. My 4 year old son is also hyperactive and he also loves singing in church and praying. Hearing Mark talk about his life makes me excited to see how God will use my boy.

[@normasmither202]

Kirk, we love you and we love Mark! Continue making a difference for the Kingdom of GOD guys! People need the LORD! Blessings on you both!

[@JodiSmith-c6r]

My son and grandson actually met Kirk Cameron the other day because he was at my grandson's school promoting Kirk Cameron New book and they sent me a picture of my grandson and Kirk Cameron together... I sure would love to meet Kirk Cameron myself... I watched growing pains with my son when he was a little boy and my son remembered that... ❤

[@bonnieferguson264]

I grew up singing mostly hymns, and the church I attend now also sings a lot of old songs. My kids also have a love and appreciation for music and lyrics that are rich and varied. That being said, I understand Mark's admonition to avoid judging other people's motives. I was visiting a church that had a worship team singing boring tunes and "shallow" lyrics. I was feeling sort of disgusted when I clearly heard the Holy Spirit ask me, "What if those people actually MEAN the words they're singing? Who is worshipping right now, you or them?" I was humbled! Now, I still love my good old hymns and gospel songs, but I can respect other worshippers. ❤

[@mrscarebear4154]

Love the fact that you interviewed him. I met Mark when I was a teen when he was the speaker at a youth group, BEFORE he was famous famous. Then I met you, Kirk, in Decatur Alabama at a Love is Worth Fighting For conference and there I was able to ask you a question, how do you witness to an atheist. The person I was asking for was my nephew who was diagnosed with a Glioblastoma a year or so later. He was saved before he passed away. Praise God!

[@barbaranance7797]

Love MARK LOWRY because he Truly Loves The Lord Jesus So Much He Constantly Tells Us How Much God Truly Loves Us All. With his comedy and His Music and amazing Voice. ❤❤. Thank you Kirk For Your Ministry for all children. GODBLESS ❤❤

[@BettyBowles-r5f]

What a blessing you are to all of us. You truly loves the Lord!! May God bless you !!!❤️🙏🏻❤️ 15:33

[@yvonneharrison2270]

I am 54 and the pianist at our Southern Baptist Church in Anderson, California. We play 2/3 hymns and 1/3 praise music. As I walk through the stores, I always seem to be singing/humming quietly the hymns and I don’t even realize it until i stop and think. Usually, that song has to do with what I’m going through at that time.

[@Blessednesting]

Especially at Hobby Lobby!

[@miriamporterfield852]

In our church, we do sing the old hymns, as well as a couple of contemporary.

[@natalieshicks7880]

I am turning %0 this year and I love the old Hymns. My dad is a Independent Fundamental Baptist missionary/preacher still serving God in ministry along with my mom the 60's. I care for a special needs lady and everyday we listen to the old hymns and I sing along. I also sing the same 3 hymns to her every night at bedtime. I love that God has chosen my line of work to serve Him. When God chooses your career it is the perfect job. Not saying it's easy but it is fulfilling. Love listening to true Christian leaders who truly love God.

[@nicholasknowles7036]

As a teacher who works with teenagers daily. The lyrics is not what brings people to music it is the sound. I think the way to keep the hymns in church is the way Gaither did it. Modernize the music to fit contemporary music with the old hymns and you can bring them to them. As they listen to them with a contemporary sound, they will hear the lyrics and get the message. I remember hearing Gaither talk about doing it and I think that is why people of all ages know Gaither music and he has blessed so many people. You can find where people have done that with Amazing Grace. If someone does that to the other hymns this generation will know them.

[@AnnetteSullivan-z4w]

Yes, keep those words!

[@dianedewitte4721]

As a church pianist I love the hymns, and am always amazed when we sing something that was written in the 1500s, too. How wonderful to sing these words & music from centuries before! It means so much that today's Christian music touches young families so deeply; I see it in the next generation in my own family. Favorite hymn: Blessed Assurance

[@ChrisGray-oe2ob]

Hello 👋 Beautiful Lady 🌹..How are you and the weather condition like?

[@martyfuller7837]

Mark introduced David Phelps to Bill Gaither years ago. Beautiful voices, Mark and David!

[@Straderjayne]

I started SGospel at 5 & your right about them living on I have a 1929 Revival Hymns they still sing today. The kids are not getting the meat. Jesus don’t want puckered up Christians if you’re lost why would you want Salvation??? You are an encouragement. CeCe Winan Come Jesus Come is a great song. Mark you are missed in the GVB

[@hannahrosereviews5073]

I'm 30 years old, and I absolutely love seeing elementary school-aged children, and the kids I watched grow up leaving their hearts on the floor in worship. I haven't been to church in a while for personal reasons, but that's the one thing I miss the most.

[@nharr6107]

Come back to church, try some different ones till you find where you’re to be. I enjoy my life with my church family - celebrating life’s highs & lows

[@Humblebumble413]

My husband and I are in the choir at our church. We love singing the old hymns at Shadow Mountain Community Church. I use to think they were for the older folks. The words are so meaningful and sounds like heaven with the full orchestra. We are so blessed!! We’re so grateful for our worship experience!❤

[@bstear76]

Is that in Spring Valley?

[@terifactuar]

El Cajon

[@bstear76]

@@terifactuar Nice... I went there for a time.

[@aprilconway6547]

I love Mark Lowry. ❤ We just saw him in person in January. I agree about the music. I love both of you for what you do for others.

[@brags3928]

I enjoy your program and thank you for interviewing Mark Lowry, clean comedy and he ministers to the heart: a merry heart doth good like a medicine. I have always loved the hymns, too. Lately I have enjoyed listening to Esther Mui, sing the Word of God. When my grandchildren were infants/toddlers I would have them listen to memory verse songs from Shannon R Linville . What is better than praying the Word of God, singing the Word and reading the Word of God: hiding the word in your heart that you might not sin against God is a blessing. Thank you both for sharing the truth of God’s Word over the years! 🙏🏾ing😇✝️

[@rebekahcannon8391]

Enjoyed this interview. Laughter really is medicine for the soul. My husband and I have on more than one occasion listed to Mark Lowry’s comedy when life was heavy… and through the trials of raising kids. So appreciate his candor about struggles his mom had with him and his brother lol.

[@rebekahcannon8391]

*listened

[@lynnegordon6749]

I first saw Mark Lowry in person at Ontario Place in Toronto many years ago....He had celery in his refrigerator with hair longer than Crystal Gayle's, Or so he said. Enjoy his music and the old hymns. Thank you for this interview, ❤🙏🇨🇦

[@valeriebaker7025]

I got through an MRI the same way!! So thankful for the library of hymns I had in my head! It was of my brain as well, thankfully, they didn’t find anything 🤣🤣

[@richbaker7187]

I loved finding this interview. Love both of your ministries. Mark and I are pretty much on the same road at different places. I've written a handful of songs, love the hymns, grown to love directional worship music TO the Father and Son, and LOVE a rounded worship service. So many churches either sing only hymns, or none at all. I've been in both. My ministry is to "sing a new song", and some of those "new songs' are really born out of the '70's and '80's. They are new to a lot of people reaised in churches just like Mark's and my own. It's a wonderful walk we have with our Lord. Always showing us His mercies new, every morning.

[@PooleSilly]

I am grateful to say that I am a born again Christian and have been since I was 19.......I praise God for my dear precious and of course hilarious and nutty Mark Lowry!!!!!! and all the Gaither Vocal Band also just every man or woman sold out to Jesus in many ways!!!!!! I pray for their ministry and that God would fill all their hearts with much obedience and strength to much glorify the wonderful name of Jesus Christ in all they say and do!!!!! To God Be All The Glory!!!!! however folks if you don’t know Christ as your savior then it burdens my soul to think that you are headed for a terrible place called Hell where the Bible says the fire is never quenched and the worm dies not! Folks you are not promised tomorrow! If you want to know how to be saved from this horrible reality then please by all means don’t hesitate to comment right back so I can lead you to the savior! 2 Corinthians 6:2 clearly states “now is the time of God’s favor, now is the day of salvation!” And Hebrews 3:15 clearly states, “Today if you hear his voice don’t harden your hearts! It is not me but the Holy Spirit that I pray reveals to you the truth of his precious gospel......John 3:16 says for God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son that whoever believes on him will not perish but have everlasting life! V 17 says then V 18 says whoever believes on the son is not condemned but whoever does not believe on the son is condemned already because he has not believed on the son whom God has sent! Also Acts 16:30-31 what must I do to be saved? And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house I am not threatening anyone but just warning them what will happen if they reject this precious gift of eternal life! Christ died a horrible criminals death! He was beaten brutally mocked spit upon and endured countless hours of torture pain for all of our sins! Ppl go to hell because they reject that pardon for their sins! And Jesus is saying to them in Matthew 25:41 depart from me you cursed into everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels! Hell was only prepared for Satan and his angels! It is not God who threatens anyone it is the craziness of rejecting the free pardon of salvation! It’s like if you’re in court you’ve committed a crime say you murdered someone! Now if you say to that Judge hey I know I’ve done a terrible thing of murdering that person but I hear you’re a good judge and so I know you’ll be fair to me...... the judge is going to reply well yes you’re right about one thing I am a good judge and because I’m a good judge I’m going to see to it that you’re punished and that justice is served! Well then all of a sudden someone you don’t even know comes forward and says you know what I know he’s committed the crime he’s committed and he deserves to go to jail but I really don’t want to see him go to prison so I’ll just go to prison for him so he can go free! So if you accepted that offer you’d be free to leave the courtroom but if you didn’t well you’d be crazy and go to prison yourself! Well that’s exactly how it was 2,000 years ago! He is God in human flesh and he came to this earth lived a perfect sinless life and even though he knew that we had sinned and because of our sins deserved to die miserably but he said no I don’t want to see them suffer so I will go and take their punishment for them! Even though he did absolutely nothing wrong still he chose to take the punishment for our sins so we can be set free from the power bondages and consequences of our disobedience to God! Romans 5:8 says For God commends his love toward us that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us! 1 John 2:2 says he was made to be the propitiation for our sins! And not just for our sins but the sins of the whole world! 2 Corinthians 5:21 He who knew no sin became Sin for us that we would be made his righteousness! The truth is if you had to get to Heaven by your own effort then you cannot do it! Because Romans 3:10 says there is not one that does good! No Not One! Romans 3:23 says For all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God! Romans 6:23 says For the wages of sin is death! But the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our lord! But the good news is Romans 10:9 If we confess with our mouth and believes in our hearts that Christ died for our sins then was raised from the dead we will be saved! V 10 For it’s with the heart we believe and it’s with the mouth confession is made unto salvation! God gave us 10 commandments to follow and we’ve broken every one of them! And because God is a good God he cannot allow our disobedience to him to go unpunished! Well then like I just mentioned above his son Jesus stepped forward and said no I don’t want to see them punished so I will take their punishment for them! And also like I said he died a terrible substitute criminal’s death for us on a cross so now all we have to do is accept that payment for our sins and we can escape the terrible wrath of God that is to fall on them who do not accept this atonement that was sacrificed for our sins! Praise the lord Romans 10:13 says Whoever calls on the name of the lord shall be saved! And 1 Peter 1:4 you’re an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you! Christ clearly said in John 14:6 I am the way the truth and the life and no one comes to the father but through me! Acts 4:12 clearly states that there is no other name given unto Heaven or earth by which we must be saved as there is salvation in no other! Jesus clearly states that there is clearly only one way to Salvation and it’s him that’s it! There is no other way! God Bless everyone who reads!

[@lillianmcgrew217]

I love his story. I am so thankful that he listened to what God? Praise God ❤❤

[@LJHLU]

I totally agree we miss hymns! What they are doing to the sanctuary is totally getting scary. We would never think of bringing food or drinks in sanctuary now you get cookies, donuts, coffee, juice it’s crazy.

[@rachaelholderman9677]

Mary Did You Know? is my favorite Christmas song!

[@allysondoerfler8688]

Thank you! We need a mix of old hymns and newer music to draw in younger seekers.

[@cherylbrunner9404]

I love the old hymns😊

[@rebeccamuniz5916]

I’m so happy I found your KZbin channel. Thank you Jesus! 🙌🏼

[@missourigal]

My Presbyterian church sings all the old hymns

[@yvettwhitaker]

My church does not sing the old songs andI miss those songs. The young people need to hear the old songs, what a shame

[@sharonleslie-clarke5178]

I totally agree that we need to have a mixture of hymns and contemporary songs in church. I just don't know how to address it to the worship team since I'm 81. I think they'll totally dismiss me because of my age.

[@JackMarino163]

I also dislike being performed to at church. It’s our duty to worship, and being entertained does not meet that requirement.

[@debrashafer599]

So wrong to a degree. David sang and praised Jesus. Praise is another way to display our love for Jesus, as long as it is for Him and not our glory. I challenge you to find in the Bible where it says singing to the Lord gets in the way or our worship. You won’t find it.

[@savedbyGrace1234]

Kirk Cameron I’m taking your sharing the gospel class at my church

[@toddhouston4523]

I agree with you on music in church, we still need the old hymns because that engrained theology in us. Our church sang a few Psalms that were in our hymnal. Mainline churches and Roman and Orthodox churches are the one that will sin the Psalms in the service.

[@lolamlawson1128]

So thankful our Church still sings hymns. The are so rich in God’s Word!

[@kathymedina233]

I’m so grateful that my church still does the old along with the new songs!

[@michaelbabbitt3837]

As for modern hymns, I love 'Behold Our God' by Sovereign Grace. That song is hymn-like and puts me in the throne room of God.

[@cathypalmer4311]

I've really enjoyed listening to you both. I totally agree with everything you've said. We serve an Awesome God!!!! God Bless you both.❤❤🙏🙏

[@MsLisa1114]

Love this interview! Love you and Mark! Ya'll are awesome! Always enjoy both of Ya'll!❤❤❤

[@helenramsdell1959]

Its like you looked into my brain and read my thoughts. My church does some of the hymns from the hymnal but mostly praise songs. I miss having more of the hymns. Plus, a lot of kids are missing out on following along in the hymnals. The hymnal has the written notes and its important to see the written notes, too. I love the biblically based old hymns so much and I am learning to appreciate the newer songs, too.

[@bettyarnold9634]

My husband is an evangelist. We travel all over the US in our RV. A lot of the courses are replacing the hymans. Love your program.

[@froesfamily335]

I came out of Catholicism and got saved in a fundamentalist Baptist summer camp. I loved the hymns they sang. So meaningful and convicting and glorious. The Saviour is Waiting to Enter Your heart got to me. Jesus never let go of me. I’m an old Grandma now and I’ve been a missionary for 40 years in the far east…

[@theresawalker9960]

YES AND AMEN to the hymns!!!!!! I often find myself singing them as I am sitting in my house alone or doing chores, or just driving.

[@DeniseEverett-e8u]

Love this interview with Mark Lowry, he is so funny!

[@patricamullet736]

I saved in December 23 1973. In a Baptist church. I went into nursing. I worked in nursing homes ,hospitals, assisted living, and with developmental challenged adults. I have been a Sunday school teacher since 1978. In my small community l have young people come to my house l am still teaching. My phone also is my way to minister to others. I ministered to 2 priests and a young minister. A couple weeks ago while researching the word.l ask a clarification of a scripture. You sent me text. He told me l had him working on all cylinders. What a awesome thing to know yo can get others seeking deeper into the word. We are the hands and feet for Christ. In psychology and in the medical field. Laughter is healing it is from God.

[@jared0817]

Awesome interview. I will tell you young people are rediscovering the hymns. The music arrangement is different which I think is cool. But they are discovering it. Unity is what we need in the church. 😀

[@suziequzie1961]

I go to a Southern Baptist church in California and we sing a great mixture of hymns and worship songs. Our Worship minister is 26.

[@cjs3844]

Wow….such a great interview. Thank God. So true about the hymns of yesterday and the new songs of today.

[@MarkKilmer89]

I keep thinking I won't finish this but just a little more and more before it's ending. Mark is good at keeping people engaged

[@Tara-u1f1g]

God does speak in that small still voice, but he once spoke to me loudly and audibly❤😂, He spoke John 16:33, He ALWAYS speaks his written WORD, I was going through one of those tumultuous tribulation kind of times, He spoke audibly what I needed for this lifetime😉🙏❤️ My radio went off in my car as I was uncontrollably crying and he SPOKE audibly from the Heavens, a great peace came over me❤🙏🕊️🕊️🕊️😊

[@nickmartinez7674]

We have contemporary worship but plenty of our young worship leaders sing the hymns as well.

[@marshahollings]

I like a blend of newer worship and classic hymns.

[@Edward-i7u4s]

This is a generous six for an interview. God Bless you BOTH!

[@maryhood4874]

Awesome interview!! I have lots of stories!!!! One word changes everything!!! Love it! My word is hope!!!

[@L2FlyMN]

Jesus spoke to me once in an audible voice while I was in my shop. I froze in shock, trying to figure out what He meant by what He said. Years later, we had a full on conversation, but that was the internal voice most definitely not my own, in silent prayer.

[@kimberlystringer3281]

I have heard the voice of God one time in my lifetime and it was pretty incredible and awesome! It was audible and it blessed me immensely❤

[@nikkijoycreations8708]

Our church has a traditional worship service with hymns and a contemporary worship service.

[@CatherinePierce777]

Mark’s ministry is like none other. ❤️ I played for our little home missions church, but my youngin’s were first pew piano side, lol, and they could read my face!

[@wormholewilly3037]

I lost my dad a little over a year ago and it has been a rough year. As he was getting ready for his heart surgery (he didn't survive it) we would chat and all of a sudden he would sit up and just bow his head and start praying. He was a wild child and it seemed like he was really scared of dieing but i remember after he would pray i would start hearing him say jesus loves the little children. I dont think thats a hymn but that what came to my mind when they were talking about singing the hymns.

[@DebbieTwigg]

Thank you ,Kirk, for mentioning the Getty's and the beautiful songs they have written that are so beautiful and so Biblical like In Christ Alone, The Power of the Cross, See What a Morning, Christ the Sure And Steady Anchor, Psalm 23, 42, 130, 150, He Will Hold Me Fast, to name a few. I just discovered the Getty's a couple of years ago and my spirit was so starved in my heart and soul. We hadn't heard more than maybe 10 hymns in 10 years since contemporary music took over church services and I yearned to hear some of those hymns I hadn't heard in so long. When I found and heard that same longing in your voice, it was a comfort to know my husband and I weren't the only ones in the tiny minority. We had been a fan of Mark and been to some of his concerts. The Getty's have introduced us to some beautiful music by fellow musicians they write with that we also had not heard,like Stuart Townsend, Matt Boswell, Matt Papa to name a few. Thank you for having that podcast with you and Mark that I just "happened" across. I had also come across another one that I saw and greatly appreciated where you talked . about your wife wearing a wig and filled in for the star so you could kiss her instead of the star and honor your marriage. thank you for that testimony.

[@kristaales3878]

Thank you for sharing the joy of older Christian music. I have been a follower of Jesus since I was very young, and I love to sing beautiful hymns and joyful gospel music to the Lord. The CCM of today has been a major block for me, and my heart is heavy within me as others are worshiping joyfully. I sing at home, in the car, and at the occasional Gaither concert😉. I used to sing out loud at my old church which had a blend of music, and I have prayed for my current church, which embraces CCM style music, and my own heart. Mark, I appreciate your advice, and at the same time I am the young person, only 37, hungry for the last 10 years for deep, beautiful, complex corporate worship.

[@joanschutter5863]

"Don't move to Nashville!" Yes! We need believers all over, even in spiritually desolate states like Oregon.

[@bonnieferguson264]

Yes! From a fellow Oregonian. ❤ I attend the Eugene Christian and Missionary Alliance where we still have piano/organ accompaniment to hymns and gospel songs. Stop by sometime. 😊

[@joanschutter5863]

@@bonnieferguson264 thanks for the invite! We’re in Newberg

[@sharonpadgett4365]

Amen Mark, the old songs really have meaning, love them

[@johnvanderploeg6707]

The church I attended, before I moved, did something that blended both the old and new. There would be contemporary songs, but worship leader would bring a hymn that tied into the sermon. And before we would sing the hymn, the leader would bring kind of a "pre message" and share the history behind the song, and what the writer was going through during that time. Think... Horatio Spafford author of "It is well with my soul". People can relate to that. Plus, for several hymns, there are up tempo versions that relay the same message, just in a more modern sound. For example Amazing Grace/My Chains are Gone.

[@gdasher]

I had to have a scan on my brain while having my head strapped down that lasted 28 minutes. The only way I made it was to come up with a music set that I knew would last half an hour and I laid there and mentally played every note of a praise & worship and altar-call set. I must have sped it up in my mind. When I finished, I had to rerun the chorus "Something About That Name" a couple of extra times because I had to fill an extra 90 seconds. Glad to hear someone else has used the same coping mechanism.

[@CarolynClemens-e1s]

I love the old songs too and ma glad to hear Mark sing ❤❤what a great singer and love it when he makes us laugh 😂😂😂God Bless you both

[@kathyford3463]

I thank the Lord for Kirk and Mark.

[@barbarascott3362]

My church does still sing hymns. We're blessed.

[@anonymouspost9144]

I'm a senior but I just can't find a church in northwest Indiana these days like the church's I went to when I was young.

[@heidikloppers7074]

Wow what a blessing to hear such old songs and voice

[@vaneden9603]

God do speak audibly to us. He raised me from a deathbed and healed my disease. He told me to read James 5:15. I didn't even knew such a book existed back then. He still speak to His children and He heals and His word is truly Holy Spirit inspired.

[@annchovey2089]

I miss hearing the congregation sing. The band is so loud! And the range of notes is meant for real singers not just commoners like me coming to praise the Lord. I sit near the front (it forces me to stay awake) and when I turn and look at the congregation, just a few people are participating. Most are just staring at the words on the screen. One time, due to a storm, the electricity was funky so we had to sing acapella. It was so beautiful that I just knew the band would incorporate that into future services but nope!

[@maudwelford1843]

Mark, your live stream is lfe, thank you t to me as being housebound is priceless, thank you thank you thank you brother👏👏👏👏👏👏👏🙏💕🇬🇧

[@johnvanderploeg6707]

Oh, I miss seeing Mark and Vestal Goodman during the Gaither concerts. And the joking that would go back and forth between Mark and Jake Hess.

[@gloriaanngomez3238]

I love the hymns now, but even as a teenager, once I was saved, I loved them as well. Now that I think of it I loved them as a young child as well. There’s just something timeless about them. They glorify the Lord and since God inhabits the praises of His people they are always edifying to us➡️✝️⬅️🕊️👍🏻!😊

[@holleywilliams6021]

I learned to sing the hymns by singing through the hymnals with my grandmother. I’m 60 now and I sing the hymns with my granddaughters age4 and 7. They also love singing with Mark on Just Wherever.

[@hharden4969]

I hope there’s a resurgence of hymnals. It’s so cool seeing someone else’s interpretation of these classic songs and the words are still the same: to God Be the Glory🙌🏻

[@DarleneFerguson-v6m]

Thank you for this interview. I miss the hymns too.

[@judinemulerski315]

Oh I loved this interview. So rich. All about Jesus

[@vickiwilliamson1420]

Oh victory in Jesus my Savior forever... Sing with me!! 😊

[@johnvanderploeg6707]

He sought me and bought me with His redeeming blood. He loved me 'ere I knew Him And all my love is due Him. He plunged me to victory, beneath the cleansing flood. One of my favorite songs.

[@vickiwilliamson1420]

@@johnvanderploeg6707 Mine as well! ☺

[@navyltklssmith1764]

We still sing hymns in our church. I grew up on them too and prefer them to worship music.

[@bevferr3192]

Mark would come to the academy at Hudson View Baptist Church in Yonkers NY and the kids loved him! My own two boys are now in their 40’s and still remember what Mark taught them.

[@lucyjune]

We still sing the old hymns in my church, thank the Lord. I wouldn't want to attend a church that didn't. Those praise songs don't have a lot to them.

[@amystreasuresdesign]

Oh, I miss Mark's stand up comedy. What he said about worship music, churches and hymns is so true. I was on the tech team at my church for 16 years and the last year or two our worship leader constantly repeated songs. It was like listening to K-Love's top 3 songs. 🙄 It got old fast. Modern worship songs aren't as good as the songs written 20 years ago. For the record, I'm 51, I grew up listening to Queen, Chicago, Zeppelin, Boston, Styx, etc, etc, I also listened to DC Talk, Petra, Amy Grant, Michael W. Smith, the Choir, etc, etc, etc (I still listen to all of them). I've often said, we need more Rich Mullins and less K-Love. Another issue I have is people who take the old hymns and add a random sounding verse to it to "rewrite" it. I have yet to hear one that works well. Just skip the random new verse and put your own musical style to it instead. I was at a Christmas eve service at my church, a year after I stepped down from tech, and during Silent Night (which they traditionally played as the last song), the worship leader threw this random verse into it that was upbeat and completely different, then went back to Silent Night for one verse. I looked around and I think the majority of people were so thrown from the mood that the worship team had before that, that they stopped singing the last Silent Night verse. I forgot where I heard it and who said it, but someone said the reason they play songs heard on the radio (i.e. K-Love) is because that's what people are listening to everyday. Or something along those lines. I moved last year and haven't started church shopping where I live. Part of me is in no rush because of everything I had experienced during my years on tech. The other part of me doesn't know what size church I want to go to. I left my previous church home and started going to another one right before the pandemic, I liked it. It reminded me a lot like the church I went to from ages 20-24 (the second church I went to) but I just never went back. I'm about 30 minutes away, not up for the commute there (it's not a bad commute) but I'm just in no rush.

[@Patricia-gw4xi]

I love watching this Baptist because he explains scripture in a way I can relate to. Hope he never hears me singing...lol. God gave him gifts and he is sharing his relationship with Jesus and it is awesome.

[@peggybachler5952]

I so agree. I no longer attend church. I get my Sunday worship elsewhere. I looked at on line church the other Sunday and out of an hour the only amount of time for the minister was like 15 min. THATS IT!!! The other was standing and singing. I feel like it’s a concert.

[@kathyford3463]

Mark, I get it. I'm an old baptist too, but church is also for older people. You can never know who is or is not saved or their age. We had a 98 year old saved at our small baptist church! Praise the Lord! He went home to the Lord at 100.

[@maudwelford1843]

To me the modern songs don't have the depth than the old hymns, singing a hymn is filling my spirit, Fanny Cross songs reach the soul get to the depth of ones soul. Amen 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏🙏💕🇬🇧

[@ronandsueelliott5469]

Thankfully, we have a mix of new songs and the old hymns. But as I look around, I honestly see the young people singing and enjoying the hymns as much or possibly more than the new songs.

[@veronicapace7198]

I recently came across Dominique Hughes. She sings to God. What a blessing.

[@Alvin-l7l]

Amen, Praise The Lord Thank You Jesus!