"Remember the Music" is a captivating documentary-style series that delves into the legendary journey of Newsboys, a Christian music band that has faced significant challenges and triumphs over the past 30 years. The plot unfolds with insights into the band's humble beginnings, lineup changes, struggles with faith, and the unexpected success of their iconic songs "God's Not Dead" and "We Believe." As the narrative progresses, viewers witness the band's resilience, unity, and unwavering belief in their music's ability to inspire and uplift audiences worldwide. Ultimately, "Remember the Music" offers a heartfelt portrayal of faith, perseverance, and the power of music.
Closed captions
Show Timecode
Remember the Music | The Newsboys United | Remember the Music | November 17, 2025
- [music]
- 00:00:00.883 --> 00:00:01.551
- >>and then we come back
- 00:00:01.551 --> 00:00:02.819
- In, >>a couch like this, >>we come back in and tate is just
- 00:00:02.819 --> 00:00:04.620
- Out on the couch, just completely asleep and we're like
- 00:00:04.620 --> 00:00:07.457
- Can't really even wake him, he's just, [groggy grunts] >>it's
- 00:00:07.457 --> 00:00:11.027
- Like his body shut down on the stress. >>yeah. >>we're all
- 00:00:11.027 --> 00:00:13.663
- Standing there going, yeah, there's our future. [laughter]
- 00:00:13.663 --> 00:00:16.499
- [music]
- 00:00:16.499 --> 00:00:37.053
- Jaci velasquez: hello, my name is jaci velasquez and
- 00:00:38.087 --> 00:00:39.722
- I'd like to welcome you to this episode of remember the music
- 00:00:39.722 --> 00:00:42.258
- Featuring newsboys. newsboys has been a major christian artist
- 00:00:42.258 --> 00:00:46.896
- Now for more than 30 years. the band members may change but the
- 00:00:46.896 --> 00:00:51.067
- Mission always remains the same. the group started way back in
- 00:00:51.067 --> 00:00:54.670
- 1987 when five young men, john james, phil yates, george
- 00:00:54.670 --> 00:00:59.876
- Perdiccas, sean taylor, and peter furler, and manager, wes
- 00:00:59.876 --> 00:01:03.846
- Campbell from australia first hit the concert trail. after a
- 00:01:03.846 --> 00:01:07.984
- Few years of success and a move to the united states, lead
- 00:01:07.984 --> 00:01:11.053
- Singer, james, left the band and drummer peter furler took over
- 00:01:11.053 --> 00:01:15.258
- Vocals. years later peter left as front man and michael tait,
- 00:01:15.258 --> 00:01:19.695
- Formerly of dc talk, took over the role. if you love newsboys
- 00:01:19.695 --> 00:01:23.699
- Past and present, you're going to enjoy this episode of
- 00:01:23.699 --> 00:01:27.670
- Remember the music. back in the day stan moser, jeff mosley, and
- 00:01:27.670 --> 00:01:31.641
- Darrell harris, of star song records, released a newsboys
- 00:01:31.641 --> 00:01:34.977
- Album that sold less than 5,000 copies. when it was time to make
- 00:01:34.977 --> 00:01:39.248
- The next record they had a meeting to determine if they
- 00:01:39.248 --> 00:01:42.051
- Would resign the band or let them go. stan wanted to pass,
- 00:01:42.051 --> 00:01:47.490
- Especially when he learned it would cost $30,000 for the
- 00:01:47.490 --> 00:01:51.427
- Record. but jeff saw the look on darrell's face; he didn't
- 00:01:51.427 --> 00:01:55.231
- Understand it, he didn't get it, but he trusted darrell and he'd
- 00:01:55.231 --> 00:01:59.235
- Seen this look before. they debated about the band's fate
- 00:01:59.235 --> 00:02:03.773
- For a while. >>and so to make a long story short that went on
- 00:02:03.773 --> 00:02:07.777
- For a few minutes, and i looked at darrell and i said, you know,
- 00:02:07.777 --> 00:02:10.646
- There's no way we're gonna do this. and darrell said, yeah,
- 00:02:10.646 --> 00:02:15.251
- Yeah, i don't want to spend $30,000. i want to spend
- 00:02:15.251 --> 00:02:18.454
- $60,000. well, [laughter] i turned around, looked at jef, i
- 00:02:18.454 --> 00:02:22.358
- Said, would you please talk to him, he's lost his mind. >>yeah.
- 00:02:22.358 --> 00:02:26.095
- >>and sure enough, you know, jeff said, well, i've seen that
- 00:02:26.095 --> 00:02:31.434
- Look in his eye before. and of course, the rest is history and
- 00:02:31.434 --> 00:02:34.570
- We did, i think that first record sold like 300,000 copies.
- 00:02:34.570 --> 00:02:38.641
- >>yeah, it was called “i'm not ashamed”. >>darrell harris, man.
- 00:02:38.641 --> 00:02:41.277
- [laughter] >>i was a believer in newsboys. it always was right
- 00:02:41.277 --> 00:02:46.415
- From the beginning. and the last record was, the last record he's
- 00:02:46.415 --> 00:02:50.319
- Talking about is “not ashamed” record. >>so we were touring
- 00:02:50.319 --> 00:02:53.389
- “not ashamed”, which was exciting because that was kind
- 00:02:53.389 --> 00:02:56.559
- Of the first record that had started to sort of move the
- 00:02:56.559 --> 00:02:59.161
- Newsboys in a big way. and then “going public” came out and that
- 00:02:59.161 --> 00:03:04.233
- Had “shine” on it, of course, which was a big song. “going
- 00:03:04.233 --> 00:03:06.602
- Public” came after that. >>”going public”. >>that was the
- 00:03:06.602 --> 00:03:08.738
- Record that had “shine” on it. >>yeah. >>in fact, i remember
- 00:03:08.738 --> 00:03:12.241
- Being in the studio and we were finishing up that record and we
- 00:03:12.241 --> 00:03:16.012
- Got a phone call that steven curtis chapman had called our
- 00:03:16.012 --> 00:03:19.782
- Office and wanted to take us out on his world tour. i think it
- 00:03:19.782 --> 00:03:22.718
- Was like “heaven in the real world” tour. [affirmatives]
- 00:03:22.718 --> 00:03:25.054
- >>and that was the very first time that we were able to not be
- 00:03:25.054 --> 00:03:29.792
- Our own crew. [chuckles] >>you knew every job so, you know, i
- 00:03:29.792 --> 00:03:33.562
- Would set monitors, stack pa, you know, and then like do
- 00:03:33.562 --> 00:03:38.034
- Anything else that somebody needed a hand, if it was setting
- 00:03:38.034 --> 00:03:40.670
- Up staging or doing front house. and then, literally, you would
- 00:03:40.670 --> 00:03:44.707
- Soundcheck, go eat dinner, running, you know, like shower
- 00:03:44.707 --> 00:03:48.678
- Up real quick, change clothes, run out and play the show. as
- 00:03:48.678 --> 00:03:52.481
- Soon as you were done you went out and you signed until every
- 00:03:52.481 --> 00:03:54.850
- Last person left. then i ran in, tore my guitar rig down, and
- 00:03:54.850 --> 00:03:58.487
- Then went to the truck and started calling the pack. and
- 00:03:58.487 --> 00:04:01.290
- Then, you know, after you're done, three hours later you
- 00:04:01.290 --> 00:04:05.961
- Might, somebody might be banging on your bunk, hey, hey, it's
- 00:04:05.961 --> 00:04:09.065
- Your turn to drive. ah! you know? you're just. >>yeah, and
- 00:04:09.065 --> 00:04:11.400
- Then after that was “step up to the microphone”. and that was
- 00:04:11.400 --> 00:04:14.437
- Written, peter and i really just concentrated on writing that
- 00:04:14.437 --> 00:04:16.939
- Together, and that, of course, had “entertaining angels” on it,
- 00:04:16.939 --> 00:04:20.876
- Which i got to sing. and “whoohoo”, which, so we traded
- 00:04:20.876 --> 00:04:24.847
- Off singing on that record a little bit, because peter had
- 00:04:24.847 --> 00:04:27.483
- Just become the singer. and, i mean, he's an amazing singer,
- 00:04:27.483 --> 00:04:30.853
- And amazing frontman but he was kind of a little nervy at the
- 00:04:30.853 --> 00:04:33.255
- Front. you know? he's like, well, maybe you should sing this
- 00:04:33.255 --> 00:04:34.724
- One. so i would jump in and sing certain things. and yeah, i
- 00:04:34.724 --> 00:04:38.227
- Still think “entertaining angels” is one of the, you know,
- 00:04:38.227 --> 00:04:40.863
- Wherever i go that's the song i have to play that or i get
- 00:04:40.863 --> 00:04:42.898
- Rotten tomatos thrown at me and stuff.
- 00:04:42.898 --> 00:04:46.502
- [music]
- 00:04:46.502 --> 00:04:47.737
- ♪ entertaining angels while the night becomes history ♪
- 00:04:47.737 --> 00:04:51.841
- ♪ hosts of heaven, sing over me ♪
- 00:04:51.841 --> 00:04:55.010
- [music]
- 00:04:55.010 --> 00:05:20.770
- ♪ entertaining angels by the light of my tv screen♪
- 00:05:21.871 --> 00:05:26.909
- ♪ 24-7 you wait for me ♪
- 00:05:26.909 --> 00:05:32.314
- ♪ entertaining angels by the time ♪
- 00:05:32.314 --> 00:05:35.484
- ♪ i fall to my knees
- 00:05:35.484 --> 00:05:37.720
- ♪ hosts of heaven, sing over me ♪
- 00:05:37.720 --> 00:05:43.125
- ♪ entertaining angels by the light of my tv screen ♪
- 00:05:43.125 --> 00:05:48.597
- ♪ 24-7 you wait for me ♪
- 00:05:48.597 --> 00:05:53.903
- ♪ entertaining angels while the night becomes history ♪
- 00:05:53.903 --> 00:05:59.241
- ♪ hosts of heaven, sing over me ♪
- 00:05:59.241 --> 00:06:04.713
- ♪ entertaining angels by the light of my tv screen ♪
- 00:06:04.713 --> 00:06:10.085
- ♪ 24-7 you wait for me ♪
- 00:06:10.085 --> 00:06:15.558
- ♪ entertaining angels by the time i fall to my knees ♪
- 00:06:15.558 --> 00:06:20.963
- ♪ hosts of heaven, sing over me ♪
- 00:06:20.963 --> 00:06:26.635
- [music]
- 00:06:26.635 --> 00:06:43.819
- Jaci velasquez: when peter furler left newsboys, the
- 00:06:36.645 --> 00:06:45.688
- Guys knew that they wanted michael tait to be their new
- 00:06:45.688 --> 00:06:47.857
- Frontman but they didn't want to telegraph that to his management
- 00:06:47.857 --> 00:06:50.826
- Or even to michael until they could get him on the phone
- 00:06:50.826 --> 00:06:54.230
- Personally. they needed a strategy and found one that
- 00:06:54.230 --> 00:06:58.033
- You'll hear about shortly. meanwhile, jody davis had left
- 00:06:58.033 --> 00:07:01.237
- The band for five years due to family matters and was returning
- 00:07:01.237 --> 00:07:05.140
- To the band unaware that peter had even left. now, while peter
- 00:07:05.140 --> 00:07:09.945
- Was still in the band, phil joel remembers sleeping on a friend's
- 00:07:09.945 --> 00:07:13.949
- Couch in new zealand when the phone rang at 3:00 a.m. and it
- 00:07:13.949 --> 00:07:17.720
- Was the newsboys asking him to join the band. he hopped on a
- 00:07:17.720 --> 00:07:21.457
- Plane the next day to los angeles. it was one of those
- 00:07:21.457 --> 00:07:24.026
- Whirlwind things that felt really correct he said. but
- 00:07:24.026 --> 00:07:29.098
- Seasons change and sometimes god sends you in a different
- 00:07:29.098 --> 00:07:32.601
- Direction. >>you know, it was kind of a number of things but
- 00:07:32.601 --> 00:07:35.271
- Really and truly at the end of the day and i just felt it was
- 00:07:35.271 --> 00:07:37.439
- Time for me to move on. i had, you know, i kind of grew up in
- 00:07:37.439 --> 00:07:41.210
- The band and got married and had kids and the whole thing. and
- 00:07:41.210 --> 00:07:44.914
- Realized, wow, this is, this is pretty consuming. when you're in
- 00:07:44.914 --> 00:07:51.854
- A band kind of like the newsboys, it kind of consumes
- 00:07:51.854 --> 00:07:54.189
- You. you know, you've got to be wherever the band needs you to
- 00:07:54.189 --> 00:07:59.028
- Be. and so at that point you have to go, well, you know, do i
- 00:07:59.028 --> 00:08:01.897
- Want to miss all the birthdays and miss all the moments or do
- 00:08:01.897 --> 00:08:04.099
- I, you know, lay that down and move on and see what the lord
- 00:08:04.099 --> 00:08:07.970
- Has? and so that was the decision that i made. but it
- 00:08:07.970 --> 00:08:10.339
- Wasn't really a decision i made, i felt that i was led to move
- 00:08:10.339 --> 00:08:13.108
- On, start different ministry opportunities and do different
- 00:08:13.108 --> 00:08:15.911
- Things. and it's been awesome. >>it's about ten years ago now
- 00:08:15.911 --> 00:08:19.548
- Peter decided that he'd had enough. and he's kind of, the
- 00:08:19.548 --> 00:08:23.652
- Well was dry, so to speak. and he said i just can't do it
- 00:08:23.652 --> 00:08:27.389
- Anymore, which we kind of understood because he was
- 00:08:27.389 --> 00:08:30.192
- Burning the candle at both ends pretty hard. but we kind of
- 00:08:30.192 --> 00:08:33.529
- Knew, as a band, that we wanted to keep going. and it took us
- 00:08:33.529 --> 00:08:38.300
- All of about thirty seconds to kind of work out who we wanted
- 00:08:38.300 --> 00:08:43.205
- To ask. but he wasn't available, so we asked mike instead,
- 00:08:43.205 --> 00:08:45.507
- [laughter] no, we thought straight away, what about
- 00:08:45.507 --> 00:08:53.649
- Michael tait? because michael had been a great friend. we had
- 00:08:53.649 --> 00:08:57.586
- Toured with dc talk back in the early 90s on the new school jam.
- 00:08:57.586 --> 00:09:02.758
- >>yep. >>so we got to know michael and the boys on that.
- 00:09:02.758 --> 00:09:04.793
- >>those were good days, man. >>and out on the road it was, at
- 00:09:04.793 --> 00:09:07.596
- The time, it was newsboys, it was dc talk, it was audio
- 00:09:07.596 --> 00:09:10.232
- Adrenaline. and it was always a game of one-upmanship. >>okay, i
- 00:09:10.232 --> 00:09:14.737
- Hope you've got liability insurance because this is not
- 00:09:14.737 --> 00:09:17.006
- Good. >>we knew that michael was the guy that we were targeting.
- 00:09:17.006 --> 00:09:21.944
- Right? but we hadn't really seen him or talked to him in a few
- 00:09:21.944 --> 00:09:25.314
- Years. [affirmatives] the strategy was to have duncan get
- 00:09:25.314 --> 00:09:32.154
- His phone number from michael's manager. >>i did. yeah. >>and we
- 00:09:32.154 --> 00:09:35.991
- Said, well, he wants to talk about something about cars or,
- 00:09:35.991 --> 00:09:39.161
- You know, some random thing. >>yeah. >>so we got the phone
- 00:09:39.161 --> 00:09:41.363
- Number, called michael, and were like, yeah, i think peters gonna
- 00:09:41.363 --> 00:09:44.700
- Be off the road for a while. >>can you fill in for a few
- 00:09:44.700 --> 00:09:47.670
- Days? >>we need someone to fill in. >>fill in was the word,
- 00:09:47.670 --> 00:09:50.305
- That's right. >>so jody, literally, lands in nashville
- 00:09:50.305 --> 00:09:53.275
- With his family just a few hours after michael does. but jody
- 00:09:53.275 --> 00:09:58.814
- Doesn't know that peter's left and that michael's has come.
- 00:09:58.814 --> 00:10:03.285
- [laughter] >>well, i came into the band and i thought, as jeff
- 00:10:03.285 --> 00:10:06.021
- Said, i thought maybe just a couple of shows. i thought i
- 00:10:06.021 --> 00:10:08.023
- Could do a couple of shows, see what happens. i was in dc
- 00:10:08.023 --> 00:10:11.160
- Visiting my mom when i actually got the call; just came from la.
- 00:10:11.160 --> 00:10:13.896
- And when i saw the list of songs and the tour dates, i was, like,
- 00:10:13.896 --> 00:10:19.702
- [laughter] heck no! >>right? >>i'm not ready for this. you
- 00:10:19.702 --> 00:10:24.473
- Know? from beach bum to full, it's like trying to hop on a
- 00:10:24.473 --> 00:10:28.510
- Moving train, or on a bucking bronco. >>on one level it seemed
- 00:10:28.510 --> 00:10:32.815
- Like, it seemed like god had turned his back on us almost. it
- 00:10:32.815 --> 00:10:37.119
- Seemed like, dude, what are you doing? you know, we've been
- 00:10:37.119 --> 00:10:41.890
- Doing this thing all these years and then all of a sudden we're
- 00:10:41.890 --> 00:10:44.359
- In this situation where, you know, on a personal level we
- 00:10:44.359 --> 00:10:49.398
- Were broke. we were broken men. didn't know what to do. we knew
- 00:10:49.398 --> 00:10:55.804
- We wanted to keep on going. didn't know how to do it.
- 00:10:55.804 --> 00:10:58.407
- >>yeah. >>had those first rehearsals, those first couple
- 00:10:58.407 --> 00:11:00.676
- Of shows. theyt weren't great. >>weren't exciting. >>so it was
- 00:11:00.676 --> 00:11:03.645
- Just like, oh my gosh, but it was deep, deep down we knew that
- 00:11:03.645 --> 00:11:07.216
- Just keep going guys. do what you've always done. keep turning
- 00:11:07.216 --> 00:11:11.520
- Up, keep showing up, because it's gonna be okay. we kind of
- 00:11:11.520 --> 00:11:15.557
- Had that kind of reassurance almost. we didn't have a crystal
- 00:11:15.557 --> 00:11:18.560
- Ball but we kind of had that deep kind of knowing. “born
- 00:11:18.560 --> 00:11:21.563
- Again” came out of that. i remember one of the first songs
- 00:11:21.563 --> 00:11:23.866
- Was the born-again song. >>yeah. >>and i think, for the band,
- 00:11:23.866 --> 00:11:27.936
- That was a monumental moment, because the band was absolutely
- 00:11:27.936 --> 00:11:31.540
- Like a phoenix out of the ashes born again. >>yeah. >>so it
- 00:11:31.540 --> 00:11:35.077
- Really, really was a restart, completely reboot of the
- 00:11:35.077 --> 00:11:39.748
- Newsboys brand. >>wes, our manager, longtime manager since
- 00:11:39.748 --> 00:11:42.985
- The beginning, handed me, just a cdr, like no label on it no
- 00:11:42.985 --> 00:11:47.389
- Nothing. he's like there's a few songs on here i like that could
- 00:11:47.389 --> 00:11:50.092
- Be good for the next record. it didn't say anything about who
- 00:11:50.092 --> 00:11:53.295
- Wrote them or what they were or anything. and “god's not dead” a
- 00:11:53.295 --> 00:11:56.765
- Demo of that song was on that cd.
- 00:11:56.765 --> 00:12:00.202
- [music]
- 00:12:00.202 --> 00:12:07.643
- ♪ oh, oh, oh, oh, oh ♪
- 00:12:07.643 --> 00:12:17.319
- ♪ let love explode and bring the dead to life ♪
- 00:12:17.319 --> 00:12:24.726
- ♪ a love so bold to seek a revolution somehow ♪
- 00:12:24.726 --> 00:12:31.099
- [music]
- 00:12:31.099 --> 00:12:39.975
- ♪ let love explode and bring the dead to life ♪
- 00:12:39.975 --> 00:12:46.982
- ♪ a love so bold to seek a revolution somehow ♪
- 00:12:46.982 --> 00:12:55.224
- ♪ now i'm lost in your freedom ♪
- 00:12:55.224 --> 00:13:02.331
- ♪ and this world i'll overcome ♪
- 00:13:02.331 --> 00:13:07.836
- ♪ my god's not dead he's surely alive ♪
- 00:13:07.836 --> 00:13:11.540
- He's living on the inside roaring like a lion
- 00:13:11.540 --> 00:13:15.611
- ♪ god's not dead he's surely alive ♪
- 00:13:15.611 --> 00:13:19.014
- ♪ living on the inside roaring like a lion ♪
- 00:13:19.014 --> 00:13:22.684
- ♪ roaring roaring ♪
- 00:13:22.684 --> 00:13:26.555
- ♪ roaring like a lion
- 00:13:26.555 --> 00:13:31.693
- ♪ let hope arise and make the darkness hide ♪
- 00:13:31.693 --> 00:13:38.433
- ♪ my faith is dead i need a resurrection somehow ♪
- 00:13:38.433 --> 00:13:46.308
- ♪ now i'm lost in your freedom ♪
- 00:13:46.308 --> 00:13:54.316
- ♪ and this world i'll overcome ♪
- 00:13:54.316 --> 00:13:59.488
- ♪ my god's not dead he's surely alive ♪
- 00:13:59.488 --> 00:14:03.091
- ♪ he's living on the inside roaring like a lion ♪
- 00:14:03.091 --> 00:14:07.195
- ♪ god's not dead he's surely alive ♪
- 00:14:07.195 --> 00:14:10.599
- ♪ he's living on the inside roaring like a lion ♪
- 00:14:10.599 --> 00:14:14.436
- ♪ roaring roaring
- 00:14:14.436 --> 00:14:18.273
- ♪ roaring like a lion ♪
- 00:14:18.273 --> 00:14:21.910
- ♪ roaring he's roaring ♪
- 00:14:21.910 --> 00:14:28.951
- ♪ let heaven roar ♪
- 00:14:28.951 --> 00:14:30.519
- ♪ and fire fall
- 00:14:30.519 --> 00:14:32.321
- ♪ come shake the ground with the sound of revival ♪
- 00:14:32.321 --> 00:14:39.761
- ♪ let heaven roar
- 00:14:39.761 --> 00:14:43.365
- ♪ and fire fall ♪
- 00:14:43.365 --> 00:14:47.436
- ♪ come shake the ground with the sound of revival ♪
- 00:14:47.436 --> 00:14:54.743
- ♪ let heaven roar ♪
- 00:14:54.743 --> 00:14:58.347
- ♪ and fire fall
- 00:14:58.347 --> 00:15:02.184
- ♪ come shake the ground with the sound of revival ♪
- 00:15:02.184 --> 00:15:09.725
- ♪ my god's not dead he's surely alive ♪
- 00:15:09.725 --> 00:15:13.462
- ♪ he's living on the inside roaring like a lion ♪
- 00:15:13.462 --> 00:15:17.366
- ♪ god's not dead he's surely alive ♪
- 00:15:17.366 --> 00:15:20.802
- ♪ he's living on the inside roaring like a lion ♪
- 00:15:20.802 --> 00:15:24.806
- ♪ god's not dead he's surely alive ♪
- 00:15:24.806 --> 00:15:28.210
- ♪ he's living on the inside roaring like a lion ♪
- 00:15:28.210 --> 00:15:32.381
- ♪ god's not dead hd's surely alive ♪
- 00:15:32.381 --> 00:15:35.450
- ♪ he's living on the inside roaring like a lion ♪
- 00:15:35.450 --> 00:15:39.388
- ♪ roaring
- 00:15:39.388 --> 00:15:41.690
- ♪ roaring like a lion
- 00:15:41.690 --> 00:15:46.762
- ♪ roaring he's roaring
- 00:15:46.762 --> 00:15:50.465
- ♪ roaring like a lion ♪
- 00:15:50.465 --> 00:15:52.768
- ♪ roaring like a lion
- 00:15:52.768 --> 00:15:56.571
- Our god is alive, tennessee!
- 00:15:56.571 --> 00:16:00.609
- [applause] [music]
- 00:16:00.609 --> 00:16:07.449
- [music]
- 00:16:07.449 --> 00:16:13.855
- Jaci velasquez: it's funny how sometimes the songs you get at
- 00:16:08.517 --> 00:16:15.891
- The end of a project or ones that you aren't that into but
- 00:16:15.891 --> 00:16:18.894
- Decide to record anyway become some of your biggest signature
- 00:16:18.894 --> 00:16:22.764
- Songs. newsboys didn't think much of “god's not dead” or “we
- 00:16:22.764 --> 00:16:27.202
- Believe” when they first heard them. the demo on “god's not
- 00:16:27.202 --> 00:16:30.806
- Dead” wasn't great and “we believe” had way too many
- 00:16:30.806 --> 00:16:33.775
- Lyrics. but we all know the success of those two songs and
- 00:16:33.775 --> 00:16:37.579
- God had a plan even if they didn't. “god's not dead”
- 00:16:37.579 --> 00:16:42.284
- Exploded on so many fronts and brought the guy's millions of
- 00:16:42.284 --> 00:16:46.621
- New fans. >>and so it kind of just morphed into a book, and
- 00:16:46.621 --> 00:16:50.559
- The book morphed into a movie. and so we got approached by a
- 00:16:50.559 --> 00:16:55.030
- Film company and they were like, well, we actually had the script
- 00:16:55.030 --> 00:16:58.500
- But we think it would go really good with the movie. and we'd
- 00:16:58.500 --> 00:17:00.936
- Love for you guys to be in it and all this stuff. well, you
- 00:17:00.936 --> 00:17:03.538
- Know how it is with christian movies and things. >>we thought,
- 00:17:03.538 --> 00:17:05.674
- Okay we'll do it. >>you're like, okay, whatever. but you don't
- 00:17:05.674 --> 00:17:08.143
- Ever think it's ever gonna see the light of day let alone a
- 00:17:08.143 --> 00:17:10.445
- Theater. [laughter] >>so true. >>we shot our scenes and the
- 00:17:10.445 --> 00:17:16.685
- Whole production of the film was a lot bigger than what we even
- 00:17:16.685 --> 00:17:19.454
- Thought. you know? i think we thought it would just be a
- 00:17:19.454 --> 00:17:21.523
- Couple guys, >>with handheld cameras. >>with an iphone and,
- 00:17:21.523 --> 00:17:23.792
- You know, you'd never see anything about it again.
- 00:17:23.792 --> 00:17:26.361
- [laughter] >>didn't think anything of it for like a year,
- 00:17:26.361 --> 00:17:28.363
- All the editing and everything. so it comes out and, you know,
- 00:17:28.363 --> 00:17:32.467
- We're touring, like we always are. and we get a phone call to
- 00:17:32.467 --> 00:17:34.603
- The bus and it's like the number four movie in the country.
- 00:17:34.603 --> 00:17:37.806
- >>crazy! >>and so, >>we were so excited about that. >>yeah, like
- 00:17:37.806 --> 00:17:42.177
- Six million people saw it in a month, which is like exposure
- 00:17:42.177 --> 00:17:46.882
- You can't even imagine, especially for christian artists
- 00:17:46.882 --> 00:17:49.451
- Who have really limited resources to use. >>yeah, you
- 00:17:49.451 --> 00:17:51.987
- Would you'd be lucky your entire career to play to 6 million
- 00:17:51.987 --> 00:17:56.224
- People. >>yeah, >>and then six million people saw it. >>so that
- 00:17:56.224 --> 00:17:58.760
- Was just another. >>i knew we had something special. when i
- 00:17:58.760 --> 00:18:01.730
- Was in dc, i was visiting dc after the movie came out, about
- 00:18:01.730 --> 00:18:04.599
- Eight months after the movie came out. and i was in one of
- 00:18:04.599 --> 00:18:07.435
- The more unpopular parts of dc, kind of the hood, and this
- 00:18:07.435 --> 00:18:12.707
- African-american kid stopped me, young guy, probably 24-25, he
- 00:18:12.707 --> 00:18:18.580
- Says, hey man, yeah, man, you that guy from the movie, man?
- 00:18:18.580 --> 00:18:21.950
- Where god ain't dead? [chuckles] that's me, dude. and that's when
- 00:18:21.950 --> 00:18:25.887
- I knew they hit another level. >>yeah, you know, i think i was
- 00:18:25.887 --> 00:18:29.591
- Sitting in my living room one day and i get a phone call from
- 00:18:29.591 --> 00:18:31.893
- Newsboys management saying, hey, we want to take a meeting with
- 00:18:31.893 --> 00:18:34.696
- You. and i'm like, okay. who knows? so i jumped in the car,
- 00:18:34.696 --> 00:18:39.267
- Went down the office, and they presented me with this idea.
- 00:18:39.267 --> 00:18:41.770
- Hey, we think you and peter should come back and do a tour
- 00:18:41.770 --> 00:18:46.474
- With us. i'm like, game on. let's do it. i think this would
- 00:18:46.474 --> 00:18:51.846
- Be really fun. and, bonus, we would love zealand to open on
- 00:18:51.846 --> 00:18:55.183
- This tour. so double bonus! yeah, so kind of a no-brainer
- 00:18:55.183 --> 00:19:00.989
- But, you know, there's never no brainers in christendom. you
- 00:19:00.989 --> 00:19:04.326
- Know, you go home, you pray about it and get a peace. but
- 00:19:04.326 --> 00:19:07.095
- Straight away i was really excited. >>stan and i helped
- 00:19:07.095 --> 00:19:09.231
- Them get their green cards to become american citizens from
- 00:19:09.231 --> 00:19:12.701
- Australia and then here we sit 30 years later and i'm back
- 00:19:12.701 --> 00:19:16.938
- Working with the newsboys. >>living integration. >>i think
- 00:19:16.938 --> 00:19:19.908
- When the people see newsboys they see unity rather than
- 00:19:19.908 --> 00:19:22.978
- Division. we've got so much division in this country right
- 00:19:22.978 --> 00:19:25.247
- Now it's ridiculous. but when you look at the newsboys, this
- 00:19:25.247 --> 00:19:28.950
- Version of the newsboys, and with peter and phil they see
- 00:19:28.950 --> 00:19:32.120
- This, not only is it racially together, we're also a group of
- 00:19:32.120 --> 00:19:36.191
- Guys that love each other and have so for years. so it's all
- 00:19:36.191 --> 00:19:40.595
- About unity and love at the end of the day. >>i remember we
- 00:19:40.595 --> 00:19:42.931
- Recorded “we believe” that one night i called my manager in a
- 00:19:42.931 --> 00:19:45.033
- Fit of rage because, a worship pastor wrote it, and there were
- 00:19:45.033 --> 00:19:47.936
- Just so many words. we cut out some of it. i was, like, i'm
- 00:19:47.936 --> 00:19:50.605
- Just so frustrated. the record we put in the last minute
- 00:19:50.605 --> 00:19:53.375
- Because it was going to be a part of the billy graham
- 00:19:53.375 --> 00:19:55.343
- >>tribute. >>my hope project. >>yeah. >>and we thought we
- 00:19:55.343 --> 00:19:59.281
- Would you put it on billy graham's record thing and also
- 00:19:59.281 --> 00:20:02.584
- Put it on our record. well, thank god we did that because
- 00:20:02.584 --> 00:20:04.486
- That song actually lasted longer on radio longer, like 18 weeks,
- 00:20:04.486 --> 00:20:07.188
- >>it was the longest running song we've ever had. >>longest
- 00:20:07.188 --> 00:20:09.357
- Running song that we've had. and here i'm sitting and moaning and
- 00:20:09.357 --> 00:20:11.559
- Whining, first world problems, oh michael tait's having a rough
- 00:20:11.559 --> 00:20:13.595
- Time in the studio. [chuckles] like, get over it chocolate kid.
- 00:20:13.595 --> 00:20:16.631
- Get over it and sing the song. and god honored and blessed it
- 00:20:16.631 --> 00:20:20.602
- And the thing is, it's just a machine. then the movie “do you
- 00:20:20.602 --> 00:20:22.971
- Believe”. it was a theme song for that movie. but “we believ”"
- 00:20:22.971 --> 00:20:25.774
- It's like, i often say it's like a billy graham message put to
- 00:20:25.774 --> 00:20:29.477
- Music. it's the gospel. >>the apostles creed put to music,
- 00:20:29.477 --> 00:20:31.980
- Almost. [affirmatives] >>yeah, it's the gospel. >>yeah, just
- 00:20:31.980 --> 00:20:34.349
- Straight up. it's great. >>and as you are about to see, it
- 00:20:34.349 --> 00:20:37.319
- Wouldn't be long before newsboys would stand side by side with
- 00:20:37.319 --> 00:20:40.488
- Other ccm legends like amy grant, steven curtis chapman,
- 00:20:40.488 --> 00:20:44.759
- Michael w. smith, and sandi patty, and declare we believe!
- 00:20:44.759 --> 00:20:49.664
- Thank you so much for joining us. we hope you have been
- 00:20:49.664 --> 00:20:52.534
- Uplifted and encouraged by the amazing journey of newsboys.
- 00:20:52.534 --> 00:20:56.137
- Join us next time for more amazing stories about your
- 00:20:56.137 --> 00:20:59.507
- Favorite legendary ccm artists. god bless you and we'll see you
- 00:20:59.507 --> 00:21:04.512
- Soon!
- 00:21:04.512 --> 00:21:06.047
- [music]
- 00:21:06.047 --> 00:21:17.192
- ♪ in this time of desperation ♪
- 00:21:17.892 --> 00:21:25.066
- ♪ when all we know is doubt and fear ♪
- 00:21:25.066 --> 00:21:32.273
- ♪ there is only one foundation ♪
- 00:21:32.273 --> 00:21:38.046
- ♪ we believe
- 00:21:38.046 --> 00:21:45.720
- ♪ we believe in god the father ♪
- 00:21:41.816 --> 00:21:49.190
- ♪ we believe in jesus christ ♪
- 00:21:49.190 --> 00:21:52.861
- ♪ we believe in the holy spirit ♪
- 00:21:52.861 --> 00:21:56.598
- ♪ and he's given us new life ♪
- 00:21:56.598 --> 00:22:00.235
- ♪ we believe in the crucifixion ♪
- 00:22:00.235 --> 00:22:03.838
- ♪ we believe that he conquered death ♪
- 00:22:03.838 --> 00:22:07.575
- ♪ we believe in the resurrection ♪
- 00:22:07.575 --> 00:22:11.579
- ♪ and he's coming back again ♪
- 00:22:11.579 --> 00:22:14.983
- ♪ we believe ♪
- 00:22:14.983 --> 00:22:18.486
- >>do you believe?
- 00:22:18.486 --> 00:22:20.388
- [applause] [music]
- 00:22:20.388 --> 00:22:22.991
- ♪ so let our faith be more than anthems ♪
- 00:22:22.991 --> 00:22:31.099
- ♪ greater than the songs we sing ♪
- 00:22:31.099 --> 00:22:38.406
- ♪ and in our weakness and temptations ♪
- 00:22:38.406 --> 00:22:44.312
- ♪ we believe
- 00:22:44.312 --> 00:22:48.082
- ♪ we believe ♪
- 00:22:48.082 --> 00:22:51.820
- ♪ we believe in god the father ♪
- 00:22:51.820 --> 00:22:55.523
- ♪ we believe in jesus christ ♪
- 00:22:55.523 --> 00:22:59.194
- ♪ we believe in the holy spirit ♪
- 00:22:59.194 --> 00:23:02.964
- ♪ and he's given us new life ♪
- 00:23:02.964 --> 00:23:06.501
- ♪ we believe in the crucifixion ♪
- 00:23:06.501 --> 00:23:10.338
- ♪ we believe that he conquered death ♪
- 00:23:10.338 --> 00:23:13.975
- ♪ we believe in the resurrection ♪
- 00:23:13.975 --> 00:23:17.745
- ♪ and he's coming back again ♪
- 00:23:17.745 --> 00:23:21.616
- ♪ let the lost be found and the dead be raised ♪
- 00:23:21.616 --> 00:23:24.986
- ♪ in the here and now let love embrace ♪
- 00:23:24.986 --> 00:23:28.690
- ♪ let the church live loud ♪
- 00:23:28.690 --> 00:23:28.690
