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Word about Keith's music ministry quickly spread through

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our friends in the Christian music world.

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By the end of 1975, Keith was being

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asked to do concerts in some of the

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churches in Southern California.

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It was a whole new world.

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Playing in churches posed some new challenges and

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interesting transitions for us.

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Our first big question was about money.

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How much do you ask from a church

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that invites you to do a concert?

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In the secular world, everyone struggles to make

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more money, and the amount you receive is

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a yardstick for worth and popularity.

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Even though Keith was never in it just

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for the money, it was his trade and

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it paid our bills, and we had big

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household expenses.

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But what were the biblical principles about charging

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for concerts?

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Where were they found in the Bible?

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Other Christian musicians were all over the map

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when it came to this matter.

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Some sold tickets, some asked for a certain

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amount up front, still others went for love

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offerings.

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Now that we were Christians, we instinctively knew

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the money rules had changed in some way.

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Keith's music was no longer a career.

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He considered himself a minister, and we wanted

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to see people come to the Lord.

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As a minister, should Keith even care about

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how much he made?

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Our real concern about finances was centered in

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the fact that our home was beginning to

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look like a halfway house.

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Everywhere we turned, we met desperate and hurting

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people who needed help.

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Could we keep bringing them home with us

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if we didn't have enough money to take

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care of them?

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Even with these questions, our excitement about Jesus

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continued to grow and touch every area of

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our lives, especially our music.

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There were a few songs that Keith wrote

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right away to express his own pure joy

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at finally finding the truth that set him

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free.

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Now Keith was shining a light that drew

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people to the Lord.

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He wrote, Because of you, to tell God

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whenever anyone asked why he looked so happy,

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he had the honor of pointing the way

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to the source of that light.

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Another song Keith wrote talked about God's supernatural

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touch in his life.

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You put this love in my heart, express

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Keith's gratitude for that miraculous touch.

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Probably the greatest boost to our growth as

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songwriters was meeting other Christian musicians.

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Keith's first Christian recording session was playing piano

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on the Growing Pains album by Jamie Owens.

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Through Jamie, Keith met Terry Talbot.

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Keith and Terry hit it off immediately.

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Terry and his brother John had been in

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a famous rock band called Mason Prophet, and

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Terry was working on a musical called Firewind.

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He asked Keith to sing the lead vocal

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on a song called Walk and Talk, which

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was to be a duet with Barry McGuire.

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Barry had made such an impression on us

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a few years ago, and now Keith was

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going to sing his first recorded Christian song

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with him.

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Keith was excited about this recording session because

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he was going to get to meet so

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many other Christian artists.

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Before Annie Herring from the second chapter of

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Acts came to the session, Jamie Owens had

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told her, wait till you meet Keith.

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He's so filled with energy, and his heart

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is full of the Lord.

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You're going to love him.

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I actually heard Keith before I met Keith.

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I was walking into the studio, and I

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heard this man singing away going, all right,

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this is where I want you to punch.

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I'll write in between this line and then

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into this line.

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He starts singing away with all of his

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heart.

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Where I want to go, Lord, is with

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you.

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Punch.

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Right with you, Lord.

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God, punch.

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And he was really emphatic about where he

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wanted the engineer to punch.

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And I thought, gosh, I love the energy

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in his voice, and I could hardly wait

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to turn around the corner to see what

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he looked like.

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And as I turned the corner, I saw

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this curly-headed guy just singing away with

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all of his heart, and you could tell

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just by looking at him that he was

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just sold out to the Lord.

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A week later, Keith met Annie's husband, Buck

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Herring, who was a producer for second chapter.

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Buck and Annie had only been married a

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few years when her dad died, and Annie's

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younger brother and sister, Matt and Nellie, came

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to live with them.

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A short time later, they discovered they could

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sing together.

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The first time I met second chapter, I

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was so new to Christian music that I'd

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never even heard of them.

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Keith took me to their house in Northridge.

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When we walked in, Buck was listening to

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one of their albums.

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I was blown away.

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I walked into the kitchen, and Annie was

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standing at the sink with an apron on,

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doing dishes.

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I was in awe of this beautiful woman

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with the elegant high cheekbones and dark dancing

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eyes, this woman of God who sang like

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an angel and did dishes like a normal

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person.

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And I was standing in her kitchen.

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I wasn't sure how to act.

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Meanwhile, Keith and Buck were off in the

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corner talking about music, producing, and making albums.

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Well, right away, Keith came over to me

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because he knew that I was involved in

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recording music and making music, and that was

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very much on his mind at that time.

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He wanted to do an album.

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He had music in his heart and in

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his mind.

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He wanted to do an album, but he

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didn't want to do an album just for

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Christians.

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He said, I want to do music.

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He said, I want to go out and

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really evangelize people, to draw them to Jesus.

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And I told him that God gave us

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music for other reasons than just for evangelism.

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Music was used for many purposes in God's

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kingdom, not just evangelism.

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And of course, I had some relationships with

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secular record companies doing Christian music for a

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secular record company, and I found that it

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just didn't work.

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So I tried to share that with him,

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but he was still pondering what he was

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supposed to do.

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And I told him, well, you just seek

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God and he'll let you know.

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Later that evening, as we drove home, Keith

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was in deep thought.

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I could tell his conversation with Buck didn't

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convince him.

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Keith wanted to reach people outside the church.

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I knew he wouldn't rest until the question

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was settled.

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Our musical family kept growing as we met

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people like Chuck Gerard, Phil Keggy, Mike and

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Kathy Dacey, Kelly Willard, Karen Lafferty, and Andre

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We were impressed that they'd given their talent

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to sing only for the Lord, yet we

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were still torn over what path Keith's musical

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ministry might take.

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It seemed like the Lord was starting to

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tie some loose ends together, and we were

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hoping the next thing God would tie together

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would be Keith's music.

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The dream of making it musically was not

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dead.

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It just had a different slant to it

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now.

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Keith continued to make demos of his songs

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and run them all over town, still trying

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to get a record deal with a secular

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label.

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And then it seemed like our dream was

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going to take off.

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One afternoon, Keith raced in.

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Mel, Arista Records, wants to send me to

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New York next week.

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They want me to meet with Clive Davis,

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straight to the top.

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They're paying my way out and everything.

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This might be it.

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Maybe God is going to open some doors

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after all.

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Once Keith arrived in New York, he settled

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into his hotel room, anticipating his big meeting

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with Arista the next day.

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Keith later wrote in his journal, Clive Davis

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kept me waiting for almost two hours.

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It was a failure, but I took it

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so well I couldn't believe it.

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I kept telling myself that the Lord wanted

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me to do a Christian album.

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It depressed me, but I kept my chin

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up.

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The following afternoon, my phone rang.

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Keith was calling from New York.

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How'd it go, I asked.

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My interview was a flop, he said.

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I was really upset at first, but I'm

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kind of starting to feel relieved now.

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At least I finally have a clear answer

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from the Lord.

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Hey, do you want me to bring a

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New York pizza home for you?

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The dream was dead.

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The one that had been in Keith's heart

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since he was a child.

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Some dreams are so deep, they seem to

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become a part of the very fabric of

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your being.

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When they die, a part of you dies

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too.

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After the initial depression lifted, Keith was actually

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excited.

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His prayers had finally been answered.

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Now Keith knew why things had never fully

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come together with his secular music.

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He saw more clearly how his life plans

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needed to be anchored in the reality of

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God's will.

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Otherwise, they would never be anything but fantasy.

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A song Keith had written just a few

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months earlier with Randy and Todd now had

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an even deeper meaning.

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Like a foolish dreamer trying to build a

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highway to the sky.

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All my hopes would come tumbling down and

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I never knew just why.

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Until today, when you pulled away the clouds

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that hung like curtains on my eyes, well

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I've been blind for years and I thought

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I was so wise, but then you took

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me by surprise.

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Like waking up from the longest dream, how

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rare it seemed.

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I've been lost in a fantasy.

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Keith was sure at last that the Lord

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wanted him to sing his music to Christians,

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even make a Christian album.

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Now he was wondering what God might want

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him to say.

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A lot of people were going to church

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and to Christian concerts, but not many of

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them seemed excited about Jesus.

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And Keith's heart was heavy whenever he thought

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about that.

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You know, God loves radical faith.

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He loves radical faith.

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He doesn't have too much fondness over lukewarm

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faith.

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There's a little scripture in the Bible about

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if you're lukewarm, you'll get spit out of

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Jesus' mouth.

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I explain theologically, I don't particularly know what

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the consequences of being spit out of Jesus'

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mouth is, except it does not sound appetizing

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and I don't want to be having it

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done to me.

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So I'm going to make sure I'm on

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fire for the Lord, come heaven or high

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water.

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By the spring of 1976, Keith was ready

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to go out on the road doing church

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concerts up and down the West Coast.

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He had a lot of different kinds of

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songs, serious, funny, inspiring, but the question of

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what to charge for a concert was becoming

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a pressing issue.

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We tried several approaches.

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Sometimes a church wanted to take a love

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offering for Keith.

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Others wanted him to tell them how much

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he'd charged to come.

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In these instances, Keith set a small fee

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for going.

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At least then he knew what he'd be

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getting and wouldn't have to worry about scanty

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offerings.

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On the other hand, an offering gave the

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Lord a chance to bless you, whereas a

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set fee didn't.

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Besides that, Keith was trying to figure out

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where the boundaries were.

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Did you not go to minister somewhere because

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they couldn't pay you enough?

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And how much was enough?

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In some ways, the Christian music ministry was

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looking more and more like the secular business

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we had just stepped out of.

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Record companies, contracts, concert tours.

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We were even beginning to see a sort

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of pecking order of artist popularity.

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And when you were invited somewhere, what should

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you expect to receive in return?

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Some churches were obviously wealthy.

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Others were poor.

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How do you deal with the differences?

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Keith said, I can't imagine Paul telling the

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Corinthian church, sorry guys, I can't come unless

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you promise me 5,000 shekels and two

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first-class chariot fares.

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Nevertheless, the money issue was not going to

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immobilize Keith from delivering the things in his

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heart.

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The message seemed too urgent.

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Early in 1977, Keith was offered a record

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deal by Billy Ray Hearn of Sparrow Records.

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Keith was playing at the Vineyard's new rented

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church building.

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Billy Ray slipped in unannounced.

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I made it a point not to call

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ahead and say I was coming because I

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wanted Keith to play without him knowing really

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whether I was there or not.

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By the time I got there, the place

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was jammed with people and I remember I

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had to crawl over them just to find

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a place on the floor in the aisle.

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But there was so much talk about Keith,

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I wanted to see what it was all

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about.

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And I wanted to see what was drawing

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so many people.

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He was electrifying.

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The old upright piano sounded like an orchestra.

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The ministry was so powerful.

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After what I heard and saw, I knew

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Keith was going to be something very special.

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It was a wonderful night of music and

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ministry.

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Billy Ray was more than mildly interested and

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that kicked off a long process of conversations

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and negotiations with Keith and his father over

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the proposed contract.

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Earlier, Keith had asked Buck Herring to produce

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him, but Buck figured that he and Keith

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were both too intense to try working together.

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Instead, a young man named Bill Maxwell was

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suggested.

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Keith played all his demos for Bill and

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then played some songs on the piano for

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him.

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Bill's response was direct.

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The first thing I noticed when Keith played

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me songs on the piano was that he

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sounded a lot better on piano than he

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did on his demos.

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He sounded better just sitting in a room

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with a piano than he had in a

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recording studio working on something.

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Keith said to me, yeah, I know I

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don't think I sound as good as I

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should on the demos, but I don't know

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what's missing.

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So I went to see him a couple

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of times in concert and it was really

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powerful.

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It was tremendous the effect he had on

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kids and how good he sounded.

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So we built a little booth around the

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piano and baffled off the piano, put a

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mic on him and we went in and

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recorded the first album with essentially all the

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vocals live while he was playing.

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If he messed something up, we would punch

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in the vocal and the piano at the

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same time because they were both leaking together.

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And that's that's the way we did keep

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all the time.

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Together, Bill and Keith were capturing Keith's raw

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energy, emotions and spiritual heart cry.

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When you listened, you had an uncanny sense

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that you were hearing from someone other than

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just Keith Green.

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By the summer of 1977, Keith's debut album,

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For Him Who Has Ears to Hear, was

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in the bookstores.

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We had a big mailing party at our

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house to send out the albums to the

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six thousand people who had pre-ordered it

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at concerts over the past several months.

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Rather than throw away the names of so

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many people, Keith said, let's keep in touch

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with all these people and put together a

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little newsletter to encourage them in their walk

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with the Lord.

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And the last day's newsletter was born.

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Just before Keith's album was released, he started

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working with Steve Gryson, who was engaged to

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Nellie Ward of Second Chapter Vax.

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As usual, Keith had big ideas.

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I want to tour the whole country this

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summer, Keith directed Steve.

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He set up a 52 city tour and

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off we went.

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And what a tour.

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Keith's album had just been released, so he

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was still unknown.

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He ended up singing to a lot of

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built-in audiences at coffee houses, youth group

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meetings, and regular church services.

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Some nights the promised housing didn't happen, and

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we had to rent our own rooms.

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And it seemed adequate sound systems and tuned

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pianos were rare commodities.

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Overall, the audiences were sparse, and some nights

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we'd make little or nothing.

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We'd learned at the vineyard that every trial

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was an opportunity to grow, and we certainly

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grew on that nine-week tour.

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We were growing at home too.

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Now there were over a dozen new Christians

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living with us.

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So as money came in from Keith's concerts,

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studio sessions, and album sales, it was poured

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back into helping the people who had come

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to live with us.

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And we still kept meeting people who needed

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a place to stay so they could escape

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a bad situation and get grounded in their

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new faith in Jesus.

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These were powerful yet innocent times.

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We just did what was in our hearts

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to do.

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Keith closed the year by playing at the

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Daisy.

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He was only about 12 feet away from

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me, so I could see him clearly.

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The spotlight was bright white.

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His eyes were aching, as he sang, overflowing

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with unspoken feelings as he poured out his

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soul.

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But he wasn't looking at the audience.

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He was looking up into the light as

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though he were looking directly at God.

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He seemed transfixed in time.

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His eyes were the bluest of blue, sparkling,

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yet crying out.

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He looked like a little boy, but his

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eyes, his eyes were haunting as he looked

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up into the light.

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As I sat and watched, I was captured

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by that moment and thought, Keith Green, you're

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not long for this earth.

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In the spring of 1978, while Keith's Ears

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to Hear album had skyrocketed to number one

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on the charts, we were in and out

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of the studio recording Keith's second album.

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Our only problem was we didn't have a

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title.

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Then one day when Keith was looking through

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all the song lyrics, he glanced at me

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with excitement.

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Hey Mel, what about these words in your

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song?

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He quoted, make my life a prayer to

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you.

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I want to do what you want me

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to.

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No empty words and no white lies.

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No token prayers, no compromise.

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No token prayers, no compromise, he repeated.

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Let's just call the album No Compromise.

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It seemed to capture the heart of what

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Keith wanted to say to other Christians.

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Quit compromising.

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Stop listening to the voice of the world.

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Start living committed lives.

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Keith was so convinced of the urgency of

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this message that as with the first album,

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people were rallied to pray.

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We had rented a second house and filled

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it with new believers.

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So during each session, day or night, there

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were people from our growing community in the

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studio with their heads constantly bowed in prayer.

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As always, I was right at Keith's side.

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It was one big happy family.

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And speaking of family, I was very pregnant

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with our first child.

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That summer, Keith was invited to sing at

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the Jesus Northwest Festival in Oregon.

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An estimated 35,000 people were there.

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The campsites were overflowing and Keith and I

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thought it looked like a mini Woodstock.

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On the last evening of the event, several

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of us gathered to pray before Keith went

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on stage.

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Our friend Winky Prattney was there with his

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wife, Faye, because Winky had been a main

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speaker.

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Winky was like an older brother to Keith

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and their spirits seemed to mesh.

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Just now, they were both troubled.

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The place was packed, but some were saying

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that there had been no real move of

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God, that it was just a big party.

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Keith and Winky felt strongly that if nothing

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happened, it would be a waste of a

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festival.

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When Keith walked into the spotlight, the crowd

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burst into a roar of applause and cheers.

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Keith sat at the piano, adjusted the microphone,

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and waited for things to settle down a

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bit.

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Turning to the crowd, he started talking.

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Have you ever felt the Lord was sad?

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Tonight I was praying and I kind of

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felt the Lord inside me, weeping.

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So I started to cry.

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The crowd was restless.

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They were waiting for Keith to sing, but

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the song he opened with was anything but

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lighthearted.

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As soon as he finished, he started talking

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again.

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The Old Testament says, these people draw near

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with their words and honor me with their

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lips, but they remove their hearts far from

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me.

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I don't want you to go away from

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here under condemnation, but I want you to

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get broken before God.

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The crowd was quiet now.

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Keith continued, this scripture is from Amos.

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Thus saith the Lord, I hate, I reject

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your festivals, nor do I delight in your

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solemn assemblies.

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Even though you offer up to me burnt

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offerings, I will not accept them.

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Take away from me the noise of your

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songs.

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The crowd sat in stunned silence.

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00:20:11,610 --> 00:20:14,550
Keith continued, as for me, I repent of

550
00:20:14,550 --> 00:20:16,510
ever having made a record or sung a

551
00:20:16,510 --> 00:20:19,190
song unless it's provoked people to follow Jesus.

552
00:20:19,810 --> 00:20:21,930
It doesn't cost you much to follow Jesus,

553
00:20:22,330 --> 00:20:23,230
just everything.

554
00:20:24,210 --> 00:20:26,310
He sang a few more songs which underscored

555
00:20:26,310 --> 00:20:29,030
his hard-hitting message, then turned back to

556
00:20:29,030 --> 00:20:29,530
the crowd.

557
00:20:30,010 --> 00:20:31,970
The rich young ruler would be accepted in

558
00:20:31,970 --> 00:20:34,590
any church today, but Jesus would not accept

559
00:20:34,590 --> 00:20:36,090
him because he had an idol in his

560
00:20:36,090 --> 00:20:36,470
life.

561
00:20:37,010 --> 00:20:38,610
Do you know who the Christian idols are?

562
00:20:38,890 --> 00:20:40,270
I happen to be one of them.

563
00:20:40,570 --> 00:20:42,150
You can even idolize your pastor.

564
00:20:42,730 --> 00:20:44,030
This was tough stuff.

565
00:20:44,590 --> 00:20:47,670
Keith continued, I challenge everybody who calls himself

566
00:20:47,670 --> 00:20:50,010
a Christian to live as Jesus did, or

567
00:20:50,010 --> 00:20:53,350
else sometime somebody might say, I never knew

568
00:20:53,350 --> 00:20:53,630
you.

569
00:20:54,390 --> 00:20:57,370
Weeping and loud crying was breaking out all

570
00:20:57,370 --> 00:20:58,250
across the field.

571
00:20:58,610 --> 00:21:00,950
I could hear people sobbing and choking prayers

572
00:21:00,950 --> 00:21:01,750
out to God.

573
00:21:02,650 --> 00:21:04,710
Keith called Winky, Fay, and me up onto

574
00:21:04,710 --> 00:21:06,630
the stage, and we all led worship with

575
00:21:06,630 --> 00:21:08,950
Keith for about half an hour, and that's

576
00:21:08,950 --> 00:21:10,070
the way the festival ended.

577
00:21:11,070 --> 00:21:12,890
As we were driving back to our hotel,

578
00:21:13,110 --> 00:21:15,030
we saw people still out in the fields

579
00:21:15,030 --> 00:21:15,590
praying.

580
00:21:16,390 --> 00:21:19,330
Shortly after we returned home from Jesus Northwest,

581
00:21:20,030 --> 00:21:22,390
Keith decided to take a sabbatical from touring,

582
00:21:22,710 --> 00:21:24,330
to get into the word of God more,

583
00:21:24,670 --> 00:21:26,870
and as Keith put it, figure some things

584
00:21:26,870 --> 00:21:27,290
out.

585
00:21:27,770 --> 00:21:29,390
It was nice to have Keith at home

586
00:21:29,390 --> 00:21:31,190
as my September due date approached.

587
00:21:31,650 --> 00:21:33,830
We were both excited about raising our child

588
00:21:33,830 --> 00:21:34,830
in a busy ministry.

589
00:21:35,450 --> 00:21:37,750
When our son was born, we named him

590
00:21:37,750 --> 00:21:40,370
Josiah David, after two great kings.

591
00:21:41,270 --> 00:21:43,910
Meanwhile, our other family was growing too.

592
00:21:43,910 --> 00:21:46,170
By now we had incorporated, and we were

593
00:21:46,170 --> 00:21:48,650
calling ourselves Last Days Ministries.

594
00:21:49,210 --> 00:21:52,310
Although we were experimenting with community living, Keith

595
00:21:52,310 --> 00:21:54,670
and I were underwriting almost 100% of

596
00:21:54,670 --> 00:21:57,210
the expenses with our own money, but God

597
00:21:57,210 --> 00:21:59,630
was blessing us financially, and we wanted to

598
00:21:59,630 --> 00:22:01,590
bless him by pouring it back into the

599
00:22:01,590 --> 00:22:01,990
ministry.

600
00:22:02,850 --> 00:22:04,730
More and more people were pouring in.

601
00:22:05,030 --> 00:22:06,650
We bought the house next door to us

602
00:22:06,650 --> 00:22:07,990
and rented several others.

603
00:22:08,510 --> 00:22:10,350
Within a short space of time, we went

604
00:22:10,350 --> 00:22:13,270
from 25 people in three houses to 70

605
00:22:13,270 --> 00:22:14,790
people in seven houses.

606
00:22:15,650 --> 00:22:19,450
Early in October 1978, Richard, a dear friend

607
00:22:19,450 --> 00:22:20,990
of ours who had taught us so much

608
00:22:20,990 --> 00:22:23,310
about Jesus, was on his way home from

609
00:22:23,310 --> 00:22:25,810
a conference late at night, sleeping in the

610
00:22:25,810 --> 00:22:27,530
passenger side of his friend's car.

611
00:22:28,170 --> 00:22:30,510
A truck coming in the opposite direction slammed

612
00:22:30,510 --> 00:22:31,670
into them head-on.

613
00:22:32,250 --> 00:22:34,250
The doctor said Richard never knew what hit

614
00:22:34,250 --> 00:22:34,410
him.

615
00:22:35,070 --> 00:22:36,650
When my time comes, that's the way I

616
00:22:36,650 --> 00:22:38,210
want to go, Keith said with a snap

617
00:22:38,210 --> 00:22:38,910
of his fingers.

618
00:22:39,170 --> 00:22:40,430
Earth to heaven in an instant.

619
00:22:41,210 --> 00:22:43,250
I tucked the blanket around Josiah as we

620
00:22:43,250 --> 00:22:45,430
headed out the door for Richard's memorial service.

621
00:22:45,930 --> 00:22:48,010
There would come a day when Keith's words

622
00:22:48,010 --> 00:22:49,050
would come back to me.

623
00:22:49,870 --> 00:22:53,470
God's Holy Spirit is here to heal, and

624
00:22:53,470 --> 00:22:54,970
you'll know if you're healed, don't worry.

625
00:22:56,110 --> 00:22:57,370
You'll find out.

626
00:22:59,090 --> 00:23:00,150
And he's here to heal.

627
00:23:01,910 --> 00:23:04,450
He's here to take that frightening thing inside

628
00:23:04,450 --> 00:23:06,750
your mind that's been bothering you, that fear

629
00:23:06,750 --> 00:23:08,290
that Satan's been preying upon.

630
00:23:08,690 --> 00:23:10,570
Because Satan always attacks us when we're weakest,

631
00:23:11,270 --> 00:23:12,710
and our fear is a very weak point.

632
00:23:12,810 --> 00:23:14,010
Now he's here to heal your fears.

633
00:23:15,050 --> 00:23:17,670
Anybody who wants their fears healed, just lift

634
00:23:17,670 --> 00:23:18,830
your hands up and receive it.

635
00:23:20,030 --> 00:23:22,650
Anybody who wants memories from their past healed,

636
00:23:22,750 --> 00:23:24,110
lift your hands up, receive it.

637
00:23:24,970 --> 00:23:28,410
Anybody who wants their families healed, their relatives

638
00:23:28,410 --> 00:23:31,010
saved and coming into the kingdom, lift your

639
00:23:31,010 --> 00:23:33,310
hands up and receive the promise of the

640
00:23:33,310 --> 00:23:33,930
Holy Spirit.

641
00:23:37,820 --> 00:23:41,440
Early one morning in February of 1979, our

642
00:23:41,440 --> 00:23:43,240
community was buzzing with curiosity.

643
00:23:43,800 --> 00:23:45,620
It seemed like all 70 of us were

644
00:23:45,620 --> 00:23:48,240
there, crammed into the living room, anxiously waiting

645
00:23:48,240 --> 00:23:49,900
to find out what was going on.

646
00:23:50,400 --> 00:23:52,500
When Keith walked into the room and everyone

647
00:23:52,500 --> 00:23:55,000
saw his face, they knew something had happened

648
00:23:55,000 --> 00:23:55,440
to him.

649
00:23:56,020 --> 00:23:57,500
You know, I've been struggling with a lot

650
00:23:57,500 --> 00:23:59,700
of questions about my ministry and the Lord's

651
00:23:59,700 --> 00:24:01,060
will for my life, he began.

652
00:24:01,740 --> 00:24:03,980
I was up all night, and God showed

653
00:24:03,980 --> 00:24:05,420
me so much sin in my life that

654
00:24:05,420 --> 00:24:06,360
I couldn't believe that I spent the whole

655
00:24:06,360 --> 00:24:08,320
night weeping and crying out to him.

656
00:24:08,940 --> 00:24:10,920
I told the Lord I wasn't leaving until

657
00:24:10,920 --> 00:24:13,220
I had a breakthrough, no matter how long

658
00:24:13,220 --> 00:24:13,660
it took.

659
00:24:14,240 --> 00:24:15,220
Finally it happened.

660
00:24:15,640 --> 00:24:17,100
I had a touch from the Lord like

661
00:24:17,100 --> 00:24:19,480
I've never had in my whole life, and

662
00:24:19,480 --> 00:24:20,920
I know I just got saved.

663
00:24:21,160 --> 00:24:23,040
I just got saved last night.

664
00:24:23,840 --> 00:24:25,460
Keith's words stunned everyone.

665
00:24:26,160 --> 00:24:27,860
I wanted to ask him, what have you

666
00:24:27,860 --> 00:24:29,340
been if you haven't been saved?

667
00:24:29,580 --> 00:24:31,000
But Keith just kept talking.

668
00:24:31,380 --> 00:24:33,920
Last night I was reading Charles Finney, and

669
00:24:33,920 --> 00:24:36,280
I couldn't get past the chapter called Breaking

670
00:24:36,280 --> 00:24:37,300
Up the Fallow Ground.

671
00:24:37,960 --> 00:24:40,140
God convicted me of so much fallow ground

672
00:24:40,140 --> 00:24:42,480
in my life, ground that's hard and crusty

673
00:24:42,480 --> 00:24:44,180
and needs to be broken up for him.

674
00:24:44,880 --> 00:24:47,020
He went on for several minutes, pouring his

675
00:24:47,020 --> 00:24:49,440
heart out, confessing areas of sin and weakness,

676
00:24:49,780 --> 00:24:50,380
and crying.

677
00:24:51,140 --> 00:24:52,900
Then Keith read a scripture to us from

678
00:24:52,900 --> 00:24:53,480
Hosea.

679
00:24:53,800 --> 00:24:55,720
Break up your fallow ground, for it is

680
00:24:55,720 --> 00:24:56,900
time to seek the Lord.

681
00:24:57,620 --> 00:24:59,540
And picking up the Finney book, Keith read

682
00:24:59,540 --> 00:25:01,520
the whole chapter out loud to us.

683
00:25:01,840 --> 00:25:03,720
It was a real outline for a point

684
00:25:03,720 --> 00:25:06,000
by point examination of our own hearts.

685
00:25:06,400 --> 00:25:08,340
I believe God wants to do something powerful

686
00:25:08,340 --> 00:25:09,620
in all of our lives.

687
00:25:10,020 --> 00:25:11,600
I believe we need to have a breakthrough

688
00:25:11,600 --> 00:25:12,860
with God, Keith said.

689
00:25:13,060 --> 00:25:14,620
I feel like we all need to pray

690
00:25:14,620 --> 00:25:15,180
right now.

691
00:25:16,260 --> 00:25:18,700
Keith began praying a very powerful prayer.

692
00:25:18,880 --> 00:25:20,600
The hush fell over the whole room.

693
00:25:21,400 --> 00:25:23,600
Suddenly one of the women burst into tears.

694
00:25:23,880 --> 00:25:26,680
Her whole body was heaving with deep, uncontrollable

695
00:25:26,680 --> 00:25:27,280
sobs.

696
00:25:27,760 --> 00:25:29,840
A few others started to weep, and the

697
00:25:29,840 --> 00:25:31,420
next thing we knew we were all on

698
00:25:31,420 --> 00:25:34,100
our faces, crying and calling out to God.

699
00:25:34,720 --> 00:25:36,480
Some of us could do little more than

700
00:25:36,480 --> 00:25:36,880
moan.

701
00:25:37,380 --> 00:25:39,400
It was a gut-wrenching time of conviction

702
00:25:39,400 --> 00:25:40,600
and soul-searching.

703
00:25:41,360 --> 00:25:43,740
After a long time, Keith asked everyone to

704
00:25:43,740 --> 00:25:45,640
go and spend some time alone with God.

705
00:25:46,100 --> 00:25:48,720
We gathered together later that evening, and again

706
00:25:48,720 --> 00:25:50,700
over the next few days, day and night.

707
00:25:51,160 --> 00:25:53,920
We had hours of prayer, weeping, and humble

708
00:25:53,920 --> 00:25:54,740
open confession.

709
00:25:55,400 --> 00:25:57,360
There was such an awesome sense of God's

710
00:25:57,360 --> 00:25:58,300
presence in the room.

711
00:25:58,740 --> 00:26:00,080
Sometimes it was overwhelming.

712
00:26:00,880 --> 00:26:03,500
Meanwhile, word was getting out locally, and some

713
00:26:03,500 --> 00:26:05,180
people from the vineyard showed up at our

714
00:26:05,180 --> 00:26:06,140
ongoing meetings.

715
00:26:06,460 --> 00:26:08,560
Even some neighbors came by, all with the

716
00:26:08,560 --> 00:26:11,440
same results, deep conviction of sin and a

717
00:26:11,440 --> 00:26:12,680
fresh touch from the Lord.

718
00:26:13,380 --> 00:26:15,700
After several days, when the intensity of it

719
00:26:15,700 --> 00:26:17,880
all subsided, it seemed that the Lord had

720
00:26:17,880 --> 00:26:20,320
drawn near to our community in an incredible

721
00:26:20,320 --> 00:26:20,740
way.

722
00:26:21,440 --> 00:26:23,480
Later on, we would refer to that time

723
00:26:23,480 --> 00:26:24,420
as the revival.

724
00:26:25,100 --> 00:26:27,800
Charles Finney defined revival as a new beginning

725
00:26:27,800 --> 00:26:29,040
of obedience to God.

726
00:26:29,040 --> 00:26:31,360
It was a life-changing time for all

727
00:26:31,360 --> 00:26:31,840
of us.

728
00:26:32,640 --> 00:26:34,740
Keith knew that his statements about him just

729
00:26:34,740 --> 00:26:36,980
getting saved came from his black and white

730
00:26:36,980 --> 00:26:38,060
way of looking at things.

731
00:26:38,460 --> 00:26:40,120
He had glimpsed a walk with God that

732
00:26:40,120 --> 00:26:41,600
required such a deeper commitment.

733
00:26:42,220 --> 00:26:43,800
For him, it was almost as if he

734
00:26:43,800 --> 00:26:45,280
had never given his heart to the Lord

735
00:26:45,280 --> 00:26:45,660
before.

736
00:26:46,080 --> 00:26:48,160
He felt like he was getting born again,

737
00:26:48,420 --> 00:26:48,740
again.

738
00:26:49,760 --> 00:26:51,900
Keith believed the Lord wanted the spirit of

739
00:26:51,900 --> 00:26:54,800
revival we'd just experienced to sweep the nation.

740
00:26:55,440 --> 00:26:57,700
The next concert Keith had scheduled was at

741
00:26:57,700 --> 00:26:59,760
the end of March in Tulsa at Oral

742
00:26:59,760 --> 00:27:03,380
Roberts University, the best-known Christian university in

743
00:27:03,380 --> 00:27:03,860
America.

744
00:27:04,760 --> 00:27:07,540
During the revival, Keith had also found his

745
00:27:07,540 --> 00:27:10,340
answer to our long-standing question about finances.

746
00:27:11,020 --> 00:27:12,880
He said, Mel, we're just going to go

747
00:27:12,880 --> 00:27:15,040
wherever God sends us and not worry about

748
00:27:15,040 --> 00:27:15,360
money.

749
00:27:15,640 --> 00:27:17,280
We're not going to worry about how much

750
00:27:17,280 --> 00:27:19,500
of an offering or an honorarium we get,

751
00:27:19,640 --> 00:27:21,080
or even if we get one at all.

752
00:27:21,260 --> 00:27:23,040
In fact, I feel like God is telling

753
00:27:23,040 --> 00:27:24,580
me that we need to pay our own

754
00:27:24,580 --> 00:27:26,800
way into these cities and not ask for

755
00:27:26,800 --> 00:27:28,000
anything from the churches.

756
00:27:28,940 --> 00:27:31,300
The first person Keith phoned in Tulsa was

757
00:27:31,300 --> 00:27:33,840
the ORU student body president who had invited

758
00:27:33,840 --> 00:27:34,140
him.

759
00:27:34,820 --> 00:27:36,640
Keith explained to him what he'd felt God's

760
00:27:36,640 --> 00:27:38,800
new direction was, that we were to come

761
00:27:38,800 --> 00:27:40,380
for a week for free.

762
00:27:40,820 --> 00:27:42,820
So it was arranged for Keith to preach

763
00:27:42,820 --> 00:27:44,660
in the ORU chapel for a week.

764
00:27:45,440 --> 00:27:47,540
Keith sent an advance team to Tulsa to

765
00:27:47,540 --> 00:27:49,320
meet with the local pastors so they could

766
00:27:49,320 --> 00:27:50,800
get ready and start praying.

767
00:27:51,620 --> 00:27:53,560
After they'd been in Tulsa for almost a

768
00:27:53,560 --> 00:27:55,920
week, Keith received a call from the team

769
00:27:55,920 --> 00:27:59,020
leader saying ORU didn't want Keith to come.

770
00:27:59,320 --> 00:28:01,860
The student body president that had invited Keith

771
00:28:01,860 --> 00:28:03,980
had neglected to go through the proper channels

772
00:28:03,980 --> 00:28:05,000
with the administration.

773
00:28:05,960 --> 00:28:08,440
Keith wasn't convinced that the decision reflected the

774
00:28:08,440 --> 00:28:09,100
Lord's heart.

775
00:28:09,620 --> 00:28:11,400
He was going to pursue getting it reversed,

776
00:28:12,000 --> 00:28:13,680
but when he couldn't, he felt the Lord

777
00:28:13,680 --> 00:28:15,200
told him to go to Tulsa anyway.

778
00:28:15,720 --> 00:28:17,440
But Keith did have some misgivings.

779
00:28:17,760 --> 00:28:19,460
He wondered if he'd really heard from God

780
00:28:19,460 --> 00:28:20,120
about going.

781
00:28:20,120 --> 00:28:22,380
He didn't want to be propelled by any

782
00:28:22,380 --> 00:28:24,140
false desire of his own to bring a

783
00:28:24,140 --> 00:28:25,400
fiery message to Tulsa.

784
00:28:25,880 --> 00:28:28,080
In the end, Keith received what he felt

785
00:28:28,080 --> 00:28:30,240
to be confirmation from the Lord and the

786
00:28:30,240 --> 00:28:31,820
vineyard sent us out with their blessings.

787
00:28:32,440 --> 00:28:34,800
We loaded up about 25 of our last

788
00:28:34,800 --> 00:28:36,560
day's family and drove to Tulsa.

789
00:28:36,820 --> 00:28:39,240
We immediately set up a 24-hour prayer

790
00:28:39,240 --> 00:28:41,320
chain and a series of meetings with the

791
00:28:41,320 --> 00:28:44,500
ORU administration who were shocked that Keith actually

792
00:28:44,500 --> 00:28:46,180
came after being told not to.

793
00:28:46,820 --> 00:28:49,160
In the meantime, some of the local pastors

794
00:28:49,160 --> 00:28:50,200
were open to Keith.

795
00:28:50,640 --> 00:28:52,860
On Sunday morning, Keith preached at a local

796
00:28:52,860 --> 00:28:53,720
Baptist church.

797
00:28:54,020 --> 00:28:56,220
That night, Keith was given the evening service

798
00:28:56,220 --> 00:28:57,920
at Tulsa Christian Fellowship.

799
00:28:58,200 --> 00:29:01,080
His message and songs centered on God's broken

800
00:29:01,080 --> 00:29:02,840
heart over lukewarm Christianity.

801
00:29:03,640 --> 00:29:05,360
He'd come with the burden to shake the

802
00:29:05,360 --> 00:29:08,580
congregation into a confrontation with themselves and with

803
00:29:08,580 --> 00:29:10,780
God, and I knew he was about to

804
00:29:10,780 --> 00:29:12,120
pull out all the stops.

805
00:29:12,420 --> 00:29:14,480
You don't like it, do you, he said.

806
00:29:14,760 --> 00:29:16,420
You came to hear a concert, and now

807
00:29:16,420 --> 00:29:17,400
you're getting cornered.

808
00:29:17,660 --> 00:29:19,600
The Christian walk is a bunch of squirming

809
00:29:19,600 --> 00:29:21,820
flesh getting nailed down to a cross.

810
00:29:22,240 --> 00:29:24,320
We want a padded cross, but the gospel

811
00:29:24,320 --> 00:29:27,260
is a no-compromise, absolute sellout for Jesus,

812
00:29:27,440 --> 00:29:28,980
100% walk.

813
00:29:30,060 --> 00:29:32,180
Keith was definitely pulling out the stops.

814
00:29:32,560 --> 00:29:34,460
He was pacing the floor as he continued

815
00:29:34,460 --> 00:29:35,040
to speak.

816
00:29:35,460 --> 00:29:37,260
I hate to say this to you folks.

817
00:29:37,440 --> 00:29:39,300
I really love you, but...

818
00:29:39,300 --> 00:29:41,800
And then turning to the congregation, Keith pointed

819
00:29:41,800 --> 00:29:44,640
and said in a booming voice, you brood

820
00:29:44,640 --> 00:29:47,600
of vipers and snakes who call yourselves Christians

821
00:29:47,600 --> 00:29:49,460
and half-heartedly serve him.

822
00:29:50,500 --> 00:29:52,800
Instant shock ran through the whole place.

823
00:29:53,280 --> 00:29:54,940
Even I couldn't believe my ears.

824
00:29:55,520 --> 00:29:57,460
But suddenly, it didn't seem to matter.

825
00:29:58,100 --> 00:30:00,100
Keith had gone back to the piano, and

826
00:30:00,100 --> 00:30:02,060
as he began a song, he prayed.

827
00:30:02,720 --> 00:30:04,800
Lord, you know the heart you've put in

828
00:30:04,800 --> 00:30:07,600
me that hates sin and hypocrisy and compromising.

829
00:30:07,600 --> 00:30:10,080
You know how much I love these people

830
00:30:10,080 --> 00:30:12,160
and want to see them turn into blazing,

831
00:30:12,400 --> 00:30:13,320
glowing Christians.

832
00:30:13,960 --> 00:30:16,680
Oh God, please bring a revival, and let

833
00:30:16,680 --> 00:30:17,700
it begin with me.

834
00:30:18,520 --> 00:30:21,780
Without hesitation, people started rushing forward to the

835
00:30:21,780 --> 00:30:24,640
altar rail, weeping and sobbing as they came

836
00:30:24,640 --> 00:30:25,820
and fell on their faces.

837
00:30:26,600 --> 00:30:28,780
The pastor joined Keith, and together they led

838
00:30:28,780 --> 00:30:31,180
everyone in a powerful time of personal and

839
00:30:31,180 --> 00:30:32,120
corporate repentance.

840
00:30:32,760 --> 00:30:35,220
It seemed that revival was indeed going to

841
00:30:35,220 --> 00:30:36,240
break out in Tulsa.

842
00:30:36,740 --> 00:30:39,140
On Monday afternoon, Keith got the verdict from

843
00:30:39,140 --> 00:30:39,740
ORU.

844
00:30:40,400 --> 00:30:42,360
Not only was the administration going to let

845
00:30:42,360 --> 00:30:44,480
us have the Mabee Center for free, they

846
00:30:44,480 --> 00:30:46,960
were going to officially sponsor the evening concerts.

847
00:30:47,720 --> 00:30:49,320
On top of that, they were going to

848
00:30:49,320 --> 00:30:51,180
provide housing for us and let us eat

849
00:30:51,180 --> 00:30:52,380
our meals in their cafeteria.

850
00:30:53,060 --> 00:30:54,800
It was the miracle we had been praying

851
00:30:54,800 --> 00:30:55,180
for.

852
00:30:55,680 --> 00:30:57,380
Keith had come to Tulsa with the attitude

853
00:30:57,380 --> 00:30:59,180
that he didn't want to take anything from

854
00:30:59,180 --> 00:31:00,200
the people of this city.

855
00:31:00,760 --> 00:31:02,820
He had a strong conviction that the gospel

856
00:31:02,820 --> 00:31:04,780
was supposed to be free, whether it was

857
00:31:04,780 --> 00:31:07,380
a gospel concert, a recording, or a tract.

858
00:31:07,700 --> 00:31:10,120
Keith felt he couldn't deny anyone just because

859
00:31:10,120 --> 00:31:11,300
they might not have money.

860
00:31:12,100 --> 00:31:14,260
Keith had brought $8,000 worth of his

861
00:31:14,260 --> 00:31:16,620
own albums to town, and they were not

862
00:31:16,620 --> 00:31:17,220
for sale.

863
00:31:17,740 --> 00:31:19,340
They were only to give away at the

864
00:31:19,340 --> 00:31:19,740
concerts.

865
00:31:20,520 --> 00:31:22,740
We were determined not to take any offerings,

866
00:31:23,040 --> 00:31:25,620
and in addition, Keith and I had paraphrased

867
00:31:25,620 --> 00:31:28,000
the Breaking Up the Fallow Ground chapter in

868
00:31:28,000 --> 00:31:30,080
the Finney book and had it printed to

869
00:31:30,080 --> 00:31:31,920
give to people at the concerts as an

870
00:31:31,920 --> 00:31:33,000
outline for repentance.

871
00:31:34,120 --> 00:31:36,260
Keith's basic theme the first two nights was

872
00:31:36,260 --> 00:31:38,740
the same, getting Christians saved.

873
00:31:39,080 --> 00:31:41,680
He talked about how not to grieve away

874
00:31:41,680 --> 00:31:42,540
the Holy Spirit.

875
00:31:43,140 --> 00:31:45,280
He centered on how often we ignore the

876
00:31:45,280 --> 00:31:46,700
things God wants us to do.

877
00:31:47,240 --> 00:31:49,120
He doesn't need any of us, Keith said,

878
00:31:49,260 --> 00:31:51,220
but he wants to use all of us

879
00:31:51,220 --> 00:31:52,700
to our fullest potential.

880
00:31:53,160 --> 00:31:55,940
The greatest argument against Christianity is Christians.

881
00:31:56,400 --> 00:31:58,480
The world is tired of hearing praise the

882
00:31:58,480 --> 00:31:58,760
Lord.

883
00:31:58,960 --> 00:32:00,060
They want to see it.

884
00:32:00,900 --> 00:32:03,000
Keith fasted and prayed all day Saturday.

885
00:32:03,500 --> 00:32:05,420
He knew he would talk about holiness that

886
00:32:05,420 --> 00:32:08,600
night, and nearly 4,500 people gathered for

887
00:32:08,600 --> 00:32:09,160
the concert.

888
00:32:10,280 --> 00:32:12,240
Tonight it's time for us to stare our

889
00:32:12,240 --> 00:32:13,780
sin in the eye with the light and

890
00:32:13,780 --> 00:32:15,240
grace of God, Keith began.

891
00:32:15,800 --> 00:32:18,400
We can't walk around with this spiritual whitewashed

892
00:32:18,400 --> 00:32:20,740
hallelujah praise the Lord cover-up anymore.

893
00:32:21,800 --> 00:32:23,820
Keith went on to compare sin to venereal

894
00:32:23,820 --> 00:32:24,380
disease.

895
00:32:24,760 --> 00:32:27,220
The first symptoms are subtle and almost painless.

896
00:32:27,700 --> 00:32:30,540
It incubates in your system, but eventually drives

897
00:32:30,540 --> 00:32:32,940
you mad, blind, and finally dead.

898
00:32:33,420 --> 00:32:35,900
He encouraged everyone to quit playing deadly games

899
00:32:35,900 --> 00:32:36,480
with God.

900
00:32:37,420 --> 00:32:39,220
Keith asked those who felt they needed to

901
00:32:39,220 --> 00:32:41,300
commit their life to Jesus to come forward.

902
00:32:41,800 --> 00:32:44,000
He also called forward those whom God was

903
00:32:44,000 --> 00:32:45,180
dealing with about sin.

904
00:32:45,660 --> 00:32:47,520
He called out, come and repent of your

905
00:32:47,520 --> 00:32:51,380
sexual sins, your homosexuality, your self-gratification, your

906
00:32:51,380 --> 00:32:55,540
bitterness, cheating, lying, gossip, rebellion, pride, and your

907
00:32:55,540 --> 00:32:57,020
vain attempts at being religious.

908
00:32:57,380 --> 00:32:58,400
He pleaded with them.

909
00:32:59,280 --> 00:33:01,040
People from every part of the arena were

910
00:33:01,040 --> 00:33:01,920
streaming forward.

911
00:33:02,540 --> 00:33:04,740
The stage area was filled, and people started

912
00:33:04,740 --> 00:33:06,760
lying in the aisles and across the front

913
00:33:06,760 --> 00:33:07,460
of the stage.

914
00:33:07,780 --> 00:33:09,720
It looked like a bomb had gone off.

915
00:33:09,980 --> 00:33:12,780
There were bodies everywhere, people on their knees

916
00:33:12,780 --> 00:33:15,400
or on their faces, broken and weeping.

917
00:33:16,220 --> 00:33:17,700
The response had been tremendous.

918
00:33:18,240 --> 00:33:20,400
It looked like over 2,500 people had

919
00:33:20,400 --> 00:33:23,140
come forward, but Keith's burden was for more.

920
00:33:23,540 --> 00:33:25,980
He believed God wanted to bring revival, and

921
00:33:25,980 --> 00:33:27,600
as Keith poured out his heart in a

922
00:33:27,600 --> 00:33:30,640
tearful, pleading prayer, the night seemed to ignite

923
00:33:30,640 --> 00:33:33,160
with an even stronger sense of God's presence.

924
00:33:33,780 --> 00:33:35,920
Then he said, I feel there is someone

925
00:33:35,920 --> 00:33:38,000
here that the Lord has told to share

926
00:33:38,000 --> 00:33:38,740
with this body.

927
00:33:39,340 --> 00:33:40,360
Come now and do it.

928
00:33:41,320 --> 00:33:43,660
It seemed like an eternity before the first

929
00:33:43,660 --> 00:33:45,900
person made his way slowly to the microphone

930
00:33:45,900 --> 00:33:48,520
to say, God has shown me tonight that

931
00:33:48,520 --> 00:33:49,700
I'm not really a Christian.

932
00:33:50,080 --> 00:33:52,380
I've gone to church all my life, but

933
00:33:52,380 --> 00:33:54,520
it's been a farce, no real commitment.

934
00:33:55,000 --> 00:33:57,340
I had everyone fooled except God.

935
00:33:57,980 --> 00:34:00,560
As this one shared, more people made their

936
00:34:00,560 --> 00:34:02,440
way to the front, picking their way over

937
00:34:02,440 --> 00:34:03,540
everyone on the floor.

938
00:34:03,960 --> 00:34:05,960
For the next half hour or more, the

939
00:34:05,960 --> 00:34:08,659
confession started getting more and more serious and

940
00:34:08,659 --> 00:34:09,360
more personal.

941
00:34:10,100 --> 00:34:12,540
The students were weeping harder as they shared,

942
00:34:12,900 --> 00:34:14,920
perhaps because some of the things they shared

943
00:34:14,920 --> 00:34:16,440
were grounds for expulsion.

944
00:34:17,020 --> 00:34:19,159
Over and above this, though, it felt like

945
00:34:19,159 --> 00:34:21,159
the Spirit of God had settled on us

946
00:34:21,159 --> 00:34:22,120
in a thick cloud.

947
00:34:22,600 --> 00:34:24,219
It was apparent that we were just coming

948
00:34:24,219 --> 00:34:26,840
into the deeper levels of humility and breaking

949
00:34:26,840 --> 00:34:27,900
we'd been praying for.

950
00:34:28,360 --> 00:34:30,340
The Holy Spirit had been raining on us

951
00:34:30,340 --> 00:34:33,120
all night, first in a gentle sprinkle and

952
00:34:33,120 --> 00:34:34,520
then in a steady shower.

953
00:34:35,040 --> 00:34:37,159
Now it felt like the floodgates of heaven

954
00:34:37,159 --> 00:34:38,699
were about to burst open.

955
00:34:39,500 --> 00:34:40,679
And then I saw one of the men

956
00:34:40,679 --> 00:34:43,820
in pastoral responsibility at ORU threading his way

957
00:34:43,820 --> 00:34:46,020
across the stage toward the young man who

958
00:34:46,020 --> 00:34:46,739
was still sharing.

959
00:34:47,320 --> 00:34:48,920
He came alongside of him and put his

960
00:34:48,920 --> 00:34:51,460
arm around his shoulder, then gave some guidelines

961
00:34:51,460 --> 00:34:53,300
for the rest of the meeting, saying, in

962
00:34:53,300 --> 00:34:55,699
essence, we feel things like this are to

963
00:34:55,699 --> 00:34:56,800
be confessed privately.

964
00:34:57,180 --> 00:34:58,620
We don't think it's a good idea for

965
00:34:58,620 --> 00:35:00,760
any of you to share personal sins openly.

966
00:35:01,200 --> 00:35:03,300
It seemed like a good principle, and it

967
00:35:03,300 --> 00:35:04,600
was given in a loving way.

968
00:35:04,920 --> 00:35:07,180
But the change in atmosphere was so immediate

969
00:35:07,180 --> 00:35:08,240
it was staggering.

970
00:35:08,960 --> 00:35:11,460
Something had changed, but it wasn't clear what.

971
00:35:12,060 --> 00:35:14,160
There was a tangible sense of a loss

972
00:35:14,160 --> 00:35:16,640
of conviction, and no one else got up

973
00:35:16,640 --> 00:35:17,160
to share.

974
00:35:17,700 --> 00:35:19,700
It seemed the Holy Spirit had been quenched

975
00:35:19,700 --> 00:35:21,800
in some way, and there was nothing that

976
00:35:21,800 --> 00:35:23,440
could be done to whip it up or

977
00:35:23,440 --> 00:35:24,140
bring it back.

978
00:35:24,640 --> 00:35:27,380
I felt a sense of terrible loss, like

979
00:35:27,380 --> 00:35:29,300
something great had almost happened.

980
00:35:30,140 --> 00:35:32,820
Keith closed with the Easter song, went straight

981
00:35:32,820 --> 00:35:34,420
to his dressing room, and fell to the

982
00:35:34,420 --> 00:35:35,620
floor, sobbing.

983
00:35:36,300 --> 00:35:37,580
There was a knock at the door.

984
00:35:38,040 --> 00:35:40,960
The ORU administration wanted to talk, so Keith

985
00:35:40,960 --> 00:35:42,260
and Winky met with him backstage.

986
00:35:43,000 --> 00:35:46,040
The administration expressed their appreciation for what they

987
00:35:46,040 --> 00:35:48,620
said were wonderful meetings, but they didn't think

988
00:35:48,620 --> 00:35:49,680
they should go any further.

989
00:35:50,440 --> 00:35:51,120
It was over.

990
00:35:52,080 --> 00:35:52,980
Do you see?

991
00:35:53,620 --> 00:35:57,140
Do you see all the people sinking down?

992
00:35:57,860 --> 00:35:58,880
Don't you care?

993
00:35:59,400 --> 00:36:00,280
Don't you care?

994
00:36:00,800 --> 00:36:02,980
Are you gonna let them drown?

995
00:36:03,500 --> 00:36:06,920
How can you be so numb not to

996
00:36:06,920 --> 00:36:08,780
care if they come?

997
00:36:09,580 --> 00:36:14,100
You close your eyes and pretend the job's

998
00:36:14,100 --> 00:36:14,580
done.

999
00:36:21,210 --> 00:36:22,510
End of part three.

1000
00:36:22,810 --> 00:36:24,330
Our mood was a bit glum as we

1001
00:36:24,330 --> 00:36:26,270
left Tulsa and headed to east Texas.

1002
00:36:26,730 --> 00:36:28,170
We were in need of a little rest

1003
00:36:28,170 --> 00:36:30,730
and an encouraging word, so we decided to

1004
00:36:30,730 --> 00:36:32,810
visit Winky on our way back to California.

1005
00:36:33,350 --> 00:36:35,790
As we headed toward Lindale, 80 miles east

1006
00:36:35,790 --> 00:36:38,430
of Dallas, the interstate was bordered with vistas

1007
00:36:38,430 --> 00:36:39,790
of open green fields.

1008
00:36:40,250 --> 00:36:42,430
We were amazed that Texas was so lush.

1009
00:36:43,290 --> 00:36:45,370
Several ministries had chosen to put down roots

1010
00:36:45,370 --> 00:36:46,090
in this area.

1011
00:36:46,510 --> 00:36:48,830
Youth with a Mission, David Wilkerson and World

1012
00:36:48,830 --> 00:36:52,190
Challenge, Dallas Home and His Band Praise, the

1013
00:36:52,190 --> 00:36:54,230
Agape Forest, and Calvary Commission.

1014
00:36:55,030 --> 00:36:57,250
Leonard Ravenhill lived out here too, as well

1015
00:36:57,250 --> 00:36:58,170
as Barry McGuire.

1016
00:36:58,750 --> 00:37:00,350
We didn't know if God had some kind

1017
00:37:00,350 --> 00:37:02,470
of master plan for the area, but we

1018
00:37:02,470 --> 00:37:03,950
were interested in making the rounds.

1019
00:37:04,470 --> 00:37:05,910
We went to meet Leonard Ravenhill.

1020
00:37:06,130 --> 00:37:07,910
After reading his books and talking to him

1021
00:37:07,910 --> 00:37:09,530
on the phone, we couldn't wait to meet

1022
00:37:09,530 --> 00:37:10,490
him face to face.

1023
00:37:10,890 --> 00:37:12,870
When he invited us into his living room,

1024
00:37:13,270 --> 00:37:14,730
Keith stepped right up to him and gave

1025
00:37:14,730 --> 00:37:15,930
him a big bear hug.

1026
00:37:16,110 --> 00:37:17,990
We sat on the sofa and Keith began

1027
00:37:17,990 --> 00:37:19,690
to pour out his heart to me right

1028
00:37:19,690 --> 00:37:20,050
away.

1029
00:37:20,550 --> 00:37:22,610
He was very upset over the incident at

1030
00:37:22,610 --> 00:37:24,910
ORU, and I could tell it had been

1031
00:37:24,910 --> 00:37:26,130
brewing inside of him.

1032
00:37:26,670 --> 00:37:28,990
He was very agitated as he recounted the

1033
00:37:28,990 --> 00:37:29,430
details.

1034
00:37:30,310 --> 00:37:31,770
I told him that when he was at

1035
00:37:31,770 --> 00:37:34,550
ORU, he had bared his heart to them,

1036
00:37:35,010 --> 00:37:36,510
and that the ones that God was working

1037
00:37:36,510 --> 00:37:38,890
on in that meeting will never forget that

1038
00:37:38,890 --> 00:37:39,250
night.

1039
00:37:39,830 --> 00:37:42,350
That night when God spoke, and men began

1040
00:37:42,350 --> 00:37:44,810
to confess sin and to make repentance.

1041
00:37:45,370 --> 00:37:47,530
By now some shockwaves from Keith's time at

1042
00:37:47,530 --> 00:37:49,550
ORU had started to fan out across the

1043
00:37:49,550 --> 00:37:49,950
nation.

1044
00:37:50,350 --> 00:37:52,870
The Tulsa World newspaper ran a report on

1045
00:37:52,870 --> 00:37:54,470
the last night of Keith's ministry.

1046
00:37:55,070 --> 00:37:57,890
Christian magazines would run reports too, and some

1047
00:37:57,890 --> 00:38:00,150
were labeling Keith as a fiery young prophet.

1048
00:38:00,570 --> 00:38:02,670
But for now, all Keith wanted was to

1049
00:38:02,670 --> 00:38:05,330
put ORU behind him and enjoy the fellowship

1050
00:38:05,330 --> 00:38:07,250
of all the wonderful people we were meeting

1051
00:38:07,250 --> 00:38:07,850
in Lyndale.

1052
00:38:08,510 --> 00:38:11,490
On August 3, 1979, Keith wrote in his

1053
00:38:11,490 --> 00:38:13,490
journal, we're moving in about a month to

1054
00:38:13,490 --> 00:38:13,810
Texas.

1055
00:38:14,390 --> 00:38:16,690
While we were visiting, we'd seen some property,

1056
00:38:17,090 --> 00:38:18,910
and now God had confirmed his will.

1057
00:38:19,390 --> 00:38:20,670
But where would we get the money?

1058
00:38:21,130 --> 00:38:22,730
We knew if the Lord wanted us to

1059
00:38:22,730 --> 00:38:24,410
move, he would provide the money by the

1060
00:38:24,410 --> 00:38:25,290
time we needed it.

1061
00:38:25,670 --> 00:38:28,250
In the meantime, God began to lead many

1062
00:38:28,250 --> 00:38:30,150
in our community out and on to their

1063
00:38:30,150 --> 00:38:31,170
next steps with him.

1064
00:38:31,650 --> 00:38:33,490
But even as he pared down our ministry

1065
00:38:33,490 --> 00:38:35,790
family, he was adding to our family.

1066
00:38:36,230 --> 00:38:38,270
I had now discovered I was pregnant with

1067
00:38:38,270 --> 00:38:39,110
our second child.

1068
00:38:40,070 --> 00:38:41,990
While we were trying to raise money, we'd

1069
00:38:41,990 --> 00:38:44,270
also been fasting and praying for a miracle.

1070
00:38:45,030 --> 00:38:47,110
At a special prayer meeting, the Lord seemed

1071
00:38:47,110 --> 00:38:48,490
to speak to Keith out of the book

1072
00:38:48,490 --> 00:38:49,070
of Malachi.

1073
00:38:49,890 --> 00:38:51,770
Test me now in this, if I will

1074
00:38:51,770 --> 00:38:53,810
not open for you the windows of heaven.

1075
00:38:54,350 --> 00:38:56,130
Over the next few days, the Lord did

1076
00:38:56,130 --> 00:38:57,770
fulfill his promise to provide.

1077
00:38:58,230 --> 00:39:00,410
To our surprise, some of our good friends

1078
00:39:00,410 --> 00:39:02,370
became part of the answer to our prayers.

1079
00:39:02,910 --> 00:39:05,670
Buck and Annie, Matthew Ward, and Sparrow Records.

1080
00:39:06,230 --> 00:39:06,870
What generosity!

1081
00:39:07,810 --> 00:39:10,030
Sure enough, the Lord had supplied the full

1082
00:39:10,030 --> 00:39:10,390
amount.

1083
00:39:11,150 --> 00:39:13,450
Finally, it was goodbye to our house in

1084
00:39:13,450 --> 00:39:13,950
California.

1085
00:39:14,490 --> 00:39:16,830
All 25 of us arrived in Texas 1

1086
00:39:16,830 --> 00:39:19,250
,500 miles later and poured into the ranch

1087
00:39:19,250 --> 00:39:20,530
house on our new property.

1088
00:39:21,150 --> 00:39:23,310
Ranch living was light years away from suburban

1089
00:39:23,310 --> 00:39:23,750
living.

1090
00:39:24,310 --> 00:39:25,810
As city folks, we had a lot to

1091
00:39:25,810 --> 00:39:26,110
learn.

1092
00:39:26,110 --> 00:39:28,270
The neighbors didn't take kindly to people who

1093
00:39:28,270 --> 00:39:31,490
didn't tend their land, and mowing 140 acres

1094
00:39:31,490 --> 00:39:32,730
was no small chore.

1095
00:39:33,430 --> 00:39:35,310
We quickly acquired some ranch machinery.

1096
00:39:35,850 --> 00:39:37,510
The land was planted in hay, and Keith

1097
00:39:37,510 --> 00:39:39,130
loved to get out there and cut and

1098
00:39:39,130 --> 00:39:39,410
bale.

1099
00:39:39,870 --> 00:39:41,590
We were having a great time living in

1100
00:39:41,590 --> 00:39:43,470
the country, but we knew that God had

1101
00:39:43,470 --> 00:39:45,010
brought us here for greater purposes.

1102
00:39:45,670 --> 00:39:48,190
In early 1980, Keith was ready to record

1103
00:39:48,190 --> 00:39:49,070
his third album.

1104
00:39:49,570 --> 00:39:51,550
As the February due date for our second

1105
00:39:51,550 --> 00:39:53,710
child approached, so did the date Keith and

1106
00:39:53,710 --> 00:39:55,470
I were scheduled to go to Los Angeles

1107
00:39:55,470 --> 00:39:56,790
and work with Bill Maxwell.

1108
00:39:57,430 --> 00:39:59,690
As it turned out, our baby happily arrived

1109
00:39:59,690 --> 00:40:01,870
nine days early, while we were right in

1110
00:40:01,870 --> 00:40:03,190
the middle of making the album.

1111
00:40:04,030 --> 00:40:07,150
Bethany Grace was born on February 5, 1980.

1112
00:40:07,690 --> 00:40:09,950
My delivery was much easier than with Josiah.

1113
00:40:10,290 --> 00:40:12,150
I left the hospital within a few hours,

1114
00:40:12,370 --> 00:40:13,830
and that night Keith and I even went

1115
00:40:13,830 --> 00:40:14,410
out to dinner.

1116
00:40:15,210 --> 00:40:17,330
One night at the recording studio, I was

1117
00:40:17,330 --> 00:40:19,790
sitting in a beanbag chair cuddling Bethany Grace.

1118
00:40:20,430 --> 00:40:22,510
It was an average night until Bob Dylan

1119
00:40:22,510 --> 00:40:25,230
showed up to play harmonica on Keith's song,

1120
00:40:25,390 --> 00:40:26,650
I Pledge My Head to Heaven.

1121
00:40:26,990 --> 00:40:28,570
We'd met Bob through an elder at the

1122
00:40:28,570 --> 00:40:30,550
vineyard sometime after the revival.

1123
00:40:30,990 --> 00:40:32,330
Although he was one of the most well

1124
00:40:32,330 --> 00:40:34,430
-known musicians in the world, he was the

1125
00:40:34,430 --> 00:40:36,090
same as anyone who wanted to know more

1126
00:40:36,090 --> 00:40:36,790
about God.

1127
00:40:37,390 --> 00:40:39,290
Keith loved him deeply, and they talked a

1128
00:40:39,290 --> 00:40:39,590
lot.

1129
00:40:40,330 --> 00:40:42,290
Once, however, Keith felt he went too far

1130
00:40:42,290 --> 00:40:43,390
in trying to make a point.

1131
00:40:43,870 --> 00:40:46,130
Later in his journal, he wrote with regret,

1132
00:40:46,470 --> 00:40:48,250
tried to be the Holy Spirit to Bob

1133
00:40:48,250 --> 00:40:48,950
Dylan today.

1134
00:40:49,970 --> 00:40:51,730
Keith and Bob had kept in contact after

1135
00:40:51,730 --> 00:40:52,550
we moved to Texas.

1136
00:40:53,090 --> 00:40:54,610
When Keith asked him to play on this

1137
00:40:54,610 --> 00:40:56,750
album, we were thrilled when he said yes.

1138
00:40:57,230 --> 00:40:59,970
After about two months in California, the album

1139
00:40:59,970 --> 00:41:01,730
was finished, and we were all ready to

1140
00:41:01,730 --> 00:41:02,590
go back to Texas.

1141
00:41:03,330 --> 00:41:05,090
Earlier, the Lord had led Keith to start

1142
00:41:05,090 --> 00:41:07,330
a record label under the auspices of last

1143
00:41:07,330 --> 00:41:09,770
day's ministries for the purpose of giving away

1144
00:41:09,770 --> 00:41:10,670
his third album.

1145
00:41:11,070 --> 00:41:13,650
By May of 1980, the album, So You

1146
00:41:13,650 --> 00:41:15,290
Want to Go Back to Egypt, had been

1147
00:41:15,290 --> 00:41:17,010
mastered, and we were out on the road.

1148
00:41:44,790 --> 00:41:46,690
At the end of his concerts, Keith would

1149
00:41:46,690 --> 00:41:48,270
make his announcements specific.

1150
00:41:48,630 --> 00:41:50,230
Those that don't have anything can get an

1151
00:41:50,230 --> 00:41:52,250
album for nothing, and those that have a

1152
00:41:52,250 --> 00:41:53,390
little can get it for a little.

1153
00:41:53,730 --> 00:41:55,570
We believe the gospel's been getting a little

1154
00:41:55,570 --> 00:41:56,270
too commercial.

1155
00:41:57,210 --> 00:42:00,010
In an interview with Contemporary Christian Music Magazine,

1156
00:42:00,170 --> 00:42:02,470
Keith said, My whole reason for giving the

1157
00:42:02,470 --> 00:42:04,290
album away is that I love people.

1158
00:42:04,750 --> 00:42:06,230
Of course I don't want to see 50

1159
00:42:06,230 --> 00:42:07,670
,000 people send in nothing.

1160
00:42:08,230 --> 00:42:09,830
At the same time, I don't want people

1161
00:42:09,830 --> 00:42:11,250
to feel that I'm doing this to get

1162
00:42:11,250 --> 00:42:13,110
a donation or that they have to send

1163
00:42:13,110 --> 00:42:13,870
in a donation.

1164
00:42:14,550 --> 00:42:16,850
Keith started taking some non-traditional steps with

1165
00:42:16,850 --> 00:42:18,390
his concerts that summer too.

1166
00:42:19,070 --> 00:42:21,470
Concerts were usually sponsored by a local church,

1167
00:42:21,750 --> 00:42:24,230
and often before a concert, Keith would be

1168
00:42:24,230 --> 00:42:26,410
approached by someone in authority who would tell

1169
00:42:26,410 --> 00:42:28,810
him things like, We invited you to sing,

1170
00:42:28,930 --> 00:42:30,690
but we don't want you to preach, or

1171
00:42:30,690 --> 00:42:33,190
don't give an altar call, or don't talk

1172
00:42:33,190 --> 00:42:33,830
about healing.

1173
00:42:34,530 --> 00:42:36,730
Keith wanted to respect their wishes, yet he

1174
00:42:36,730 --> 00:42:39,250
found it difficult to limit what he sent

1175
00:42:39,250 --> 00:42:40,230
him to accomplish.

1176
00:42:40,650 --> 00:42:43,070
From then on, whenever it seemed right, we

1177
00:42:43,070 --> 00:42:44,810
paid our own way into different cities.

1178
00:42:45,190 --> 00:42:47,050
We'd rent an arena and take an offering

1179
00:42:47,050 --> 00:42:48,230
to cover our expenses.

1180
00:42:48,990 --> 00:42:50,950
There was still one thing that kept bothering

1181
00:42:50,950 --> 00:42:54,310
Keith about his ministry, his growing celebrity status.

1182
00:42:54,750 --> 00:42:56,870
For a long time, Keith just disappeared after

1183
00:42:56,870 --> 00:42:59,430
his concerts and didn't talk to anyone because

1184
00:42:59,430 --> 00:43:01,290
he was so upset by the hero worship

1185
00:43:01,290 --> 00:43:02,610
he saw in people's eyes.

1186
00:43:02,970 --> 00:43:05,370
He was so concerned about this issue that

1187
00:43:05,370 --> 00:43:08,010
he'd written an article called Music or Missions,

1188
00:43:08,410 --> 00:43:10,850
about churches full of starstruck Christians.

1189
00:43:11,610 --> 00:43:13,450
In fact, Keith felt he needed to focus

1190
00:43:13,450 --> 00:43:15,610
on the Christian music industry itself.

1191
00:43:16,230 --> 00:43:18,490
Keith knew they could well ask, What's the

1192
00:43:18,490 --> 00:43:20,830
difference between a Christian plumber charging for his

1193
00:43:20,830 --> 00:43:23,350
services and a singer or speaker charging for

1194
00:43:23,350 --> 00:43:23,790
theirs?

1195
00:43:24,230 --> 00:43:26,550
Didn't the Apostle Paul charge for his tents?

1196
00:43:27,130 --> 00:43:29,350
To which Keith would respond, There is a

1197
00:43:29,350 --> 00:43:32,010
difference between a man's vocation or skill and

1198
00:43:32,010 --> 00:43:32,930
his ministry gift.

1199
00:43:33,370 --> 00:43:35,270
If I was just an entertainer, I'd have

1200
00:43:35,270 --> 00:43:38,170
no problem charging for concerts, but ministry is

1201
00:43:38,170 --> 00:43:38,570
different.

1202
00:43:39,010 --> 00:43:40,830
In fact, Paul made tents for a living

1203
00:43:40,830 --> 00:43:42,470
so he wouldn't have to charge for the

1204
00:43:42,470 --> 00:43:42,870
gospel.

1205
00:43:43,770 --> 00:43:45,650
Keith was also grieved by all the Christian

1206
00:43:45,650 --> 00:43:47,090
merchandising going on.

1207
00:43:47,330 --> 00:43:50,270
Everyday items like clocks, coasters, and wallets were

1208
00:43:50,270 --> 00:43:52,670
selling for twice their usual price because someone

1209
00:43:52,670 --> 00:43:54,590
stamped a dove or a fish on them.

1210
00:43:55,150 --> 00:43:57,230
In a Christian bookstore, we came across a

1211
00:43:57,230 --> 00:44:00,490
handmade ceramic piggy bank with the words Jesus

1212
00:44:00,490 --> 00:44:02,490
Saved engraved on the side.

1213
00:44:02,990 --> 00:44:05,110
I was with Keith the day someone told

1214
00:44:05,110 --> 00:44:07,470
us that at one Jesus festival, they sold

1215
00:44:07,470 --> 00:44:09,990
over ninety-eight thousand dollars worth of Jesus

1216
00:44:09,990 --> 00:44:10,470
junk.

1217
00:44:11,010 --> 00:44:11,890
Jesus junk!

1218
00:44:12,250 --> 00:44:14,370
Keith nearly fell over from hearing those two

1219
00:44:14,370 --> 00:44:15,890
words casually linked together.

1220
00:44:16,610 --> 00:44:18,550
As Keith was gearing up to spend a

1221
00:44:18,550 --> 00:44:20,450
lot more time out on the road, he

1222
00:44:20,450 --> 00:44:22,410
was very interested when he found out that

1223
00:44:22,410 --> 00:44:24,630
the youth with the mission base nearby was

1224
00:44:24,630 --> 00:44:26,310
thinking about putting in an airstrip.

1225
00:44:26,830 --> 00:44:29,690
He said excitedly, Boy, an airstrip would save

1226
00:44:29,690 --> 00:44:31,050
a lot of time and hassle.

1227
00:44:31,490 --> 00:44:33,510
Maybe I can even get a pilot's license.

1228
00:44:34,070 --> 00:44:36,970
That idea wasn't well received by anyone, least

1229
00:44:36,970 --> 00:44:37,590
of all me.

1230
00:44:38,110 --> 00:44:39,930
While we were on the road, Keith brought

1231
00:44:39,930 --> 00:44:41,690
the subject up with the pastor who had

1232
00:44:41,690 --> 00:44:42,430
invited us.

1233
00:44:42,730 --> 00:44:44,790
The pastor said, Keith, do you know why

1234
00:44:44,790 --> 00:44:47,150
ministers have the highest rate of pilot's insurance?

1235
00:44:47,570 --> 00:44:49,430
Because they take the most risks.

1236
00:44:49,830 --> 00:44:51,190
They think they're indestructible.

1237
00:44:51,510 --> 00:44:52,890
They have the most accidents.

1238
00:44:53,830 --> 00:44:55,090
Keith just shrugged his shoulders.

1239
00:44:55,550 --> 00:44:57,290
Well, I don't know what everyone's so worried

1240
00:44:57,290 --> 00:44:58,050
about, he said.

1241
00:44:58,310 --> 00:44:59,670
I'm not going to take any risks.

1242
00:45:00,210 --> 00:45:03,270
Hey, do not put your eyes on us

1243
00:45:03,270 --> 00:45:04,550
Christian music people.

1244
00:45:05,070 --> 00:45:07,130
Please, don't put them on your pastors.

1245
00:45:07,470 --> 00:45:08,570
Don't put them on the teachers.

1246
00:45:09,010 --> 00:45:11,010
Put them on Jesus Christ and you'll never

1247
00:45:11,010 --> 00:45:11,690
go wrong.

1248
00:45:15,100 --> 00:45:17,780
The summer of 1981 brought the birth of

1249
00:45:17,780 --> 00:45:21,260
our third beautiful child, Rebecca Joy, born on

1250
00:45:21,260 --> 00:45:22,560
July 17th.

1251
00:45:22,620 --> 00:45:25,120
One month later, in October, Keith did a

1252
00:45:25,120 --> 00:45:27,180
family concert at Youth with a Mission's Twin

1253
00:45:27,180 --> 00:45:27,920
Oaks Ranch.

1254
00:45:27,920 --> 00:45:30,440
That night, he talked with a strange sense

1255
00:45:30,440 --> 00:45:31,040
of urgency.

1256
00:45:31,560 --> 00:45:33,040
I want to use my music to draw

1257
00:45:33,040 --> 00:45:34,620
the lost, he told the audience.

1258
00:45:34,960 --> 00:45:35,740
Life is short.

1259
00:45:36,080 --> 00:45:37,420
The Bible calls it a vapor.

1260
00:45:37,960 --> 00:45:39,460
I want to have a vision of heaven

1261
00:45:39,460 --> 00:45:41,640
in my mind and the stench of hell

1262
00:45:41,640 --> 00:45:43,260
in my nostrils as I go out to

1263
00:45:43,260 --> 00:45:44,120
preach the gospel.

1264
00:45:44,840 --> 00:45:47,640
There were huge changes going on inside this

1265
00:45:47,640 --> 00:45:50,220
dear, loving, intense man I'd been married to

1266
00:45:50,220 --> 00:45:51,500
for almost eight years.

1267
00:45:52,320 --> 00:45:54,520
Later on, as we were making selections for

1268
00:45:54,520 --> 00:45:56,820
Keith's fourth album, he felt God was telling

1269
00:45:56,820 --> 00:45:58,300
him to do an album of songs that

1270
00:45:58,300 --> 00:46:01,040
would inspire people to worship instead of another

1271
00:46:01,040 --> 00:46:02,200
hard message album.

1272
00:46:02,820 --> 00:46:04,580
Keith wanted to record one of my songs

1273
00:46:04,580 --> 00:46:06,800
called There is a Redeemer and I was

1274
00:46:06,800 --> 00:46:07,240
thrilled.

1275
00:46:08,000 --> 00:46:09,500
Keith loved the song but thought it might

1276
00:46:09,500 --> 00:46:10,540
be a little too short.

1277
00:46:11,160 --> 00:46:14,440
It began, There is a Redeemer, Jesus God's

1278
00:46:14,440 --> 00:46:17,960
own son, precious lamb of God, Messiah, oh

1279
00:46:17,960 --> 00:46:18,660
holy one.

1280
00:46:19,000 --> 00:46:21,040
Then the chorus offered a simple thanks to

1281
00:46:21,040 --> 00:46:22,740
the father for giving us his son.

1282
00:46:23,540 --> 00:46:25,240
Keith wanted to add another verse.

1283
00:46:25,600 --> 00:46:27,080
He could pull words out of the air

1284
00:46:27,080 --> 00:46:28,640
and in a few minutes he sang them

1285
00:46:28,640 --> 00:46:29,100
for me.

1286
00:46:29,440 --> 00:46:36,880
When I stand in glory I will see

1287
00:46:36,880 --> 00:46:43,400
his face and there I'll serve my king

1288
00:46:43,400 --> 00:46:48,940
forever in that holy place.

1289
00:46:50,600 --> 00:46:57,720
Thank you, oh my father, for giving us

1290
00:46:57,720 --> 00:47:06,000
your son and leaving your spirit to the

1291
00:47:06,000 --> 00:47:06,800
work.

1292
00:47:16,870 --> 00:47:19,470
When the album was finished, Keith had some

1293
00:47:19,470 --> 00:47:20,730
spring concerts planned.

1294
00:47:21,230 --> 00:47:22,930
This time we'd be flying to them in

1295
00:47:22,930 --> 00:47:25,350
a small leased plane from our own backyard.

1296
00:47:25,350 --> 00:47:28,250
The much talked about airstrip had become a

1297
00:47:28,250 --> 00:47:28,670
reality.

1298
00:47:29,350 --> 00:47:32,050
After the album and the spring crusades, we

1299
00:47:32,050 --> 00:47:32,770
were exhausted.

1300
00:47:33,370 --> 00:47:36,330
We'd never taken a regular vacation before, so

1301
00:47:36,330 --> 00:47:37,850
Keith wanted to bless me with a trip

1302
00:47:37,850 --> 00:47:38,350
to Europe.

1303
00:47:38,770 --> 00:47:40,950
The week before we were to leave, Keith

1304
00:47:40,950 --> 00:47:42,870
dropped in to see Lille in Paris at

1305
00:47:42,870 --> 00:47:44,870
Youth with a Mission or YWAM as it

1306
00:47:44,870 --> 00:47:45,910
was commonly called.

1307
00:47:46,610 --> 00:47:49,130
Don Stevens, the director for Europe, was with

1308
00:47:49,130 --> 00:47:50,010
him in his office.

1309
00:47:50,390 --> 00:47:52,130
Don set up an itinerary so that Keith

1310
00:47:52,130 --> 00:47:53,910
and I could see the YWAM bases in

1311
00:47:53,910 --> 00:47:55,930
Europe and maybe teach in one or two

1312
00:47:55,930 --> 00:47:56,750
of their schools.

1313
00:47:57,510 --> 00:47:59,690
It was in Amsterdam that we realized there

1314
00:47:59,690 --> 00:48:01,590
might be a different purpose for this trip.

1315
00:48:02,410 --> 00:48:05,010
Amsterdam is considered the drug capital of Europe

1316
00:48:05,010 --> 00:48:07,010
and there's open prostitution.

1317
00:48:07,430 --> 00:48:09,670
In fact, the YWAM base sits right on

1318
00:48:09,670 --> 00:48:11,710
the corner of a world famous red light

1319
00:48:11,710 --> 00:48:12,170
district.

1320
00:48:12,890 --> 00:48:14,730
It was hard to miss the YWAM base.

1321
00:48:15,010 --> 00:48:17,050
Across the top in lights were the words,

1322
00:48:17,410 --> 00:48:19,870
Jesus loves you in English and Dutch.

1323
00:48:20,330 --> 00:48:22,510
There was something about Amsterdam that gave you

1324
00:48:22,510 --> 00:48:25,030
the impression of two worlds existing side by

1325
00:48:25,030 --> 00:48:25,510
side.

1326
00:48:26,210 --> 00:48:29,170
Floyd McClung, the director of the center, took

1327
00:48:29,170 --> 00:48:30,890
Keith and me on a walking tour after

1328
00:48:30,890 --> 00:48:33,230
dark and I have to confess that even

1329
00:48:33,230 --> 00:48:36,230
in this modern European city lit by streetlights,

1330
00:48:36,530 --> 00:48:37,770
I felt very uncomfortable.

1331
00:48:38,430 --> 00:48:40,010
It was not the same city we had

1332
00:48:40,010 --> 00:48:40,850
seen by daylight.

1333
00:48:41,850 --> 00:48:44,150
As we headed south, Keith and I talked

1334
00:48:44,150 --> 00:48:45,090
for a long time.

1335
00:48:45,690 --> 00:48:47,750
We were moved by the who had dedicated

1336
00:48:47,750 --> 00:48:50,750
their lives to serve, but also overwhelmed by

1337
00:48:50,750 --> 00:48:53,210
seeing so many lost people with so few

1338
00:48:53,210 --> 00:48:53,970
to reach them.

1339
00:48:54,410 --> 00:48:56,390
It wasn't like America where there was a

1340
00:48:56,390 --> 00:48:57,810
vibrant church on every corner.

1341
00:48:58,230 --> 00:49:01,010
As we traveled through Germany, Austria, and Italy,

1342
00:49:01,150 --> 00:49:02,210
it was all the same.

1343
00:49:02,790 --> 00:49:04,670
We kept asking the same question.

1344
00:49:05,050 --> 00:49:06,550
How could there ever be a big enough

1345
00:49:06,550 --> 00:49:08,390
movement to meet all the needs we were

1346
00:49:08,390 --> 00:49:08,790
seeing?

1347
00:49:09,150 --> 00:49:11,510
But we were excited about the vision, commitment,

1348
00:49:11,670 --> 00:49:13,770
and sacrifice we saw in the Christians we'd

1349
00:49:13,770 --> 00:49:14,070
met.

1350
00:49:14,530 --> 00:49:16,790
They totally shattered our image of what a

1351
00:49:16,790 --> 00:49:18,290
missionary might be like.

1352
00:49:18,710 --> 00:49:20,190
They were incredible people.

1353
00:49:20,690 --> 00:49:22,790
Now we knew why Lauren Cunningham had given

1354
00:49:22,790 --> 00:49:25,250
almost 20 years of his life building Youth

1355
00:49:25,250 --> 00:49:27,450
with a Mission to lay a foundation to

1356
00:49:27,450 --> 00:49:28,510
reach the whole world.

1357
00:49:29,250 --> 00:49:32,370
By this time, about 230,000 people were

1358
00:49:32,370 --> 00:49:35,130
getting our last day's magazine and Keith was

1359
00:49:35,130 --> 00:49:37,410
planning ways to reach all of them and

1360
00:49:37,410 --> 00:49:39,310
those who came to his concerts as well.

1361
00:49:39,710 --> 00:49:41,530
I thought of the prostitute I'd seen down

1362
00:49:41,530 --> 00:49:44,430
a little side street in Amsterdam, one lost

1363
00:49:44,430 --> 00:49:47,110
person on her way towards eternal separation from

1364
00:49:47,110 --> 00:49:49,170
God, and the world was full of hurting

1365
00:49:49,170 --> 00:49:50,030
people like her.

1366
00:49:50,870 --> 00:49:53,890
After returning from Europe, Keith moved into action.

1367
00:49:54,250 --> 00:49:56,830
He planned large benefit concerts and a fall

1368
00:49:56,830 --> 00:49:59,350
concert tour to bring a missions challenge to

1369
00:49:59,350 --> 00:50:00,490
the Christians in America.

1370
00:50:01,090 --> 00:50:03,610
By June, when Keith walked up on stage,

1371
00:50:03,770 --> 00:50:05,450
he was filled with a new kind of

1372
00:50:05,450 --> 00:50:05,890
excitement.

1373
00:50:06,450 --> 00:50:08,150
He sat down at the piano and took

1374
00:50:08,150 --> 00:50:10,770
a moment to talk about our international God.

1375
00:50:11,130 --> 00:50:12,890
God is not an American or even a

1376
00:50:12,890 --> 00:50:14,710
Republican as some of us like to think.

1377
00:50:15,250 --> 00:50:17,390
He loves everyone the same and his heart

1378
00:50:17,390 --> 00:50:19,230
goes out to the masses, whether they are

1379
00:50:19,230 --> 00:50:20,350
known or forgotten.

1380
00:50:21,010 --> 00:50:22,210
He picked up his Bible.

1381
00:50:22,590 --> 00:50:24,230
There's a little command found in the Bible

1382
00:50:24,230 --> 00:50:26,030
that says to go into all the nations

1383
00:50:26,030 --> 00:50:28,350
and preach the gospel to every creature and

1384
00:50:28,350 --> 00:50:29,590
make disciples of men.

1385
00:50:30,510 --> 00:50:32,830
Keith was warming up now and had everyone's

1386
00:50:32,830 --> 00:50:33,230
attention.

1387
00:50:34,150 --> 00:50:36,590
Besides our recent trip, Keith was fueled by

1388
00:50:36,590 --> 00:50:37,970
statistics that were shocking.

1389
00:50:38,410 --> 00:50:40,630
While in America there were over one million

1390
00:50:40,630 --> 00:50:43,510
full-time workers or one for every 230

1391
00:50:43,510 --> 00:50:46,010
people, in the rest of the world there

1392
00:50:46,010 --> 00:50:49,010
were only 85,000 workers or one for

1393
00:50:49,010 --> 00:50:51,370
every 450,000 people.

1394
00:50:52,230 --> 00:50:55,110
Keith continued, the world isn't being won today

1395
00:50:55,110 --> 00:50:56,610
because we're not doing it.

1396
00:50:56,850 --> 00:50:57,650
It's our fault.

1397
00:50:57,950 --> 00:51:00,690
This generation of Christians is responsible for this

1398
00:51:00,690 --> 00:51:02,430
generation of souls on the earth.

1399
00:51:03,110 --> 00:51:04,870
Nowhere in the world is the gospel so

1400
00:51:04,870 --> 00:51:06,610
plentiful as in the United States.

1401
00:51:07,070 --> 00:51:07,590
Nowhere.

1402
00:51:08,350 --> 00:51:10,690
There's a rule in the armed forces, always

1403
00:51:10,690 --> 00:51:12,930
obey the last order you got until you

1404
00:51:12,930 --> 00:51:14,790
get new orders from command headquarters.

1405
00:51:15,390 --> 00:51:17,390
The last order I got in my Bible

1406
00:51:17,390 --> 00:51:18,190
was go.

1407
00:51:18,910 --> 00:51:21,170
Then Keith began to play a new song.

1408
00:51:21,790 --> 00:51:23,530
Even from the side of the stage I

1409
00:51:23,530 --> 00:51:25,570
could see his eyes fill with compassion as

1410
00:51:25,570 --> 00:51:26,990
he sang, Open Your Eyes.

1411
00:51:27,150 --> 00:51:30,690
Open your eyes to the world not around

1412
00:51:30,690 --> 00:51:31,330
you.

1413
00:51:31,450 --> 00:51:35,130
Open your eyes, open your eyes.

1414
00:51:35,450 --> 00:51:38,030
This world is much more than the things

1415
00:51:38,030 --> 00:51:39,370
that surround you.

1416
00:51:39,630 --> 00:51:43,470
You must arise and open your eyes.

1417
00:51:43,810 --> 00:51:46,690
Sometimes we're too busy to share.

1418
00:51:47,990 --> 00:51:53,430
But Jesus wants us to care, to care.

1419
00:51:54,250 --> 00:51:57,730
Open your arms to the naked and she

1420
00:51:57,730 --> 00:51:58,650
is brand new.

1421
00:51:58,710 --> 00:52:00,490
After the concert we had a late night

1422
00:52:00,490 --> 00:52:01,830
meal with John Dawson.

1423
00:52:02,510 --> 00:52:04,730
Besides being a leader in YWAM, John had

1424
00:52:04,730 --> 00:52:05,770
become a close friend.

1425
00:52:06,230 --> 00:52:08,150
I loved discussing things with Keith.

1426
00:52:08,510 --> 00:52:10,350
I was always amazed at the way Keith

1427
00:52:10,350 --> 00:52:12,510
grabbed a hold of something, something new and

1428
00:52:12,510 --> 00:52:13,750
he went for it, gave it all that

1429
00:52:13,750 --> 00:52:14,190
he had.

1430
00:52:15,030 --> 00:52:16,910
At that time Keith was learning and growing

1431
00:52:16,910 --> 00:52:19,270
so fast he was asking questions about everything.

1432
00:52:19,950 --> 00:52:21,550
I really sensed God was preparing him in

1433
00:52:21,550 --> 00:52:22,790
a big way and I told him to

1434
00:52:22,790 --> 00:52:24,270
get ready that God was going to use

1435
00:52:24,270 --> 00:52:25,990
him to challenge a multitude of young people

1436
00:52:25,990 --> 00:52:26,430
into missions.

1437
00:52:27,310 --> 00:52:29,170
But he tended to be really black and

1438
00:52:29,170 --> 00:52:30,470
white in the way he presented things.

1439
00:52:31,070 --> 00:52:32,690
I told him if he kept overstating the

1440
00:52:32,690 --> 00:52:34,890
point he'd end up disqualifying his message completely.

1441
00:52:35,490 --> 00:52:37,350
I knew his heart was bright but I

1442
00:52:37,350 --> 00:52:38,990
knew he couldn't go on saying that 99

1443
00:52:38,990 --> 00:52:41,210
% of Christians are called to leave America

1444
00:52:41,210 --> 00:52:42,690
and everybody else is in sin.

1445
00:52:43,830 --> 00:52:45,290
The thing about Keith is that he was

1446
00:52:45,290 --> 00:52:45,950
very teachable.

1447
00:52:46,330 --> 00:52:49,170
He was absolutistic, he was bullheaded but he

1448
00:52:49,170 --> 00:52:50,850
was desperately hungry for truth.

1449
00:52:51,130 --> 00:52:52,750
He really wanted to make an impact on

1450
00:52:52,750 --> 00:52:53,370
this generation.

1451
00:52:54,530 --> 00:52:55,910
He would argue with you.

1452
00:52:55,970 --> 00:52:58,470
In fact I think he enjoyed confrontation but

1453
00:52:58,470 --> 00:53:00,670
he wanted to learn and underneath that intensity

1454
00:53:00,670 --> 00:53:03,950
really was a humble guy, uncompromising with his

1455
00:53:03,950 --> 00:53:04,490
own weaknesses.

1456
00:53:05,190 --> 00:53:06,870
That night we had a long discussion about

1457
00:53:06,870 --> 00:53:09,590
presenting the truth in a wise way, in

1458
00:53:09,590 --> 00:53:11,030
a way that wouldn't put guilt on people

1459
00:53:11,030 --> 00:53:13,130
genuinely called to serve God here in America.

1460
00:53:13,910 --> 00:53:16,130
We had asked Lauren Cunningham and his wife

1461
00:53:16,130 --> 00:53:18,250
Darlene to join us at a beach house

1462
00:53:18,250 --> 00:53:20,070
we'd rented for a week in Oxnard.

1463
00:53:20,490 --> 00:53:22,550
The first evening we sat up talking for

1464
00:53:22,550 --> 00:53:25,290
a long time, sharing visions and dreams in

1465
00:53:25,290 --> 00:53:25,710
the Lord.

1466
00:53:26,290 --> 00:53:28,170
Keith and Lauren had ministered together a few

1467
00:53:28,170 --> 00:53:29,970
times and Keith thought they made a great

1468
00:53:29,970 --> 00:53:30,390
team.

1469
00:53:31,070 --> 00:53:33,150
Lauren let's go across the nation together and

1470
00:53:33,150 --> 00:53:35,350
get the word out about missions and challenge

1471
00:53:35,350 --> 00:53:36,210
the people to go.

1472
00:53:36,710 --> 00:53:39,010
That sounds wonderful, Lauren agreed, and let's have

1473
00:53:39,010 --> 00:53:41,510
a faith goal of seeing 100,000 people

1474
00:53:41,510 --> 00:53:42,950
raised up for world missions.

1475
00:53:43,510 --> 00:53:45,270
We all felt it was a special moment

1476
00:53:45,270 --> 00:53:47,130
and we knew we needed to pray together

1477
00:53:47,130 --> 00:53:48,750
and seal everything in the spirit.

1478
00:53:49,690 --> 00:53:51,610
Lauren prayed about the vision as Keith was

1479
00:53:51,610 --> 00:53:53,810
lying on the floor, face down before the

1480
00:53:53,810 --> 00:53:54,110
Lord.

1481
00:53:54,750 --> 00:53:56,690
By the time we were through praying, our

1482
00:53:56,690 --> 00:53:57,970
hearts were bonded together.

1483
00:53:58,710 --> 00:53:59,930
For Keith it was even deeper.

1484
00:54:00,530 --> 00:54:02,730
Lauren was so full of grace and Keith's

1485
00:54:02,730 --> 00:54:04,450
high intensity didn't rattle him.

1486
00:54:05,130 --> 00:54:07,550
Lauren loved and accepted Keith and Keith knew

1487
00:54:07,550 --> 00:54:07,810
it.

1488
00:54:08,250 --> 00:54:10,430
As they embraced to say goodbye, there were

1489
00:54:10,430 --> 00:54:11,530
tears in Keith's eyes.

1490
00:54:12,030 --> 00:54:13,910
You're like a father to me, Keith whispered.

1491
00:54:14,290 --> 00:54:15,810
It was an awareness in both of their

1492
00:54:15,810 --> 00:54:18,910
hearts, a rare and special relationship, a gift

1493
00:54:18,910 --> 00:54:19,530
from the Lord.

1494
00:54:20,050 --> 00:54:22,570
As we watched the Cunninghams drive off, we

1495
00:54:22,570 --> 00:54:24,270
had such a rush of excitement in our

1496
00:54:24,270 --> 00:54:24,650
hearts.

1497
00:54:24,650 --> 00:54:26,990
How could any of us have known it

1498
00:54:26,990 --> 00:54:27,950
wasn't meant to be?

1499
00:54:28,550 --> 00:54:31,590
This generation of believers that you and me

1500
00:54:31,590 --> 00:54:33,970
are a part of, we're responsible for this

1501
00:54:33,970 --> 00:54:36,390
generation of souls all over the world.

1502
00:54:37,130 --> 00:54:38,570
We're responsible for them.

1503
00:54:38,850 --> 00:54:41,490
We're responsible to pray daily for the needs

1504
00:54:41,490 --> 00:54:44,990
of ministries around the world and ask God,

1505
00:54:45,370 --> 00:54:47,030
how about me not sending my money this

1506
00:54:47,030 --> 00:54:47,250
time?

1507
00:54:47,310 --> 00:54:48,230
How about me going?

1508
00:54:49,570 --> 00:54:51,330
Things were really going well.

1509
00:54:51,330 --> 00:54:54,370
Keith's ministry was being widely received and Last

1510
00:54:54,370 --> 00:54:55,690
Days Ministries was booming.

1511
00:54:56,370 --> 00:54:58,710
We'd built a large office facility and print

1512
00:54:58,710 --> 00:55:01,090
shop and bought a six tower web press

1513
00:55:01,090 --> 00:55:03,610
to print our Last Days magazine and we

1514
00:55:03,610 --> 00:55:05,250
were just raising the beams on our new

1515
00:55:05,250 --> 00:55:08,470
half million dollar cafeteria and worship center with

1516
00:55:08,470 --> 00:55:11,610
bookstore, guest rooms and classrooms for the discipleship

1517
00:55:11,610 --> 00:55:12,970
training school we'd begun.

1518
00:55:13,530 --> 00:55:15,830
Even Keith's journal entries reflected the mood.

1519
00:55:16,450 --> 00:55:18,150
We have so much to be grateful for.

1520
00:55:18,390 --> 00:55:19,810
The only thing we need is a closer

1521
00:55:19,810 --> 00:55:20,670
walk with God.

1522
00:55:20,990 --> 00:55:23,090
We have everything else a Christian couple could

1523
00:55:23,090 --> 00:55:25,930
ever want and for this I'm eternally grateful

1524
00:55:25,930 --> 00:55:26,330
Jesus.

1525
00:55:27,210 --> 00:55:29,430
Then there was this other more vague feeling.

1526
00:55:30,050 --> 00:55:31,430
Keith was the one who voiced it.

1527
00:55:31,890 --> 00:55:33,310
I just don't know what it is.

1528
00:55:33,550 --> 00:55:34,690
Things are going too well.

1529
00:55:35,010 --> 00:55:36,830
I feel it's the calm before the storm,

1530
00:55:36,950 --> 00:55:38,510
like something bad's going to happen.

1531
00:55:39,550 --> 00:55:41,050
I was seeing a new kind of thoughtful

1532
00:55:41,050 --> 00:55:42,790
maturity coming into Keith's life.

1533
00:55:43,370 --> 00:55:45,150
In part, I could attribute it to some

1534
00:55:45,150 --> 00:55:47,390
of the relationships Keith had developed with people

1535
00:55:47,390 --> 00:55:49,890
like Winky, Leonard, John and Lauren.

1536
00:55:50,870 --> 00:55:52,530
Keith had gone through some of our tracks

1537
00:55:52,530 --> 00:55:53,590
and rewritten them a bit.

1538
00:55:54,130 --> 00:55:55,550
He said he wanted to take out some

1539
00:55:55,550 --> 00:55:57,870
of the rough edges and barbs, keeping what's

1540
00:55:57,870 --> 00:56:00,430
from Jesus and taking out what's from Keith.

1541
00:56:01,030 --> 00:56:03,530
Keith said he wanted to strengthen, encourage and

1542
00:56:03,530 --> 00:56:06,090
build up believers, not so much to shoot

1543
00:56:06,090 --> 00:56:08,030
at things that are wrong, but to build

1544
00:56:08,030 --> 00:56:09,450
up the areas that are right.

1545
00:56:10,470 --> 00:56:13,150
Grace, that was the operative word in Keith's

1546
00:56:13,150 --> 00:56:14,030
life these days.

1547
00:56:14,410 --> 00:56:15,990
He was also in the midst of writing

1548
00:56:15,990 --> 00:56:18,510
letters of apology and making phone calls to

1549
00:56:18,510 --> 00:56:20,870
different individuals whenever the Lord showed him there

1550
00:56:20,870 --> 00:56:22,510
was something he needed to make right.

1551
00:56:23,050 --> 00:56:25,250
On all fronts, Keith was feeling like he

1552
00:56:25,250 --> 00:56:27,370
might have been too absolute in some areas.

1553
00:56:27,970 --> 00:56:30,030
In an article for The Last Days magazine,

1554
00:56:30,190 --> 00:56:32,670
Keith wrote, so many people told me I

1555
00:56:32,670 --> 00:56:34,030
was a prophet over the years.

1556
00:56:34,190 --> 00:56:35,570
I believe they must be right.

1557
00:56:36,190 --> 00:56:37,850
It's not that I no longer believe I'm

1558
00:56:37,850 --> 00:56:38,710
called to do that.

1559
00:56:38,950 --> 00:56:40,730
It's just that now I see that every

1560
00:56:40,730 --> 00:56:42,170
believer is called to do that.

1561
00:56:42,550 --> 00:56:43,970
I'm not called to be a prophet.

1562
00:56:44,410 --> 00:56:46,450
I'm called to be a Christian, a servant

1563
00:56:46,450 --> 00:56:47,410
of the living God.

1564
00:56:47,750 --> 00:56:49,910
That is the highest calling that anyone can

1565
00:56:49,910 --> 00:56:50,510
realize.

1566
00:57:10,490 --> 00:57:17,050
I ought to be a lie to you,

1567
00:57:17,070 --> 00:57:20,810
and dead to you.

1568
00:57:24,010 --> 00:57:28,830
Oh, what can be done for an old

1569
00:57:28,830 --> 00:57:30,610
heart like mine?

1570
00:57:31,410 --> 00:57:36,930
Soften it up with oil and wine.

1571
00:57:37,890 --> 00:57:43,710
The oil is you, your spirit of love.

1572
00:57:44,530 --> 00:57:49,590
Please wash me anew in the wine of

1573
00:57:49,590 --> 00:57:51,050
your love.

1574
00:57:56,920 --> 00:58:00,640
On July 28, 1982, I stepped out onto

1575
00:58:00,640 --> 00:58:03,080
our back porch, and a blast of furnace

1576
00:58:03,080 --> 00:58:04,480
hot air hit me in the face.

1577
00:58:04,840 --> 00:58:07,300
It was so stifling I could hardly breathe.

1578
00:58:07,580 --> 00:58:09,240
It had to be the most oppressive day

1579
00:58:09,240 --> 00:58:11,060
we'd had that year, and I hoped the

1580
00:58:11,060 --> 00:58:12,900
air conditioning would be working in the ranch

1581
00:58:12,900 --> 00:58:13,240
house.

1582
00:58:13,960 --> 00:58:15,900
One of the highlights of this blistering hot

1583
00:58:15,900 --> 00:58:18,020
day was that John and Dede Smalley were

1584
00:58:18,020 --> 00:58:18,920
coming for a visit.

1585
00:58:19,320 --> 00:58:20,920
We'd met them years ago when we first

1586
00:58:20,920 --> 00:58:22,180
started going to the vineyard.

1587
00:58:22,760 --> 00:58:24,860
They had six children, and they were all

1588
00:58:24,860 --> 00:58:26,420
on their way to Connecticut to start a

1589
00:58:26,420 --> 00:58:28,580
home fellowship and eventually a church.

1590
00:58:29,420 --> 00:58:31,380
The Smalleys arrived shortly before dinner.

1591
00:58:31,700 --> 00:58:33,100
Keith took them on a quick tour of

1592
00:58:33,100 --> 00:58:35,040
the offices, and then we sat talking at

1593
00:58:35,040 --> 00:58:36,680
the dinner table in the ranch house living

1594
00:58:36,680 --> 00:58:37,000
room.

1595
00:58:37,500 --> 00:58:39,960
Just about that time, Josiah and Bethany came

1596
00:58:39,960 --> 00:58:40,640
skipping in.

1597
00:58:40,960 --> 00:58:42,900
They had just returned from their swimming lessons,

1598
00:58:43,200 --> 00:58:45,080
and their hair hung in damp ringlets around

1599
00:58:45,080 --> 00:58:46,180
their sun-kissed faces.

1600
00:58:46,680 --> 00:58:48,140
They both looked like little angels.

1601
00:58:48,980 --> 00:58:50,860
After dinner, Keith lost no time.

1602
00:58:51,200 --> 00:58:53,020
It was getting late, and even though we

1603
00:58:53,020 --> 00:58:55,060
were all tired, the Smalleys wanted to see

1604
00:58:55,060 --> 00:58:57,140
the rest of the ranch, including a quick

1605
00:58:57,140 --> 00:58:59,840
sightseeing flight in our leased Cessna 414.

1606
00:59:00,480 --> 00:59:02,640
Our pilot, Don Burmeister, who'd flown in the

1607
00:59:02,640 --> 00:59:04,160
military, would take them up.

1608
00:59:04,940 --> 00:59:06,280
Keith wanted me to come with them on

1609
00:59:06,280 --> 00:59:08,000
the flight, but I didn't want to go.

1610
00:59:08,560 --> 00:59:10,520
As Keith dashed out the front door, I

1611
00:59:10,520 --> 00:59:12,100
was struck by the sudden silence.

1612
00:59:12,660 --> 00:59:13,780
The living room was empty.

1613
00:59:14,300 --> 00:59:15,820
Were all the kids going, too?

1614
00:59:16,120 --> 00:59:18,320
No, Rebecca was still playing in her bedroom.

1615
00:59:18,900 --> 00:59:20,040
I ran to the front door.

1616
00:59:20,640 --> 00:59:22,140
Keith was standing on the far side of

1617
00:59:22,140 --> 00:59:24,020
the station wagon and was just about to

1618
00:59:24,020 --> 00:59:24,500
get in.

1619
00:59:25,060 --> 00:59:27,100
John and Dede were already inside with all

1620
00:59:27,100 --> 00:59:27,760
their kids.

1621
00:59:28,240 --> 00:59:29,620
Josiah was inside, too.

1622
00:59:30,080 --> 00:59:31,900
I couldn't even see him amidst all the

1623
00:59:31,900 --> 00:59:32,560
other heads.

1624
00:59:32,820 --> 00:59:34,080
All I could see was Bethany.

1625
00:59:34,740 --> 00:59:36,700
She was standing by the gate, and in

1626
00:59:36,700 --> 00:59:38,980
her sweet little girl voice, she was calling,

1627
00:59:39,180 --> 00:59:40,180
I want to go, too.

1628
00:59:40,740 --> 00:59:42,340
Keith said, let her in the car.

1629
00:59:42,860 --> 00:59:45,340
I stood on the porch and thought, no,

1630
00:59:45,480 --> 00:59:46,280
not her, too.

1631
00:59:46,500 --> 00:59:48,000
I at least want to keep Bethany.

1632
00:59:48,720 --> 00:59:51,300
It seemed like a crazy thought that Bethany

1633
00:59:51,300 --> 00:59:52,560
was lifted into the car.

1634
00:59:53,380 --> 00:59:55,040
It was all happening so fast.

1635
00:59:55,360 --> 00:59:57,120
I didn't expect all the kids to go.

1636
00:59:58,080 --> 00:59:59,460
Something didn't seem right.

1637
00:59:59,920 --> 01:00:01,420
I wanted to run out and call my

1638
01:00:01,420 --> 01:00:03,580
children back, but I didn't want to be

1639
01:00:03,580 --> 01:00:04,460
a spoil sport.

1640
01:00:05,020 --> 01:00:07,480
I couldn't understand where these awful feelings were

1641
01:00:07,480 --> 01:00:08,200
coming from.

1642
01:00:09,220 --> 01:00:11,260
Just as Bethany was lifted into the car,

1643
01:00:11,600 --> 01:00:12,280
Keith hesitated.

1644
01:00:12,960 --> 01:00:14,620
He called across the yard to me in

1645
01:00:14,620 --> 01:00:15,700
an off-handed way.

1646
01:00:16,120 --> 01:00:18,180
If I don't come back, raise Rebecca to

1647
01:00:18,180 --> 01:00:19,240
be a woman of God.

1648
01:00:20,060 --> 01:00:22,460
With Keith traveling so much, we talked about

1649
01:00:22,460 --> 01:00:24,900
the possibility of death before, but this seemed

1650
01:00:24,900 --> 01:00:26,480
like an odd time to bring up the

1651
01:00:26,480 --> 01:00:26,800
subject.

1652
01:00:27,280 --> 01:00:28,560
Of course, he was just kidding.

1653
01:00:29,120 --> 01:00:30,240
What about this one?

1654
01:00:30,380 --> 01:00:32,320
I said with a slight laugh as I

1655
01:00:32,320 --> 01:00:33,960
patted my just-pregnant tummy.

1656
01:00:34,360 --> 01:00:36,320
If it's a boy, name him Daniel.

1657
01:00:36,800 --> 01:00:37,840
You mean you don't want me to name

1658
01:00:37,840 --> 01:00:40,100
him after you, I said playfully, but the

1659
01:00:40,100 --> 01:00:42,520
conversation was starting to take a serious tone.

1660
01:00:42,920 --> 01:00:44,560
Okay, if it's a boy, you can name

1661
01:00:44,560 --> 01:00:45,260
him after me.

1662
01:00:50,340 --> 01:00:52,200
As I walked back into the house, it

1663
01:00:52,200 --> 01:00:52,940
felt so empty.

1664
01:00:53,440 --> 01:00:55,340
I really didn't like Keith taking the kids

1665
01:00:55,340 --> 01:00:57,200
on the airplane any more than necessary.

1666
01:00:57,600 --> 01:00:59,300
I knew I was going to feel silly

1667
01:00:59,300 --> 01:01:01,180
about my fears when they all got back

1668
01:01:01,180 --> 01:01:03,340
in a few minutes, but in a few

1669
01:01:03,340 --> 01:01:04,420
minutes, the phone rang.

1670
01:01:05,080 --> 01:01:06,140
It was one of the girls from the

1671
01:01:06,140 --> 01:01:06,620
office.

1672
01:01:07,120 --> 01:01:08,940
She said, our plane just went down.

1673
01:01:09,060 --> 01:01:10,760
I'm going to call an ambulance, but I

1674
01:01:10,760 --> 01:01:12,020
wanted to tell Keith first.

1675
01:01:12,200 --> 01:01:13,060
Will you tell him?

1676
01:01:13,660 --> 01:01:15,640
It was like getting socked in the stomach.

1677
01:01:16,160 --> 01:01:17,820
It took me less than a minute to

1678
01:01:17,820 --> 01:01:20,140
get to the mile-long runway, but try

1679
01:01:20,140 --> 01:01:21,900
as I might, I couldn't see anything of

1680
01:01:21,900 --> 01:01:22,420
our plane.

1681
01:01:22,920 --> 01:01:24,460
I drove down the airstrip.

1682
01:01:24,700 --> 01:01:25,740
There were people running.

1683
01:01:26,120 --> 01:01:27,720
From the end of the airstrip, I could

1684
01:01:27,720 --> 01:01:29,920
now see a thin column of smoke rising

1685
01:01:29,920 --> 01:01:31,340
out of the woods in the distance.

1686
01:01:32,340 --> 01:01:35,160
Jesus, Jesus, I thought, this can't be happening.

1687
01:01:35,920 --> 01:01:38,320
After reaching a place of uncleared woods, I

1688
01:01:38,320 --> 01:01:39,880
jumped out of the car and took off

1689
01:01:39,880 --> 01:01:40,940
through the thick trees.

1690
01:01:41,480 --> 01:01:43,660
I stopped a few times, out of breath,

1691
01:01:43,880 --> 01:01:46,320
feeling like I might pass out, but I

1692
01:01:46,320 --> 01:01:47,220
had to keep going.

1693
01:01:47,640 --> 01:01:49,120
My husband and children needed me.

1694
01:01:49,700 --> 01:01:52,500
I kept running, listening for their screams or

1695
01:01:52,500 --> 01:01:53,080
cries.

1696
01:01:53,700 --> 01:01:54,860
It was totally quiet.

1697
01:01:55,740 --> 01:01:58,460
After what seemed like an eternity, I finally

1698
01:01:58,460 --> 01:02:00,940
broke into a clearing, and I was overwhelmed

1699
01:02:00,940 --> 01:02:02,760
by the awesome silence that hung in the

1700
01:02:02,760 --> 01:02:03,040
air.

1701
01:02:03,860 --> 01:02:05,500
Everyone there was standing still.

1702
01:02:06,040 --> 01:02:07,120
No one said a word.

1703
01:02:07,900 --> 01:02:09,880
I felt something warm beneath my feet.

1704
01:02:10,360 --> 01:02:12,260
The ground I was standing on was black

1705
01:02:12,260 --> 01:02:13,160
and smoldering.

1706
01:02:14,100 --> 01:02:15,800
I got as close as I could to

1707
01:02:15,800 --> 01:02:17,340
what was left of the airplane and looked

1708
01:02:17,340 --> 01:02:20,040
right inside, because the was completely gone.

1709
01:02:20,700 --> 01:02:23,200
I quickly turned and walked away and didn't

1710
01:02:23,200 --> 01:02:23,800
look again.

1711
01:02:24,660 --> 01:02:26,180
Some rescue workers arrived.

1712
01:02:26,340 --> 01:02:27,960
They were asking how many people were in

1713
01:02:27,960 --> 01:02:29,920
the plane, and I was the only person

1714
01:02:29,920 --> 01:02:31,900
who knew exactly who was on board.

1715
01:02:32,420 --> 01:02:33,460
I started counting.

1716
01:02:34,260 --> 01:02:36,420
There were the Smallies with their six kids,

1717
01:02:36,640 --> 01:02:39,460
and Keith and our two children, and Don.

1718
01:02:40,320 --> 01:02:40,820
Twelve.

1719
01:02:41,680 --> 01:02:43,500
The rescue workers just looked at me when

1720
01:02:43,500 --> 01:02:44,140
I told them.

1721
01:02:44,600 --> 01:02:45,480
Then it hit me.

1722
01:02:45,860 --> 01:02:47,740
Why on earth did twelve people go up

1723
01:02:47,740 --> 01:02:48,360
in that plane?

1724
01:02:48,980 --> 01:02:50,520
Now I felt so weak, I wanted to

1725
01:02:50,520 --> 01:02:52,380
lie down, but there wasn't any place there

1726
01:02:52,380 --> 01:02:52,980
in the woods.

1727
01:02:53,520 --> 01:02:54,820
I felt so vulnerable.

1728
01:02:55,400 --> 01:02:58,140
I turned and started back, and when we

1729
01:02:58,140 --> 01:02:59,840
were almost out of the woods, we passed

1730
01:02:59,840 --> 01:03:01,240
a fireman on his way in.

1731
01:03:01,900 --> 01:03:04,480
I simply said, there are no survivors.

1732
01:03:05,300 --> 01:03:07,060
What that meant to him and what that

1733
01:03:07,060 --> 01:03:08,880
meant to me were two different things.

1734
01:03:16,370 --> 01:03:18,870
On the morning following the crash, I opened

1735
01:03:18,870 --> 01:03:20,750
my eyes and for a split second, it

1736
01:03:20,750 --> 01:03:22,150
felt like any other morning.

1737
01:03:22,670 --> 01:03:24,490
That was the only relief of the day,

1738
01:03:24,570 --> 01:03:26,630
as reality came quickly crashing in.

1739
01:03:27,350 --> 01:03:29,250
I had a doctor's appointment that day, and

1740
01:03:29,250 --> 01:03:30,370
I decided to keep it.

1741
01:03:30,750 --> 01:03:32,370
I had to spend my time doing something.

1742
01:03:33,270 --> 01:03:35,810
My pregnancy was confirmed, but being in town

1743
01:03:35,810 --> 01:03:36,590
was terrible.

1744
01:03:36,990 --> 01:03:39,430
The plane crashed with headline news, complete with

1745
01:03:39,430 --> 01:03:39,830
pictures.

1746
01:03:40,610 --> 01:03:43,150
I saw newspapers in the drugstore and outside

1747
01:03:43,150 --> 01:03:44,910
the restaurant where I stopped to eat.

1748
01:03:45,390 --> 01:03:47,190
I wanted to stop and scream out loud

1749
01:03:47,190 --> 01:03:47,730
to everyone.

1750
01:03:47,970 --> 01:03:50,190
That's my family, my husband, my children.

1751
01:03:50,570 --> 01:03:52,470
How can you act like everything's so normal?

1752
01:03:52,730 --> 01:03:54,110
How can you be smiling today?

1753
01:03:54,970 --> 01:03:57,210
As news of the crash broke, the media

1754
01:03:57,210 --> 01:03:58,630
came out in full force.

1755
01:03:59,030 --> 01:03:59,950
It got crazy.

1756
01:04:00,490 --> 01:04:02,990
Helicopters circled overhead, and we were swamped with

1757
01:04:02,990 --> 01:04:05,310
reporters and camera crews wanting statements.

1758
01:04:06,130 --> 01:04:08,190
The news teams camped out there, just a

1759
01:04:08,190 --> 01:04:09,610
few hundred yards from my door.

1760
01:04:10,510 --> 01:04:12,070
Word fanned out around the world.

1761
01:04:12,510 --> 01:04:13,950
Lauren heard about it in Japan.

1762
01:04:14,390 --> 01:04:15,630
Other friends heard in Finland.

1763
01:04:16,130 --> 01:04:18,290
Keith's grandmother found out when she saw Keith's

1764
01:04:18,290 --> 01:04:21,130
picture flashed across her television screen in California.

1765
01:04:22,090 --> 01:04:25,310
Phone calls, letters, flowers, and telegrams poured in

1766
01:04:25,310 --> 01:04:27,570
from people in all walks of life who

1767
01:04:27,570 --> 01:04:29,530
had been touched by Keith and his music.

1768
01:04:30,030 --> 01:04:32,310
But the majority of messages came from Christians

1769
01:04:32,310 --> 01:04:34,550
out on the front lines somewhere who had

1770
01:04:34,550 --> 01:04:36,490
been encouraged to serve Jesus in a deeper

1771
01:04:36,490 --> 01:04:38,150
way because of Keith's ministry.

1772
01:04:39,150 --> 01:04:41,110
One of the important details I wanted to

1773
01:04:41,110 --> 01:04:42,670
take care of was to write a letter

1774
01:04:42,670 --> 01:04:45,210
to everyone who received our last day's magazine.

1775
01:04:45,910 --> 01:04:48,150
On Friday, July 30th, as I sat at

1776
01:04:48,150 --> 01:04:51,610
a computer terminal thinking, praying, and crying, a

1777
01:04:51,610 --> 01:04:53,810
phrase came into my mind, a grain of

1778
01:04:53,810 --> 01:04:54,090
wheat.

1779
01:04:54,490 --> 01:04:56,550
I thought, isn't there something in the Bible

1780
01:04:56,550 --> 01:04:57,810
about a grain of wheat?

1781
01:04:58,470 --> 01:05:00,170
It was John 12, 24.

1782
01:05:00,770 --> 01:05:02,450
Unless a grain of wheat falls to the

1783
01:05:02,450 --> 01:05:04,330
ground and dies, it remains alone.

1784
01:05:04,750 --> 01:05:07,050
But if it dies, it bears much fruit.

1785
01:05:07,770 --> 01:05:09,990
On Saturday, we had a memorial service open

1786
01:05:09,990 --> 01:05:12,230
to the public, and thousands of people attended.

1787
01:05:12,830 --> 01:05:15,030
Then on Sunday, we had the funeral open

1788
01:05:15,030 --> 01:05:16,570
only to personal friends.

1789
01:05:17,210 --> 01:05:19,130
I buried the children in the same coffin

1790
01:05:19,130 --> 01:05:21,190
with Keith, in the arms of their daddy.

1791
01:05:22,150 --> 01:05:23,810
At the end, I picked up the first

1792
01:05:23,810 --> 01:05:26,530
handful of dirt in Jewish tradition and threw

1793
01:05:26,530 --> 01:05:27,450
it into the grave.

1794
01:05:28,150 --> 01:05:30,770
My mother followed suit, and so did several

1795
01:05:30,770 --> 01:05:32,710
others as a small crowd dispersed.

1796
01:06:16,620 --> 01:06:19,820
In the months following Keith's death, remarkable reports

1797
01:06:19,820 --> 01:06:22,040
came from across the country and around the

1798
01:06:22,040 --> 01:06:22,360
world.

1799
01:06:23,180 --> 01:06:25,000
Almost at once, I was beginning to see

1800
01:06:25,000 --> 01:06:26,740
how the falling of this one grain of

1801
01:06:26,740 --> 01:06:28,360
wheat was already bearing fruit.

1802
01:06:28,940 --> 01:06:31,160
The Lord touched millions of lives through Keith,

1803
01:06:31,280 --> 01:06:32,340
and he would be missed.

1804
01:06:33,020 --> 01:06:34,820
There was a deep grieving that swept through

1805
01:06:34,820 --> 01:06:36,600
the body of Christ when Keith died.

1806
01:06:37,020 --> 01:06:38,400
There was a sobering, too.

1807
01:06:39,060 --> 01:06:41,100
God took one of his choice servants home

1808
01:06:41,100 --> 01:06:43,320
at the age of 28, and it spoke

1809
01:06:43,320 --> 01:06:44,660
reality to all of us.

1810
01:06:45,180 --> 01:06:47,000
We have no time guarantees.

1811
01:06:47,200 --> 01:06:48,740
We must use the time we have to

1812
01:06:48,740 --> 01:06:49,320
the fullest.

1813
01:06:50,320 --> 01:06:53,060
As Winky spoke at festivals that summer, crowds

1814
01:06:53,060 --> 01:06:55,340
of young people came to him, weeping as

1815
01:06:55,340 --> 01:06:57,620
they told him, I've gotten serious with God

1816
01:06:57,620 --> 01:06:58,540
since Keith died.

1817
01:06:59,400 --> 01:07:02,460
In fact, Christians everywhere were asking God, who's

1818
01:07:02,460 --> 01:07:04,280
going to speak to our generation now?

1819
01:07:04,920 --> 01:07:06,900
Keith's death left a void, but it was

1820
01:07:06,900 --> 01:07:08,520
used to point believers to Jesus.

1821
01:07:09,120 --> 01:07:11,300
The answer was in Keith's for prophets only

1822
01:07:11,300 --> 01:07:13,760
article, where he left us with these wise,

1823
01:07:14,000 --> 01:07:14,880
simple words.

1824
01:07:15,360 --> 01:07:17,660
Every Christian is called to speak to their

1825
01:07:17,660 --> 01:07:18,280
generation.

1826
01:07:19,200 --> 01:07:21,260
I believe the Lord has something he wants

1827
01:07:21,260 --> 01:07:23,560
this generation to gain from Keith's story.

1828
01:07:24,080 --> 01:07:26,240
I hope it will encourage you not to

1829
01:07:26,240 --> 01:07:28,100
look to Keith, but to see the call

1830
01:07:28,100 --> 01:07:29,440
God has on your life.

1831
01:07:30,320 --> 01:07:32,140
Keith had been a Christian for seven years

1832
01:07:32,140 --> 01:07:32,980
when he went home.

1833
01:07:33,440 --> 01:07:35,220
Because of his high profile as a new

1834
01:07:35,220 --> 01:07:37,180
believer, he did a lot of his growing

1835
01:07:37,180 --> 01:07:38,160
in the public eye.

1836
01:07:38,940 --> 01:07:41,540
Keith hit like a bombshell, then left just

1837
01:07:41,540 --> 01:07:42,080
as suddenly.

1838
01:07:42,840 --> 01:07:45,500
Perhaps there's something precious to glean from closely

1839
01:07:45,500 --> 01:07:47,820
observing the strengths and weaknesses of a fellow

1840
01:07:47,820 --> 01:07:48,940
struggler in the faith.

1841
01:07:49,660 --> 01:07:51,460
Maybe it's the simple fact that we all

1842
01:07:51,460 --> 01:07:53,920
have areas of weakness, but God is faithful

1843
01:07:53,920 --> 01:07:55,860
to use us in the fullest way if

1844
01:07:55,860 --> 01:07:57,580
we give ourselves totally to him.

1845
01:07:58,500 --> 01:08:00,980
Your gifts may be different from Keith, but

1846
01:08:00,980 --> 01:08:02,160
they are just as important.

1847
01:08:02,680 --> 01:08:04,460
Whether they are up front or behind the

1848
01:08:04,460 --> 01:08:06,560
scenes, God wants you to use them for

1849
01:08:06,560 --> 01:08:06,900
him.

1850
01:08:07,600 --> 01:08:09,260
You have an important part to play in

1851
01:08:09,260 --> 01:08:10,000
this generation.

1852
01:08:10,480 --> 01:08:12,320
That's why you're living at this time in

1853
01:08:12,320 --> 01:08:12,740
history.

1854
01:08:13,680 --> 01:08:16,760
Last Days Ministries continues today to fulfill her

1855
01:08:16,760 --> 01:08:19,500
destiny to this generation as a living reflection

1856
01:08:19,500 --> 01:08:21,040
of Keith's life and ministry.

1857
01:08:21,720 --> 01:08:23,540
A lot has happened at Last Days in

1858
01:08:23,540 --> 01:08:25,600
the past 10 years, and I'm excited about

1859
01:08:25,600 --> 01:08:26,520
our future too.

1860
01:08:26,920 --> 01:08:27,859
Let me fill you in.

1861
01:08:28,340 --> 01:08:31,100
During two years of Keith Green Memorial Concerts,

1862
01:08:31,279 --> 01:08:34,460
we went to 110 cities, taking Keith's missions

1863
01:08:34,460 --> 01:08:37,120
challenge to over 300,000 Christians.

1864
01:08:37,800 --> 01:08:39,740
I've met people around the world who are

1865
01:08:39,740 --> 01:08:41,300
in missions today as a result.

1866
01:08:42,180 --> 01:08:44,460
Last Days has more staff than ever, over

1867
01:08:44,460 --> 01:08:46,540
200, and we continue to grow.

1868
01:08:46,979 --> 01:08:50,380
We're also developing an international communication center to

1869
01:08:50,380 --> 01:08:53,020
multiply God's message in print and by the

1870
01:08:53,020 --> 01:08:54,420
spoken word and song.

1871
01:08:54,899 --> 01:08:58,500
We've launched schools in printing, desktop publishing, video

1872
01:08:58,500 --> 01:09:02,359
production, illustration, worship, and music ministry, and in

1873
01:09:02,359 --> 01:09:05,100
1991, we officially linked arms with Youth With

1874
01:09:05,100 --> 01:09:07,380
a Mission to further our international calling.

1875
01:09:08,060 --> 01:09:09,899
In many ways, we feel like we've just

1876
01:09:09,899 --> 01:09:12,660
begun, and my prayer is that this book

1877
01:09:12,660 --> 01:09:14,300
will be a new beginning for you in

1878
01:09:14,300 --> 01:09:14,779
some way.

1879
01:09:15,540 --> 01:09:17,160
You too have a call on your life

1880
01:09:17,160 --> 01:09:19,600
and a destiny to fulfill, but to find

1881
01:09:19,600 --> 01:09:21,660
your purpose, first you need to be sure

1882
01:09:21,660 --> 01:09:23,740
you're plugged into the source of all life.

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If you don't already have a relationship with

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Jesus, I encourage you to open your heart

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as Keith did.

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God is knowable, and he is real.

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God will be faithful to reveal himself to

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all who sincerely seek him.

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There isn't a life that can't be transformed,

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a heart that can't be mended, a wound

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that can't be healed, and if you already

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know the Lord, then do what he's calling

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you to do, and do it with all

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of your heart.

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May the Lord bless you as you press

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on to know him.

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I want to tell you something.

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Unless we truly love one another, our worship

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is a stench in the Lord's nostrils.

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Unless we truly are living a life of

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love, Paul said we can speak in tongues,

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we can prophesy.

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He said you could give away all your

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bucks, you could give away all your clothes,

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you could you could become a martyr and

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burn on the stake for Jesus, but if

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you don't love one another, it stinks.

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After listening to the audiobook, I realized that

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you might not be familiar with Last Days

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Ministries.

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If you're not, I really want you to

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be.

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I'd love to send you four free issues

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of the Last Days magazine, along with a

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selection of track messages by me and Keith

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and others, and some basic information on our

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schools and other ministry opportunities.

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Just write us and ask for the complimentary

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Keith Green audiobook packet, and we'll send it

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right off to you without any obligation.

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We just want to let you get to

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know us a little better.

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Write Last Days Ministries, Lindale, Texas, and the

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zip is 75771.

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May the Lord bless you as you press

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on to know him better.

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Copyright 1992 Sparrow Press.