{"id":31509,"date":"2024-01-09T11:40:26","date_gmt":"2024-01-09T16:40:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/?p=31509"},"modified":"2024-01-09T11:40:26","modified_gmt":"2024-01-09T16:40:26","slug":"newsboys-frontman-michael-tait-shares-how-a-message-about-hell-led-him-to-jesus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2024\/01\/newsboys-frontman-michael-tait-shares-how-a-message-about-hell-led-him-to-jesus.html","title":{"rendered":"Newsboys Frontman Michael Tait Shares How a Message About Hell Led Him to Jesus"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_31515\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31515\" style=\"width: 797px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/87\/2024\/01\/michael-tait-newsboys-credit-gma-dove-awards-youtube.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-31515\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/87\/2024\/01\/michael-tait-newsboys-credit-gma-dove-awards-youtube.png\" alt=\"newsboys\" width=\"797\" height=\"565\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-31515\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">GMA Dove Awards\/YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Newsboys frontman Michael Tait has spent years in the music industry, finding success and doling out inspiration along the way. His most recent project, \u201cI Believe in Christmas,\u201d is a collection of Christmas songs aimed at encouraging the masses.<\/p>\n<p>He recently sat down with CBD Digital to talk about the project, his music career, and how he came to faith. The 57-year-old musician said he\u2019s learned a plethora of lessons during his years of performing on stage and professionally creating music. He said, \u201cOne big thing I\u2019ve learned is just to stay true to who you are when you\u2019re doing what you do.\u201d As far as what\u2019s kept Tait going for so long in the music industry, he credited the \u201cpower of the Almighty God,\u201d stating he believes his music gets more potent and more creative as he ages.<\/p>\n<p>The singer also shared details about the origins of his faith journey, noting he was \u201clate\u201d to fully accept Christ despite his father being a pastor. Tait said, \u201cDad was also a cab driver, so he drove cabs, and they preached church on Sunday. If you got in my dad\u2019s cab, there was a good chance you were going to be saved in more ways than one.\u201d He said he was 17 or 18 years old when a preacher came to his school and spoke about the \u201csubject of hell, and how real hell is, and how beautiful heaven is.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KYUQcnP8XOM?si=mhUNVSOpMb_Vrotq\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The singer said, \u201cHe preached on what preachers don\u2019t preach about much anymore,\u201d the singer said. \u201cYou can\u2019t get saved on the back of your dad or your mom; it\u2019s not osmosis. It\u2019s a thing we have to be one-on-one with God. I got fired up that day, man \u2014 pun intended. I got fired up, and I went forward for prayer, and I accepted God for myself as my Savior that day in high school.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Like any Christian, Tait said he has had his \u201cmoments\u201d throughout his journey with Jesus, noting, \u201cWe\u2019re sinners saved by grace,\u201d but he said God has been faithful to him throughout his life, adding, \u201cWhen I\u2019ve been grossly unfaithful, He keeps bringing me back to the cross.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Newsboys frontman Michael Tait has spent years in the music industry, finding success and doling out inspiration along the way. His most recent project, \u201cI Believe in Christmas,\u201d is a collection of Christmas songs aimed at encouraging the masses. 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