{"id":544,"date":"2011-09-14T08:15:43","date_gmt":"2011-09-14T12:15:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/wholenotes\/?p=544"},"modified":"2011-09-10T02:27:16","modified_gmt":"2011-09-10T06:27:16","slug":"a-conversation-with-p-o-d-front-man-sonny-sandoval-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/wholenotes\/2011\/09\/a-conversation-with-p-o-d-front-man-sonny-sandoval-part-2.html","title":{"rendered":"A conversation with P.O.D. front man Sonny Sandoval (Part 2)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In part two of the Whole Notes interview with P.O.D., lead vocalist Sonny Sandoval, we hear about a new ministry collaboration called The Whosoevers, Sandoval\u2019s thoughts on Brian Welch\u2019s amazing conversion and what\u2019s next on the band\u2019s agenda:<\/p>\n

Bonham: You\u2019ve got this new movement you\u2019re part of called The Whosoevers. From what I could tell by watching the video on your website, it looks like you\u2019re blowing up the religious bubble you were talking about earlier.<\/p>\n

Sandoval: Oh man. It needs it bro (laughs). It\u2019s religion that killed our King, you know what I\u2019m saying\u2014that religious idea that has distorted the love of God and now the world doesn\u2019t want it. They don\u2019t want religion. They want Jesus in their heart. They want Him. They just don\u2019t want the religion. So we\u2019ve just got to smash all that so the world knows that here we are living in the end times and we need to hold on to God. We need to hold on to His promises and His truths. Those are the only things that last in our lives. We\u2019ve got to get through those religious lines or these people are going to die in their sins and that kills me inside because I believe the truth. If we can just get these people to the heart of God, it will all make sense.<\/p>\n

Bonham: How did The Whosoevers come together and what has been the impact so far?<\/p>\n

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P.O.D. (left to right: Marcos Curiel, Wuvv Bernardo, Sonny Sandoval, Traa Daniels)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Sandoval: When I took that time away from P.O.D., I put down music and everything and I just said, \u201cI need to know you Jesus. I need to know who You are.\u201d I\u2019d been walking in a routine in my Christianity for so long and it wasn\u2019t how I felt when I gave my life to Him. It was a routine. I started to see things falling apart around me. So I went home and just started diving into my Bible because I wanted to, not because I had to. I really got lost in it and it took me back to that word \u201cwhosoever.\u201d It\u2019s one of the most famous scriptures in the world. Everybody knows John 3:16, \u201cFor God so loved the world, He gave His only begotten Son that whosoever believeth in Him shall not perish but have everlasting life.\u201d As I looked at that word, it was striking to me. That\u2019s like a people. That\u2019s like a nation. That\u2019s us. And God has called us \u201cwhosoevers\u201d and He\u2019s saying, \u201cI just want you to believe in my Son.\u201d That\u2019s where it starts. We don\u2019t need a resume to come to God. It\u2019s not our good deeds. We come broken and we need a savior.<\/p>\n

I just said, \u201cYou know what? That\u2019s what I want to do.\u201d I started getting involved in some real accountability and some real discipleship. I hooked up with the right guys and I lined up with (former Korn guitarist Brian) Head (Welch) and Ryan Ries and (Flyleaf lead singer) Lacey (Sturm) and I just started getting in contact with people who had a relationship with God but they work and live in the real world and they want accountability. They don\u2019t want to mess up. They don\u2019t want to backslide. But at the same time, they can\u2019t live up to the phoniness of religion. It\u2019s eating them alive because they see it. That\u2019s not real man. That\u2019s not real. It became more of a brotherhood. I call guys up all the time from bands and from the extreme sports world. I just check on them. \u201cHow you doing man? How\u2019s your walk with our King?\u201d We need that and we can be honest too. One of these guys will call me and say, \u201cPray for me man. Today sucks.\u201d And I will. \u201cLet\u2019s pray right now!\u201d We can be honest and open. \u201cI\u2019m struggling with this,\u201d or \u201cI wanna get high\u201d or \u201cI don\u2019t know if I\u2019m going to be able last at this next event.\u201d It\u2019s just honesty.<\/p>\n

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P.O.D. lead singer Sonny Sandoval<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Once we\u2019re able to share that, the response is just amazing. These kids, they want to hear the truth. They want the truth and they can sense when it\u2019s genuine. I think for us, once we started to get out in front of kids that were coming and giving us a few minutes of their time because of who they think we are, we got to share our hearts. I\u2019m the dirtiest of the dirty. I mess up all the time. I suck as a Christian. I can\u2019t stand religion. But I love Jesus and I\u2019m trying. These kids are like, \u201cIf these guys can do it, I can do it.\u201d It just gives them a sense of hope and it\u2019s taken off on its own. Whenever we get the chance to team up together, we do concerts for free and events and we get the community together. Once we get them there, we just want to give them the truth. I don\u2019t make a dime off it. I\u2019m not selling anything. I\u2019ve got nothing to gain except that I believe this, but I also believe the repercussions if we don\u2019t believe it and I can\u2019t let that happen on my watch. Let\u2019s just go for it. And God is opening up cool doors, not only in the secular world but He\u2019s shaking up the church as well.<\/p>\n

Bonham: Having toured with Korn before Brian Welch\u2019s conversion, you\u2019ve got to be blown away seeing the radical change in his life.<\/p>\n

Sandoval: Oh yeah. You know what? I don\u2019t know why I\u2019m blown away all the time because God is just cool like that and He\u2019s faithful and He does stuff like that all the time. But just to see it and to walk with these guys footstep by footstep is just an honor. It\u2019s amazing. When I read Head\u2019s book, I was reminded of how much grace God has for him. I stayed at his house and I\u2019d just finished reading his book and I told him how much I loved him and said, \u201cMan, you\u2019re going through it. You\u2019ve got victory right now from all those times you tried to quit meth and you were tweaking out.\u201d It\u2019s not by his strength and he\u2019ll tell you that. It\u2019s just because of his love for God and he\u2019s moving forward. It doesn\u2019t mean there\u2019s magic in it and all of the sudden you have power to overcome the world and nothing phases you. That\u2019s what inspires us. It is the power of God that keeps us rolling on. It\u2019s real good. When you know it to be real and true, that\u2019s when you have to share it with whoever will listen.<\/p>\n

Bonham: So what\u2019s next for P.O.D.?<\/p>\n

Sandoval: Yeah man. We\u2019re writing on the road as we speak. As soon as we get done with this tour, we\u2019re going to go into the studio with Howard Benson. We\u2019re shooting for a March 2012 release. We\u2019re going for it again. We\u2019re sort of like the underdogs. We sort of left the scene for a while so now here we are paying our dues, back in the mix, just playing shows and getting back out there. We\u2019re excited dude.<\/p>\n

Check out part one of this interview with Sandoval by clicking HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n

You can keep up with the latest P.O.D., news and download a free copy of the new single \u201cOn Fire\u201d by visiting the band\u2019s official website HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And to learn more about The Whosoevers, visit the official website HERE<\/a>. You can also check out a fantastic video that explains what the movement is all about below:<\/p>\nhttp:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bDEWykmmCpk<\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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