714: #714 - Has the Christian Worship Scene Become Commercialized? A Conversation with John Mark McMillan
Theology in the Raw
Theology in the Raw
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🗓️ 24 December 2018
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
On episode #714 of Theology in the Raw Preston has a conversation with John Mark McMillan. John Mark McMillan is something of an anomaly: an artist and Platinum-selling songwriter bending genres and defying categorization by carving out his own unique and independent path. With an ear for melody and a poet’s eye for metaphor, no topic has been off-limits. While each of his albums over the past decade have continued to explore new territory, it’s McMillan’s ability to give lyric and language to the human experience that many consider his greatest gift. Mercury & Lightning (out 9.1 via Lionhawk Records) reminds us why we love great songwriters; The exceptional ones find a way to put new words to private musings and desperate feelings until the songs themselves begin to live in our bones. Learn more about John Mark McMillan on his website.
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| 0:00.0 | Thanks for another episode of theology in the raw. I have on the show today John Mark McMillan. |
| 0:07.8 | If you know anything about Christian music or especially the Christian worship music scene, then you probably know the name |
| 0:15.8 | John Mark McMillan. And the reason why I had him on the show, it started simply |
| 0:21.0 | because his, I believe it was his publicist, reached out and said hey would you like to have |
| 0:25.3 | John Mark on the show and I said man I would love to have John Mark on the show I |
| 0:28.6 | we have never talked before we didn't know anything about each I mean I know just a little bit about him just because he's |
| 0:34.4 | pretty well known in the Christian music scene so and you know about him if you have sung the song |
| 0:41.5 | oh how he loves me which was written by John |
| 0:44.0 | Mark McMillan made popular I think David Crowder did a version of it and made it |
| 0:49.8 | super popular but John Mark is an accomplished Christian musician but as you'll hear he doesn't necessarily love Christian music |
| 0:57.1 | and he's had secular labels and done non quote-unquote Christian songs too so he's |
| 1:02.3 | kind of has has ridden the edge between the Christian |
| 1:04.9 | world and just the music, the broader music world. And so I didn't know anything about John |
| 1:09.6 | Mark going into this conversation. Actually, he has been to a concert of his and really |
| 1:12.4 | enjoyed his music. |
| 1:13.1 | I've always enjoyed his music. |
| 1:14.4 | But I didn't know about anything about him as a person. |
| 1:16.2 | And I have to say, I really was so impressed with his thoughtfulness, his authenticity, his rawness. |
| 1:26.4 | And so I think you're gonna enjoy our conversation. |
| 1:28.6 | We talk about, one of the things |
| 1:31.0 | that really intrigued me in this conversation |
| 1:32.4 | was his thoughts on the intersection |
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