Matthew West: How God uses Music and the Arts to Change People | Ep. 5

Takeaways with Kirk Cameron

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Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Tv & Film

4.8 • 586 Ratings

🗓️ 28 December 2021

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Today, musical artist and worship leader Matthew West joins Kirk Cameron to talk about how God uses music and the arts to change our hearts and minds. He shares some of his own personal experience of how he has seen God use his music to change people and the role music played in him finding God. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:31.8	Grammy-nominated artist Matthew West is joining us now. Matthew's the recipient of many awards,
0:37.3	including an American
0:38.1	Music Award, a Billboard Music Award, and the Rich Mullins Impact Award. Matthew's also an
0:44.3	amazing songwriter. He's a podcast host and an author. Hey Matthew, thanks so much for joining me. It's
0:49.9	great to be talking with you. Hey, Kirk, it's an honor to talk to you. I'm a big fan, and thanks for having me today. This is great. Well, we talk about so many things on this show, and you and I have an opportunity to talk about something I think it's really creative and inspiring, and I'm really looking forward to this. You know, there is no question in my mind, and I think in anyone's mind if they really think about it, that arts and entertainment are important to people.
1:13.7	We love movies, we love music, we love art, we love poetry.
1:16.9	These are the things that inspire us.
1:18.4	These are the things that bring tears to our eyes, goosebumps on our skin.
1:22.2	It's the things that give us courage or make us angry.
1:24.6	These are the things that are worth fighting for.
1:26.7	The arts tend to touch a place in our heart that just facts and information doesn't.
1:33.0	I mean, I remember as a kid when I was 14, 15 years old, the music of Prince just like rocked my world. Right. I mean, here's this little guy on a purple motorcycle, and was like purple rain purple rain and and I was like
1:47.9	oh my gosh and it was like people didn't know it but when I was not Mike seaver on the set I was in my
1:53.9	dressing room and I had purple lights inside my little trailer and that's where I was rehearsing my lines
1:59.6	I was singing when doves cry,
2:02.0	and I was crying. And it was like, all I wanted to do was just sort of soak that up. And then
2:08.2	when I became a Christian, I started listening to, at that time, Amy Grant and Michael W. Smith,
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