We turned the music on and I started to rap and within about 20, 30 seconds, two lads at the back, jumped up, one high five, the other one. Turn around, one started break dancing at the back. This other guy comes running down the gymnasium towards me at the front, and I think he's going to draw me, like smack me on the way past. He goes past me and he does a backflip off the and at that point, the whole place, it was like a bomber gone off. Welcome, everybody. This is Simon Gilbo with Inspired. And I've got another great guest this week. Welcome to Linz West. Woo! How old are you, mate? Yeah, great to have you. So for a bit of context, well, Linz and I both, well, you come from Maidenhead. You would say I lived in

Mainhead for just a few years of my childhood. I lived with Lynn's brother Dan for a bit in the

east end of London. I think we first met Lin's way back. I was guessing 20 years right at the

start, the message. You were in the tribe at the time. That's right.

What years were you there?

So I joined the tribe in 1999 and we stopped from 2004.

So what was that?

Five years.

Yeah.

So I reckon it was probably 2001 when I first came out and spoke to the message gang

doing stunning stuff and then a few proximity conferences.

In fact, I'll be back up there

proximity you i think you've got a conference in uh in may in manchester so i look forward to that

uh can i just say that uh i've got i know one guy listening is particularly excited and that is my

nephew william because he loves you are his fan you're up on his wall he's he's got, he knows all the lyrics to all your songs, be it, come on William, I see, love. Yeah, give him a shout out. Amazing grace. My favorite song of yours is, well, it's with the band with no name, you did it together, the four points, not in small part because of our mutual, brilliant mate, Dave Sharples.

But what's good, a little story on that I was talking to his mum, my sister, Katie, just an hour ago, and she said that that four points, he's got a t-shirt of it and from the song and he's been able to share his faith in school, which is beautiful. Yeah, amazing. That's what it's all about, isn't it? Yeah, so anyway, so that's a bit of context.

I don't know much about your childhood.

So, you know, how... Yeah, amazing. That's what it's all about, isn't it? Yeah. So anyway, so that's a bit of context. I don't know much about your childhood.

So, you know, how did you come to Jesus? I know your parents are pretty full or unpassionate disciples, aren't they?

But did it come quickly to you?

Yeah, I mean, so I was a week old, and my dad took a job with the Billy Graham organization.

And we moved from Maidenhead to Brussels and he was a festival director for him. He's an ex-policeman. My mom's an

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