Directory of Contemporary Worship Musicians - Way of Life Literature

television (Jay Leno, 1993). eir album “Jesus Freak” sold85,000 copies the first week, the highest first-week sales ofany Christian release to that time. eir 1998 albumSupernatural debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200 charts,which was unprecedented for a “Christian” album.Toby wears two ear rings and has long hair. eirinterviews contain offensive and vulgar words such as“crappy” and “freaking.” e Bible says we should use only“sound speech, that cannot be condemned; that he that is ofthe contrary part may be ashamed, having no evil thing to sayof you” (Titus 2:8).Toby McKeehan and Michael Tait began their careertogether by performing the rap song “Heavenbound” before8,000 enthusiastic Liberty students, and Kevin Smith joinedthem soon thereaer.e three met at the charismatic Heritage USA whenFalwell was attempting to rescue the PTL Club aer JimBakker was arrested. e origin of this rock group, therefore,is related to the compromise of Jerry Falwell in associatingwith the worldly/unscriptural PTL Club.In 1991 Falwell stated: “During Toby, Michael, and Kevin’stenure at Liberty University, it was obvious to me that Godhad great plans for these three young men and their powerfulprogram...” (Calendar magazine, Spring/Summer 1991, p. 8).Terry Watkins observes, “at’s quite a statement by BrotherFalwell, considering that Kevin was kicked out of Liberty fora ‘drinking’ problem!”e group was praised in the June 1996 issue of Falwell’sNational Liberty Journal: “is year’s top artists are LibertyUniversity’s own dc Talk, whose Jesus Freak CD experiencednever-before-seen sales figures for gospel music.” In April1996 the hard-rocking dc Talk drew the largest concert crowdin the history of Falwell’s university.74