need2hunt Posted January 6, 2007 Report Share Posted January 6, 2007 Some of you that have been around for a while might have heard me mention that Rich Mullins was one of the greatest singer/songwriters that I know of. He died back in 1997 at age 51 in a car accident that occured less than 2 hours from where I live. For you that don't know who he is, he sang contemporary christian music - if you've ever heard the song Awesome God, well he wrote it. I had the pleasure of seeing him several times in concert and talked to him a couple times, one of the most down to earth people I've met. I remember after his death a friend of his talking about him. His friend was just starting in the music business and Rich had been in it and very successful for years. His friend wasn't trying to be nosey but was wondering what type of money he could expect if he ended up doing as well as Rich did. They were close enough that one day he asked Rich if he would give him a rough ballpark on what sort of money he made with his record sales and concerts. Rich's answer was I don't know. His friend was kind of emberassed and apologized for asking such a personal question and that he didn't mean to offend him. Rich told him that he wasn't offended, he really didn't know, nor did he want to. He had taken a vow of poverty, all of his proceeds went directly to his church where it was divided up for various ministries, Rich only received back what was the yearly income of an average working class american. I've been listening to some of his music the last few days and also noticed that someone had a memorial page for him on myspace. Thought you might enjoy reading some of Rich's quote's. If you ever get the chance to listen to his music or read the book about him it's well worth it. "Never forget what Jesus did for you. Never take lightly what it cost Him. And never assume that if it cost Him His very life, that it won't also cost you yours." "So go out and live real good and I promise you'll get beat up real bad. But, in a little while after you're dead, you'll be rotted away anyway. It's not gonna matter if you have a few scars. It will matter if you didn't live." "It's so funny being a Christian musician. It always scares me when people think so highly of Christian music, Contemporary Christian music especially. Because I kinda go, I know a lot of us, and we don't know jack about anything. Not that I don't want you to buy our records and come to our concerts. I sure do. But you should come for entertainment. If you really want spiritual nourishment, you should go to church...you should read the Scriptures." "We do not find happiness by being assertive. We don't find happiness by running over people because we see what we want and they are in the way of that happiness so we either abandon them or we smash them. The Scriptures don't teach us to be assertive. The Scriptures teach us—and this is remarkable—the Scriptures teach us to be submissive. This is not a popular idea." "I had a prof one time... He said, 'Class, you will forget almost everything I will teach you in here, so please remember this: that God spoke to Balaam through his ****, and He has been speaking through asses ever since. So, if God should choose to speak through you, you need not think too highly of yourself. And, if on meeting someone, right away you recognize what they are, listen to them anyway'." "I think if we were given the Scriptures, it was not so that we could prove that we were right about everything. If we were given the Scriptures, it was to humble us into realizing that God is right, and the rest of us are just guessing." "Christianity is not about building an absolutely secure little niche in the world where you can live with your perfect little wife and your perfect little children in your beautiful little house where you have no gays or minority groups anywhere near you. Christianity is about learning to love like Jesus loved and Jesus loved the poor and Jesus loved the broken." "Bear in mind, children, that they listen to you because you are kids—not because you are right. That's how our Father listens to us." "We never understand what we're praying, and God, in His mercy, does not answer our prayers according to our understanding, but according to His wisdom." "Yes, it's embarrassing to be born again, but imagine how embarrassing it must have been to be born the first time. At least this time you get to wear clothes!" "We are not saved because we're good. We're good because we're saved. Never forget what Jesus did for you." "If you've ever known the love of God, you know it's nothing but reckless and it's nothing but raging. Sometimes it hurts to be loved, and if it doesn't hurt it's probably not love, may be infatuation. I think a lot of American people are infatuated with God, but we don't really love Him, and they don't really let Him love them. Being loved by God is one of the most painful things in the world, it's also the only thing that can bring us salvation and it's like everything else that is really wonderful, there's a little bit of pain in it, little bit of hurt." "It's just that for so many people that I know, Christianity's this matter of ... it has everything to do with morals. Christianity is a religion about morals. And they will even talk about Jesus. And they will say kids need to know about Jesus so they won't smoke, drink, or dance, or go with girls that do, and all that kind of thing. And I kinda go, 'That's not why people need to know about Jesus. The only reason—the only possible excuse for talking about Jesus is because we need a Savior.'" "I am a Christian, not because someone explained the nuts and bolts of Christianity to me, but because there were people willing to be nuts and bolts." "If you want a religion that makes sense, go somewhere else. But if you want a religion that makes life, choose Christianity." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckee Posted January 6, 2007 Report Share Posted January 6, 2007 Re: Rich Mullins Comments That's a lot of wisdom right there. I don't know if I've ever heard his music, but will have to look for it now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
htephil Posted January 6, 2007 Report Share Posted January 6, 2007 Re: Rich Mullins Comments Great Post to share! We have some of his video's and still love to listen to his music. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUGARKAHNE Posted January 6, 2007 Report Share Posted January 6, 2007 Re: Rich Mullins Comments Thanks for posting those quotes-they were great. I love his music, especially when he sings with The Ragamuffin Band. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnf Posted January 7, 2007 Report Share Posted January 7, 2007 Re: Rich Mullins Comments Rich Mullins is my all time favorite musician. If you don't have any of his music, buy some. You will not be dissapointed. "Brothers Keeper" is my personal favorite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unioncountyslayer Posted January 8, 2007 Report Share Posted January 8, 2007 Re: Rich Mullins Comments What a servant of God he was! His heart was definately in the right place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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