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Program Code: YFBR170013B


00:01 Hi, and welcome back.
00:02 Many of you have been watching sometimes may feel sorry for me
00:06 for the inability that I have of forming sentences.
00:10 Somewhere in between my brain and my mouth,
00:13 the words get confused.
00:14 And I have a little bit of trouble sometimes
00:16 and I'm working on that.
00:17 But I have friends who are brilliant songwriters
00:21 that can form sentences and write songs,
00:24 the lyrics of which are heavenly in my opinion.
00:28 And I have one of my friends on line right now, Dave Clark.
00:32 He's written several songs many that you've probably sung.
00:35 I'm gonna talk to him.
00:37 Let's see if he can give me some tips on how to talk.
00:39 Dave, are you there?
00:41 I'm here, Tim. How are you doing, sir?
00:43 Hey, I'm doing wonderful.
00:44 It is so great to see you.
00:46 I was just telling my friends
00:47 what a great songwriter you are.
00:49 Let's start off with maybe
00:50 some of the songs that you have written
00:51 that they may recognize.
00:54 Well, it depends who you listen to, I guess.
00:57 I've been doing it a long, long time.
00:59 And we wrote a lot of the stuff
01:01 for groups like For Him and Phillips, Craig and Dean,
01:04 and songs like Crucified with Christ,
01:07 Mercy Came Running,
01:09 This Is How It Feels To Be Free,
01:11 why, I'm not sure.
01:13 The irony is that I grew up in southern gospel music.
01:16 And last year was the first southern gospel single
01:19 I ever had.
01:21 Really?
01:22 And it was just kind of ironic but...
01:23 Now, how long have you been writing?
01:25 I wanted to write,
01:27 I felt like God called me to write from the time
01:29 I was a young kid.
01:30 I lived in Michigan.
01:32 Back in that day, we didn't have computers.
01:34 There was no other way to do it except move to Nashville.
01:38 So that's what I did, two weeks after high school.
01:40 I set out with the ugliest car in Michigan.
01:43 And by the time I got there,
01:45 I had the ugliest car in Nashville.
01:48 Cool.
01:49 Well, you felt right at home.
01:51 I did.
01:52 So you are also a musician though.
01:54 You brought that too to the table.
01:58 I played, you know, through high school and stuff,
02:02 and ended up my first professional music job
02:05 was riding on the same bus
02:07 that you rode on with the Spear family.
02:09 And I stayed there five years.
02:10 And I love being with them,
02:14 they were my parents' favorite group as a kid,
02:16 and it was a dream come true.
02:19 But I remember, one night,
02:20 we were doing the camp meeting in Iowa, Nazarene camp meeting.
02:24 And they did a song called,
02:26 pour through me about vessels have gone dry.
02:28 And even though I'd written a song,
02:30 I knew they would sing it to me.
02:32 They also sang the verse that night
02:34 that never get sung to the old hymn,
02:36 I'd rather have Jesus.
02:37 And that night, they sang:
02:39 I'd rather have Jesus to men's applause
02:41 I'd rather be faithful to His dear cause
02:44 I'd rather have Jesus than worldwide fame
02:45 And I knew who they were singing to.
02:47 We were in an industry
02:49 where the only way to gauge our success
02:51 was by men's applause.
02:53 And I went that week and resigned to Brock
02:55 and I just said, "God called me to write.
02:57 As good as you've been to me,
02:58 I don't know how I'm going to do it
03:00 but I've got to write songs."
03:01 Sweet.
03:03 Well, that's an awesome step of faith to take.
03:04 And I know that there are a lot of singers
03:06 and song writers in Nashville
03:09 who are trying to find their place,
03:11 and so it's a good thing to follow the calling of God
03:14 and to just put it all in His hands and trust Him.
03:17 And He certainly has been good to you.
03:19 I've seen your name on several billboard charts
03:22 and that's really, really cool.
03:24 And it's an honor to call you friend
03:26 to the extent that I am your friend at all.
03:29 But I do admire your talent and your gift,
03:32 and I encourage you to keep doing what you do.
03:36 Now you're also affiliated with a publishing company.
03:40 Are you still doing that?
03:42 Yes.
03:43 I am creative director for a company called Lillenas,
03:46 and they do a lot of church music
03:49 and we were blessed to get to work
03:51 with the Tim Parton arrangement
03:52 that came out last year with Michael Speck.
03:54 Right, cool.
03:55 I love the church.
03:57 And sometimes you call it core music,
03:59 sometimes it's inspirational music.
04:01 All my life, I have had one market in mind
04:04 and that's to write for where I felt like the church was.
04:06 Nice.
04:08 I love the ability to edify the saints through lyrics
04:10 that glorify God.
04:12 Sure.
04:13 So let's do a song
04:15 that maybe there's a favorite song of yours.
04:17 Anything you've written you like?
04:20 Probably, a writer always likes the last one they wrote,
04:24 and the best one is the one they're about to write, so.
04:28 But you know what?
04:29 Probably one that people might know
04:30 the most would be Christmas song.
04:33 And it was recorded about 20 years ago,
04:36 and every year since it's been recorded by another artist
04:40 in this past Christmas, Rascal Flatts recorded it,
04:43 so that was kind of exciting.
04:44 Cool. And so give me the title.
04:47 The title is, A Strange Way to Save the World.
04:50 Strange Way, all right.
04:51 Let's do it.
05:08 I'm sure he must have been surprised
05:15 At where this road had taken him
05:20 Cause never in a million lives
05:26 Would he have dreamed of Bethlehem
05:33 And standing at the manger
05:36 He saw with his own eyes
05:40 The message from the angel come to life
05:46 And Joseph said "Why me
05:50 I'm just a simple man of trade
05:54 Why Him
05:56 With all the rulers in the world
06:02 Why here
06:05 Inside this stable filled with hay
06:09 Why her, she's just an ordinary girl
06:16 Now I'm not one to second guess
06:21 What angels have to say
06:25 But this is such a strange way to save the World"
06:38 To think of how it could have been
06:44 If Jesus had come as He deserved
06:49 There would have been no Bethlehem
06:55 No lowly shepherds at His birth
07:02 But Joseph knew the reason
07:05 Love had to reach so far
07:09 And as he held the Savior in his arms
07:15 He must have thought "Why me
07:20 I'm just a simple man of trade
07:24 Why Him
07:26 With all the rulers in the world
07:32 Why here inside this stable filled with hay
07:39 Why her
07:41 She's just an ordinary girl
07:47 Now I'm not one to second guess
07:52 What angels have to say
07:56 But this is such a strange way
08:07 To save the World"
08:23 What a great song!
08:25 Wonderful, wonderful lyrics.
08:27 Dave Clark, you are amazing man.
08:29 Thank you very much and God bless you.
08:32 And I look forward to hearing more songs from you.
08:35 Tim, thank you so much and best of luck for your show.
08:38 And God is blessing on your whole staff there.
08:40 Thank you so much. Thanks, brother.
08:41 God bless you. Bye.
08:43 Bye-bye.
08:44 For Chuck and Gayle in Montana, and for Ellen in Virginia,
08:48 here are two more modern gospel songs
08:50 with beautifully crafted lyrics
08:52 depicting the second coming of Jesus Christ,
08:55 We Shall Behold Him and The Midnight Cry.
10:09 We shall behold Him
10:17 Yes, we shall behold Him
10:25 Face to face
10:30 In all of His glory
10:39 We shall behold Him
10:47 Yes, we shall behold Him
10:56 Face to face
11:05 Our Savior and Lord
11:13 The angel will sound
11:20 The shout of His coming
11:27 And the sleeping shall rise
11:34 From there slumbering place
11:42 And those who remain
11:50 Shall be changed in a moment
11:58 And we shall behold him
12:06 Then face to face
12:13 Yes, we shall behold Him
12:23 We shall behold Him
12:30 Face to face
12:34 In all of His glory
12:42 We shall behold Him
12:51 We shall behold Him
12:59 Face to face
13:06 Our Savior and Lord
13:14 When Jesus steps out
13:20 On a cloud to call God's children
13:26 The dead in Christ shall rise
13:32 To meet Him in the air
13:38 And then those that remain
13:44 Will be quickly changed
13:51 At the midnight cry
13:56 When Jesus comes again
14:05 I look around me
14:08 And I see prophecies fulfilling
14:15 And the signs of the times
14:20 They're appearing everywhere
14:26 I can almost hear the Father
14:32 As He says, "Son, go get my children"
14:40 And at the midnight cry
14:44 The bride of Christ shall rise
14:51 When Jesus steps out
14:57 On a cloud to call God's children
15:03 The dead in Christ shall rise
15:10 To meet Him in the air
15:16 And then those that remain
15:23 Will be quickly changed
15:29 We shall behold Him
15:35 Our Savior and Lord
15:54 Amen.
15:56 I have such sweet memories of New Year's Eve services
15:59 as a child when we would form a circle
16:02 around the church sanctuary
16:03 and sing this chorus
16:05 reminding each other of that blessed hope
16:07 that He is coming soon.
16:16 He's coming soon
16:21 He's coming soon
16:24 With joy
16:26 We welcome His returning
16:32 It may be morn
16:35 It may be night or noon
16:39 We know He's coming soon
16:46 Sing that with me.
16:48 He's coming soon He's coming soon
16:56 With joy we welcome His returning
17:04 It may be morn
17:08 It may be night or noon
17:13 We know He's coming soon
17:23 And if you believe that,
17:24 I think it's all the more important
17:26 to keep a song in your heart
17:28 because Jesus keeps us singing.
17:31 Jesus, Jesus, Jesus
17:35 Sweetest name I know
17:39 Fills my every longing
17:43 Keeps me singing as I go
17:54 Send me a song Then you sing along with me
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