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" I know, when I was growing up, a lot of the views I was listening to, it was a worldview that was not helpful. The world even sold me a false idea of what the good life was, and I wish that people would have helped me to think better about how to interact with that worldview. "

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" What I see in Scripture are the priorities: My wife was beautiful to me, and she loved God, and we got along well. When I look in Scripture for what I want in a wife, here she is, right here. "

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" There was a time when I was in my sins and I was God's enemy, but now I have been purchased in Christ, and God is for me. He is not going to do anything or command anything that is not ultimately for my good and for His glory. "

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" One of the things that I just kind of became very enthusiastic about, and wanted to learn more about it, is how God saves. "

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" When people ask me what I call myself, I am not going to say 'Christian rapper,' because what they think of when they hear Christian rap is something very different from what I do. "

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" One of my passions is helping people understand the Word. I think the most important thing we should be thinking about is who created us and how we were created to live. So I thought that I want to spend a lot of my time actually studying God's Word. "

" I think about the very truth that changed my life. I want to put good things in my music. "

" The industry is starting to be more open to what we do. I just don't want us to be boxed in whatever people assume Christian rap should be. We're dudes who love hip hop, and we love Jesus, and that's going to be apparent in our music. "

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People

" Before I walk onto the stage, it's about the centrality of Jesus and just really keeping a focus on Jesus as opposed to ourselves. "

" I never want to give people something I've already given them; I wanna give them something new, you know? So the people who've been enjoying my music for years, I hope they continue to enjoy. "

" I've done admin work, preaching and teaching, youth ministry, marital counseling, etc. "

" It would be really dangerous for us to assume that Christian hip-hop's popularity equals racial unity. "

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" It was always very clear to me that God was sovereign in salvation. "

" Black art is not some kind of a magic wand: there still has to be a humble heart attached that's listening to it. And I know it's not a wand because plenty of fans love to turn on us as soon as they realize we are actual black people, with black concerns in our black lives. "

" I've definitely seen huge shifts, but the church is a little afraid of hip-hop, and hip-hop is a little afraid of the church. It's a weird middle area I'm often stuck in. "

" I would like the secular world to know that the Scriptures are about the things that we wrestle with every day. The Scriptures are not ignorant. Life is really hard. We know that things don't always go well and that our hearts don't naturally obey God. "

" I wanted to write a book specifically aimed toward young people. I wanted to write a book that anybody can read and enjoy, but I did want to aim it at young people and, even more specifically, urban young people. "

" I'm not good at very many things. The stuff I'm good at tends to be the stuff that people know me for. "

" There are different pastors that are good at different things, but one of the things I love is everything I do as a pastor is centered around helping people to understand what God has said in his word, so I don't have to come up with a bunch of new stuff to say. "

" I always assumed I'd marry a black woman. "

" I put a lot of my studies into my music and my writing. I want to be able to address real life issues in a way that not only takes God into account but takes his perspective as we see in His Word. I have a strong desire to be pastor that - I do think it's in my future, but I'm not sure how soon. I do this as a season of preparation for that. "

" The fact that God is for me, that is huge for me when I am thinking about fighting my own sins, because my art tells me that God is against you. "

" I've loved hip-hop all of my life, but there came a time in my life when my entire life had a shift: where, before, I was just kind of going to church every now and then; then, there was an actual change, where I actually understood who Jesus was, actually understood the message of the Gospel, and my entire life changed. "

" I don't' really have lots of hobbies. I like to read and hang out with my family. I'm a pretty boring person beyond that. "

" Let me continue to try to set the record straight: I never retired. "

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" I think I used to not know if I could be a good pastor because I think I had some things in mind that I thought were part of being a pastor that don't necessarily have to be. "

" If I just point out the fact that black people hurt each other, too, then we can ignore the fact that other people harm black people. I think it's an irresponsible argument. "

" The gospel is the power of God for salvation for all who believe, not just old, black grandmothers or not just old, white Republican guys. "

" Waiting is a big part of life. We don't like to admit that, especially our generation; we don't like to wait on stuff. We want stuff immediately. "