A Prayer for Peace & Hope at Christmas: Chris Tomlin and Tom & Pam Banwart
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🗓️ 24 December 2020
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
Gifts come in all shapes and sizes, but there’s nothing greater than the gift of love, no matter its wrapping. As award-winning worship artist Chris Tomlin looked forward to welcoming his newest daughter in December, he was reminded of the miracle of Christ’s birth, and how Jesus was the greatest gift we could ever receive. Tom and Pam Banwart have been spreading love in a variety of ways in their Florida community since the start of COVID-19. Through acts of service and kindness like bagel deliveries, active prayer outside hospitals, and sharing worship music, the Banwarts are suiting up and showing up for our frontline responders and demonstrating a consistent, Christ-like love to those fighting every single day.
Links, Products, and Resources Mentioned:
Past interview: RaeLynn
Upcoming interview: Ryan Sheckler
Scripture: Birth of Jesus
Virtual Event - Christmas Songs of Worship: ChrisTomlin.com
New album: Miracle of Love: Christmas Songs of Worship
Tom & Pam Banwart
Interview Quotes:
“When I come to try to write songs, I'm always thinking, I want to write songs that bring worship to God, the reason that we have Christmas.” - Chris Tomlin
“Can you imagine what Mary must have felt when the angels came to Joseph and Mary in the tree and said, ‘Oh, by the way, you're about to have a baby and it’s going to be the Son of God.’” - Chris Tomlin
“I sat down and I thought, Here's a moment to write a song that's really personal to me, [because] my Christmas baby is coming, but [it] also has a parallel of Jesus coming at Christmas as well.” - Chris Tomlin
“Jesus is the greatest miracle that's ever happened to the world.” - Chris Tomlin
"When COVID-19 hit, we didn't know what to do, we were afraid. The thought that just kept coming to me was, What a wonderful opportunity for us as Christians, that God gave us this chance to fight the spiritual battle." - Tom Banwart
“The best thing for me in my life has been the consistency of Christ. And He has consistently been there, no matter what I'd done, where I'd been or anything. He's been there, and they need to know that they had that, too.” - Tom Banwart, on praying for first responders and patients outside their local hospital
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| 0:00.0 | I love that the Christmas season is a season of hope. |
| 0:05.0 | Christmas slows us down anyway, even though it's hustled and most so it slows us |
| 0:08.5 | down to be thankful for what we have, but this year it's even more so. |
| 0:12.0 | And that's what my encouragement is, |
| 0:15.0 | is that you'd find the peace and hope of the season. |
| 0:17.0 | Welcome to the Jesus Calling Podcast. |
| 0:20.0 | During this Christmas season |
| 0:22.0 | we have the privilege of hearing from guests who make it their mission to bring gifts of joy and service to people all year long, one on a national platform, and another a couple who make a difference in their own community. |
| 0:35.3 | We welcome Platinum Selling Worship Artist Chris Tomlin and Mission-minded Retired Couple, |
| 0:40.5 | Tom and Pan Banwort to the show this week. |
| 0:45.0 | Chris Tomlin is a platinum selling multiple Grammy and |
| 0:51.0 | double award winning worship artist whose music has been sung in churches all over the world. |
| 0:56.1 | Playing to sold out venues filled with people who are hungry to know God through worship. |
| 1:00.9 | Chris felt the calling to be used by God at a very early age, writing his first |
| 1:05.1 | worship song at the age of 14. In addition to his passion for worship music, Chris has a special place |
| 1:10.7 | in his heart for the Christmas season and for many years has done a highly popular Christmas worship tour. |
| 1:16.0 | With 2020 bringing a halt to live performances, Chris decided to bring his program to people right in their homes with a special virtual Christmas concert. |
| 1:25.2 | Chris reflects on why Christmas hymns are so meaningful to him and why this time of year |
| 1:29.6 | holds so many wonderful memories for he and his family. |
| 1:32.1 | Chris also has a new reason to love Christmas. many and it was a songwriter for many many years and for me it's just been about |
| 1:45.0 | writing songs to help give people a voice to worship God in church and it's been |
| 1:50.9 | amazing to see how these songs have taken me all over the world and never would have dreamed it. |
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