The message in the blockbuster hit film, I Can Only Imagine, is that life is sometimes painfully challenging. Wounds can be deep and slow to heal, but forgiveness is powerful and redemption is possible. God works all things out according to his purposes and in his perfect timing. Bart Millard risked a great deal to share his story with the … Read More
What Bart Millard and His Mother Can Teach Us About Unforgiveness “Did Bart Millard ever talk to his mother again after she left?” That’s the question I asked myself after watching the film, I Can Only Imagine. When you’ve only got a minute of screen time to tell a years-long story, details can often be hard to find. Thankfully, … Read More
Have you ever been rejected? Can you remember that intense feeling of inferiority that came when someone said you weren’t good enough? In this post, we look at how God’s love speaks to our sense of inadequacy and challenges us to look forward to the day when we see our perfect acceptance in Christ.
Have your dreams ever collided with reality? In this post, we look at 5 of the hardest aspects of Bart Millard’s story and why they should’ve put an end to all his hopes and dreams. More importantly, we learn that God’s reality is much better than our present circumstances. As much as we might be tempted to give up on ourselves, but He will never leave us nor forsake us.
In this post, we tell the incredible story of how “I Can Only Imagine” crossed over to take mainstream radio by storm. No spoilers here, but the story involves a couple of rush-hour shock jocks, a bull-headed listener, and a well-placed seminary student.
Some songs only take a few minutes to write. Others take an entire lifetime. In this post, we recount the story of Bart Millard’s traumatic childhood and the radical grace that transformed his abusive father into his best friend. Out of that transformation and the hope, Bart found following his father’s untimely death came the double platinum hit, “I Can Only Imagine.
