In this video, Andy Mineo shares his struggles with faith, what it means to follow Christ, and how Scripture got him through those difficult times.
Christian Artist Andy Mineo
Andy Mineo is a Christian hip-hop artist who is also a music executive and producer.
He was one of the artists in The Boise Harvest with Jeremy Camp, Chris Tomlin, Jordan Feliz, and the Harvest Worship Band. It was a gathering that saw a harvest of thousands of souls for Jesus.
In an exclusive interview with YouVersion, Andy revealed his journey of doubting God.
“A lot of people know me as an artist who is very open about my faith. An interesting thing is that in the last few years I’ve experienced a tremendous amount of doubt,” he said.
Andy Mineo Growing Up
He grew up in a Christian home. He went to church at a very young age and joined the youth group. “Our parents are Christians, and so being a Christian is just part of how you understand life,” he said.
But regardless of his upbringing, Andy admitted that he had doubted God.
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“I think a lot of people have questions, doubts, and fears, and they feel like they have to work on them on their own. That’s where the idea of, “Do I trust God when I don’t see Him, when everything seems confusing? Do I trust that He’s ultimately good and has better ideas for me than I do?” he said.
Finding God
It was a confusing season, and the path wasn’t clear for Andy. But he had a desire to know God on a personal level.
“Let me just wipe everything out that I know about God and start from zero and start with the Bible. As we look through the scripture, we see David and all kinds of people just shaking their fist at God and asking questions. God wants a relationship with us and He can handle our fears, our outbursts. Or our emotions. I think that my music is an honest reflection of who I am as a person,” he said.
Because of his deep desire to know God, Andy was motivated to learn to see the world through the lens of scripture.
God’s Word
“And I think who I am as a person is deeply shaped by my relationship with God. I want the truth of the Bible to live in me in such a way that as I talk about things, as I talk about money, as I talk about sex, relationships, friendship, all those things that would be colored by the Bible. The Bible is the way I look at the world, the way I see everything is shaped by that. So, I think, my music is naturally an outcome of that,” he concluded.
Reference | YouVersion
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