Wow, it’s been a crazy packed full year so far for the guys of Disciple. They just finished touring the country on the Rock & Worship Roadshow, and we recently caught word that they are hard at work in the studio- laying down tracks for their brand new album! I don’t know about you, but we’ve still got “Horseshoes & Handgrenades” in regular rotation, and can’t wait to hear what the guys have next! Check out the story behind their most recent single “Remedy” below, and scroll down to see what the band has been up to.

Story Behind The Song “Remedy”

It’s getting to that place where you realize Christ is your only hope and that if we keep looking into ourselves for the answer, it’s just not there. We have to lay down our life to find real life in Him. – Kevin Young

Update From The Road!

Day off in Boston! @ Fenway Park

Unofficial members of the Manchester Monarchs.

Disciple Crowd Cam from Sacramento, CA. You guys rocked. Massive thanks to Mercy Me and everyone on the Roadshow…

Disciple bowling night

NEWS! Micah produced and recorded a 5 song EP for a band called “The Current” and they need your support! Check it out and show some love! fb.me/U1ZMP1WV

Want to dig into The Word with Disciple? Head over to their message boards, for weekly bible study with the band! Click here to go see what people are saying about 2 Corinthians!

Jonny Diaz has a brand new single on the way, and spent some time recently sharing a little bit about it with us. Check out the video below to see what he had to say about the story and meaning behind his new song “Scars!”

Praise God we don’t have to hide scars
They just strengthen our wounds and they soften our hearts
They remind us of where we have been, but not who we are
Praise God we don’t have to hide scars

-Jonny Diaz

Thanksgiving is just around the corner and it has already got me thinking about all of the things I’m thankful for. There is so much that God has blessed me with like my family, friends, food to put on the table… the list is endless. However, at the end of the day none of the things that He has given me compares to the gift He gave through his son Jesus so that I may know Him and have a relationship with Him. Jonny Diaz talks about it in his song “How Can It Be?” where he stands in awe of the fact that the God of the universe knows and loves each one of us and hears our every word. See what he had to say about it below. What things are you thankful this Thanksgiving? Let us know in the comments section to enter at winning Jonny’s latest self-titled album!

One of my biggest struggles as a believer is just looking out at this world filled with billions of people and still believing the idea that God could know me personally. Not just know me, but know the hairs on my head, know my every thought, my every heart beat. So “How Can It Be” is just this song where I’m in awe asking God, “How can this be?” Its just so cool to think that every single person out of billions of people, God knows and loves individually and he wants that individual time with us. – Jonny Diaz

Since we’ve been talking about food so much lately surrounding the Thanksgiving Holiday we wanted to let Jonny Diaz also tell you about his favorite place to eat. He loves Chik-Fil-A so much that he wrote a song about it.

Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. Consider him who endured such opposition from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart. Hewbrews 12:1-3

Over the last year I have gained a new found love of running. Yes, I am one of those people that takes joy in torturing myself that way, and am running my second ½ marathon this weekend to prove it. I never thought I would actually get excited to wake up at 6am each Saturday morning (the one day of the week that I could actually sleep in) in order to put myself in physical pain but I have in fact turned into that crazy person. Actually, now that I think of it, I truly believe that this transformation to crazy I’ve undergone has completely been God’s doing and I was reminded of that today while listening to The Afters’ song “Won’t Give Up.”

I used to run randomly off and on without any real purpose or motivation, and well… I can’t say that I actually enjoyed it very much. But throughout the process of training for an actual race there has been something about that bigger goal ahead that really gets me going. This morning I was watching this behind the song video below from The Afters for their song “Won’t Give Up” and it really reminded me of this lesson that God has taught me over and over again through the discipline of running. We are all running a race with our lives that God has allowed us to be a part of, and it’s so important to press on through the hard times and bumps in the road for the sake of our bigger goal. Keeping our eyes on the true prize at the end of it all is key, and the verses from Hebrews 12 above are what I think of every time I want to quit and throw in the towel during a rough spot.

The song “Won’t Give Up” was actually inspired by the The Afters’ favorite sports team (The Dallas Cowboys) and was written about staying strong and fighting till the end- in the actual game, but also in the race we’re all running for The Lord. Check out what frontman Josh Havens has to say about the song in this behind the scenes video interview. I know I’ll be thinking about it this weekend

When you’re down and out and you feel like you are not going to be able to get back up and finish. You need to have a rally cry. “Won’t Give Up” is kind of a rally cry to get back up, dust your shoes off and keep going on.

-Josh Havens, The Afters