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The Newsboys Singer Who Stopped Singing for 30 Years

John James was the voice of Shine, Breakfast, Take Me to Your Leader, and Not Ashamed — the songs that defined the Newsboys' most creative era and introduced a generation to Christian music that was quirky, bold, and unlike anything else on the radio. He spent 16 years with the band. Then his world fell apart. He lost his marriage, his ministry, his career, and eventually flew back to Australia not to start over but, as he puts it plainly, to disappear and die.

Brokenness, the lies that keep you silent, and the God who refuses to give up on his kids: John shares what it was like to hit…

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