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'''Richard Mullins''' (October 21, 1955 – September 19, 1997) was an [[United States|American ]] singer and songwriter. The most famous of his songs is "[[Awesome God (song)|Awesome God]]", a song commonly heard in churches around the English speaking world. He died in a car accident in 1997 and is remembered especially for his sincere devotion to his faith.
===Biography===
Richard Wayne Mullins (October 21, 1955 – September 19, 1997) was born in Richmond, Indiana. Starting in 1986, he was a well-known Christian music artist until his untimely death in an automobile accident in 1997.
He is best-known for his praise choruses "[[Awesome God (song)|Awesome God]]" and "[[Step by Step (song)|Step by Step]]", which have been embraced as modern classics by the Christian [[church]]. Two of his albums are considered among Christian music's best: 1986's Winds of Heaven, Stuff of Earth and 1993's A Liturgy, A Legacy, & A Ragamuffin Band. His songs have been covered by the likes of [[Michael W. Smith]], [[Amy Grant]], [[Caedmon's Call]], and [[Jars of Clay]] but his influence on his colleagues in the music business reaches further.
In addition to his music, Rich Mullins is also remembered for his sincere devotion to the Christian faith. He often called Saint Francis of Assisi (1181-1226) his "hero", and modelled his life after him by having great compassion on the poor and adhering to a vow of poverty. In 1997, he composed a musical about the life of St. Francis (set in the Old West) called Canticle of the Plains.
==Quotes==
Rich Mullins
: Exactly two months before the tragic death of Rich Mullins
:: "Never forget what Jesus did for you. Never take lightly what it cost Him. And never assume that if it cost Him His very life, that it won't also cost you yours'."
:: "So go out and live real good and I promise you'll get beat up real bad. But, in a little while after you're dead, you'll be rotted away anyway. It's not gonna matter if you have a few scars. It will matter if you didn't live."
:: "It's so funny being a Christian musician. It always scares me when people think so highly of Christian music, Contemporary Christian music especially. Because I kinda go, I know a lot of us, and we don't know jack about anything. Not that I don't want you to buy our records and come to our concerts. I sure do. But you should come for entertainment. If you really want spiritual nourishment, you should go to church.. you should read the Scriptures."
:: "We do not find happiness by being assertive. We don't find happiness by running over people because we see what we want and they are in the way of that happiness so we either abandon them or we smash them. The Scriptures don't teach us to be assertive. The Scriptures teach us – and this is remarkable – the Scriptures teach us to be submissive. This is not a popular idea."
:: "I had a prof one time... He said, 'Class, you will forget almost everything I will teach you in here, so please remember this: that God spoke to Balaam through his ass, and He has been speaking through asses ever since. So, if God should choose to speak through you, you need not think too highly of yourself. And, if on meeting someone, right away you recognize what they are, listen to them anyway."
:: "I think if we were given the Scriptures, it was not so that we could prove that we were right about everything. If we were given the Scriptures, it was to humble us into realizing that God is right, and the rest of us are just guessing."
:: "Bear in mind, children, that they listen to you because you are kids - not because you are right. That's how our Father listens to us."
:: "We never understand what we're praying, and God, in His mercy, does not answer our prayers according to our understanding, but according to His wisdom."
:: "Yes, it's embarrassing to be born again, but imagine how embarrassing it must have been to be born the first time. At least this time you get to wear clothes!"
:: "We are not saved because we're good. We're good because we're saved. Never forget what Jesus did for you."
:: "If you've ever known the love of God, you know it's nothing but reckless and it's nothing but raging. Sometimes it hurts to be loved, and if it doesn't hurt it's probably not love, may be infatuation. I think a lot of American people are infatuated with God, but we don't really love Him, and they don't really let Him love them. Being loved by God is one of the most painful things in the world, it's also the only thing that can bring us salvation and it's like everything else that is really wonderful, there's a little bit of pain in it, little bit of hurt."
:: "It's just that for so many people that I know, Christianity's this matter of ... it has everything to do with morals. Christianity is a religion about morals. And they will even talk about Jesus. And they will say kids need to know about Jesus so they won't smoke, drink, or dance, or go with girls that do, and all that kind of thing. And I kinda go, 'That's not why people need to know about Jesus. The only reason--The only possible excuse for talking about Jesus is because we need a Savior.'"
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