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FamilyChristian.com: The other thing you do that's really important is in last bridge: "But I believe there is hope for me/And it's gonna take some time." I think our tendency is to continue to see them as they were when they divorced. The song ends with a reminder that your parent is a child of God too.

Jeromy: And I'm really hesitant to talk about it because I want people to understand that my dad's remarried. So is my mom. And I pray that God blesses their marriages. God never desired for them to be divorced. He hates it. It would be better if they had stayed married. But you can't unscramble scrambled eggs. Now the only thing we can do is pray that God blesses it and that they come closer to Jesus. It's a little hard. It's hard because my parents are actually friends, which makes it even weirder. Jennifer: And they live in the same town.

FamilyChristian.com: That is almost harder because then you're like, "Well, if you're friends, then why didn't you stay together? Do you see how much it's affected my life? For you it was a choice but it's changed my whole life." How has your parents' divorce affected your outlook on life?

Jeromy: Typical insecurities that you might not have if you felt the full approval of your parents and stuff. Even though they probably give it to you, you just don't feel it. I think when your parents choose you instead of getting a divorce, you feel more secure.

I talk about it a lot since the record's done and a few people have heard it. I've been careful to tell everybody, "Look, it's not a record about divorce. It's not FFH's new stand. It's not our new platform. We're still an evangelism-centered group. We just felt like this was something that people needed to hear." Some people more than me felt like it was something people needed to hear. It's the title track of the record, not really because it's about divorce but because they liked the title. There's so many different meanings to it.

FamilyChristian.com: And especially for evangelism. What a great introduction, "Have I ever told you?"

Jennifer: I think that's what people automatically think when they see the title.

Jeromy: So, we'll see what happens. When it gets in the marketplace, I think there's going to be people that call and say, "Why would you want to stir up things?" I think there's also going to be people who hear it and say, "This is what I've been trying to tell you for so long." That's my hope, that people can say, "This is what I've been trying to say."

FamilyChristian.com: How does that title carry on to the rest of the record?

Jeromy: I think there's so much about FFH that people didn't know. And we've always been real open about who we are. We've always tried to have been as easily accessible as possible. But musically and lyrically and spiritually, there's things that we never got a chance to say or do. We never got a chance to use a choir on a record. Brian has never written on a record like he did on this.

FamilyChristian.com: Another favorite is "On My Cross." What inspired that song?

Jeromy: FFH was asked to write a couple songs for a Max Lucado project called He Chose the Nails that we didn't end up being able to be a part of. We liked the songs enough to put them on our record. So that's why they're so cross-centered.

Michael: When we recorded that song, there were actually people who recorded the orchestra parts, that stayed and listened to the tune after they got done and were literally raising their hands in the studio. It finished and they were sitting in the studio raising their hands and worshipping. It was awesome.

Jennifer: The strings are beautiful on there.

FamilyChristian.com: Let's go back to just the idea of evangelism being your heart of really what you do. Now that you're seeing larger crowds, it's a lot different playing in front of a church of 150 where a couple of people would come up versus a couple thousand. How do you continue to make yourself available?

Have I Ever... by FFH

Jeromy: Before we ever signed, we were doing gospel presentations in the concert. We were just talking about this in another interview. Every chance we get, we'll give a gospel presentation. We don't carry an altar with us or have a big altar call or anything like that. But we do, in the middle of an FFH concert, we'll give a gospel presentation. I'll give my testimony. Michael will play his guitar. It's the middle of the concert.

In the past four years, we've had 7,000 people respond to that. I've got a box at home of FFH commitment cards. Nobody comes forward. As soon as they get done praying, we go into a real short worship time and then Brian ends with prayer. And in that worship time, they go to another room. Our road manager, Matt, will have them fill out a card that's not a "con you into coming to church" card. It's just a "we just want to make sure somebody calls you." We give them a gospel of John. We give them an FFH devotional CD and we give them a Max Lucado book called The Gift. So they have that material. It takes at the max, three or four minutes. When they're back in, we start the concert again. And after the concert, we're meet people and hang out as much as we can.

FamilyChristian.com: Do you work with local promoters then so that people who do want to find somebody they can talk to can get connected?

Jeromy: They'll get called. Every single one of them.

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