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From rome, italy. Michael w. Smith will be joining me in just a few minutes. Hes put together a very special music team. You say, franklin, why are you in rome . Well, jesus was born in the roman empire. He ministered in the roman empire. In bible times, rome was the center of political, economic, and military power. Rome ruled the world. Jesus had many encounters with roman citizens. One in particular was a centurion. He had a friend, a servant, who was deathly ill, and he asked if jesus would heal him. And jesus said, ill go, and the centurion said, no, you dont have to. Jesus said i will go and youa dont have to, just say the word and my servant will be healed and all you have to do and say the word. Another roman was pilate, the governor. Jesus had been betrayed. The jewish elders were jealous. They were afraid of him. They plotted his murder and they turned him over to pilate because they couldnt crucify him. Only the romans could do that. Pilate examined jesus. He said, i find no ....
I mean, i once was dead and i m alive. i just think it s incredible. thank you, lord, for these amazing musicians. we dedicate everything that we do. may everything that we play and sing and say glorify you in every way. (smith) when i was thinking about the music, i sort of had an idea of what i wanted to do, but i had a request the very first time from franklin. (chuckles) there s always the first. franklin wanted me to sing in christ alone, but he wanted an orchestra. i got to put my orchestra hat on and to be able to get in the studio and to be able to create a template of what in christ alone could be like orchestrally. my hope for the audience? this certain arrangement, they ll go, whoa, i ve never heard it like that. something about that second verse going, i never thought about that. ....