Michael Tait has confessed his sins. I’m relieved he did the right thing
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George Luke2025-06-12T18:28:00
After being accused of serious sexual misconduct and drug abuse, the former Newsboys singer Michael Tait has issued a full apology. George Luke hopes other Christian leaders caught in sin will take the same approach
“What if I stumble / What if I fall? / What if I lose my step / And I make fools of us all?”
This week, 30 years after he first sang those words with his then band DC Talk, Michael Tait has answered his own question: Confess. Admit to everything. Make a fulsome apology.
The high-profile Christian music artist, former the Newsboys frontman, star of a stage musical and a fixture of a popular Christian film franchise – has confessed to having excessively abused drugs and
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After being accused of serious sexual misconduct and drug abuse, the former Newsboys singer Michael Tait has issued a full apology. George Luke hopes other Christian leaders caught in sin will take the same approach
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