You can read the full article here.  –> As I Lay Dying Frontman Tim Lambesis Pleads Guilty in Murder for Hire Plot | Music News | Rolling Stone  

Somewhere along the line, this band labeled themselves as Christians.

But now the front man, is being put in jail for a murder for hire plot.  He paid an undercover cop $1000 to kill his estranged wife.

When I first heard about this, I was appalled, that someone would take another humans life for $1000.  I was also appalled that someone would want their wife dead.

People don’t just arrive at their poor decisions.  There’s a downward spiral.  I don’t know if these guys were ever on a Christian label ever or not.  But I think Christian labels should start assigning pastoral care to their bands.  I feel like Christian rap labels do this type of thing.

Who was checking in with this guy?  How’d he go from being in a Christian band to having multiple affairs, drug use and then hiring someone to murder his wife?

Do me a favor?  Check in with people. Check in with people that you know that are in the limelight, that appear to have it all together.  Be willing to listen and not judge.  Pray for those that are in the spotlight, it seems like the devil loves to take those people out.

Pray for me and Jess as we’re in full time ministry.  If you have an established relationship with us already, take the time to check in with us and see how we’re really doing.

Engage:  Who do you need to check in with?  Reach out to them and do it!