Still a ‘Jesus Freak’—60-Year-Old TobyMac Continues To Use the Stage To Proclaim the Name of Jesus

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TobyMac in Columbus, Ohio, during his 2025 Hits Deep Tour. Photo credit: ChurchLeaders

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TobyMac, whose real name is Toby McKeehan, continues to use his platform to tell his fans about God.

The 60-year-old artist has won seven Grammy Awards and 20 Dove Awards as a solo artist. And that doesn’t include the four Grammy Awards and 16 Dove Awards he won as a member of DC Talk.

With only five more dates left on his Hits Deep Tour, fans filled a Columbus, Ohio, arena on a Sunday night to hear their favorite “Jesus Freak” blast through a 25-song set list.

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Fresh off the release of his latest album, “Heaven on my Mind,” a transparent TobyMac shared his heart throughout the night, focusing on his struggles with tragically losing his firstborn son, Truett, to an accidental overdose in 2019.

TobyMac told the crowd that at Truett’s funeral, he declared to his family that they had to rebuild on the rock that is Jesus Christ. And ever since, God has been faithful, even when TobyMac has been unfaithful.

“Knock on God’s door and you will never be sorry you knocked,” TobyMac encouraged the thousands in attendance. “Because he is there and he will take you in. He doesn’t leave. He remains faithful.”

Before singing “City on Our Knees,” the Christian music pioneer prayed that everyone in the city of Columbus would turn their eyes on God.

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“God, I pray that you would bless the families in this great city,” TobyMac prayed. “I pray that you bless the students, the parents, the single people out there. God, I pray you bless them.”

TobyMac during 2025 Hits Deep Tour in Columbus, Ohio. Photo credit: ChurchLeaders

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Jesse T. Jackson
Jesse is the Senior Content Editor for ChurchLeaders and Site Manager for ChristianNewsNow. An undeserving husband to a beautiful wife, and a father to 4 beautiful children. He is currently a church elder in training, a growth group leader, and is a member of University Baptist Church in Beavercreek, Ohio. Follow him on twitter here (https://twitter.com/jessetjackson). Accredited member of the Evangelical Press Association.

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