Marty DeRoche

How A Bullet And A Bible Saved More Than One Life

BY TERESA SCHWEINSBERG

How could a bullet and a Bible save many lives? Marty DeRoche had no idea one song would have such a far-reaching impact. Though Marty did not really see himself as a Faith Country artist, he had loved and sung B.J. Thomas songs as a boy and dreamed of one day moving to Nashville to sing one of those songs on the Grand Ole Opry. Soon he would learn that his southern upbringing in Louisville, Kentucky, would combine his faith with Country music in a song seemingly written for him. God was about to bring his dreams full circle. “I was blessed to be raised in church by a Christian family who took me for Sunday morning and evening services and Wednesday night prayer meeting. I had a Sunday School teacher who…

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Singing News (Digital) - 1 Issue, November 2023

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