The writer of "When He Returns" has to have had a real experience with the Lord.

Because those kind of lyrics do not come up out of just, you know, singing and writing. Some things come that way, but there are other things that have to come through the heart, through the soul, through some sort of a meeting that you've had, a coming together that you've had with the Lord. It's powerful stuff, powerful stuff.

This whole country was built upon principles of God. And then for us, as a country, to turn away, and go as far as we've gone, it's nothing but the story of the prodigal son all over again in the l5th chapter of Luke. And that prodigal son found out that things only got worse. As a matter of fact, Dylan said He is the only one that can reduce me to tears. And if you read the story of the prodigal son he was reduced to tears, getting ready to eat from the food that he was feeding the swine. So, he had to pick himself up. The Bible says "Come to himself," which means that when you have to come to yourself you're not yourself. And we're living in a world today that is really not itself. Things are not going to progress anymore unless people make that turn, come back to the Lord, and sit patiently enjoying the time that he's gone, but anticipatorily waiting for him to return. That's the way I live my life. That's why I can sing the song with the fervor that I did. I feel that there's more to singing than just knowing how to hit different notes. When you sing for the Lord the power to sing comes from the Lord. The effect of your singing comes through the Lord. That's what we call anointing.