About CrossTalk

Randy, his wife, and their children became part of dangerous international ministry work, helping smuggle Bibles and Christian media where the Gospel was restricted. The 1980's also brought more open doors for using world band radio to partner with others called to global ministry using radio as a powerful means to preach the Gospel. And the early 1980's also brought Randy's first efforts to use television to draw people to Jesus. In 1982, Randy's Green Socks music video was aired as commercials inside of various secular TV programs to offer people an opportunity to learn about Jesus. The early 1980's was also when Randy launched out as part of one of the earliest syndicated contemporary Christian music countdown radio programs called The American Christian Countdown (ACC) has had various hosts over the years. In its early iterations, each episode contained a 5-7 minute radio series with a new song weekly from one of Randy's albums, along with a brief ministry message related to the song. Randy's portion of the program was called The CrossTalkin' Corner.

Some dear friends invited Randy to join them in developing a Christian country music TV program. Harry and Joanne Cash Yates (Johnny Cash's sister), along with Billy Anderson Jr., and Randy created wonderful series featuring many well-known country music stars who shared their music and their Christian testimonies in the series. Similar to Randy's earlier efforts in radio, each episode contained a 5-7 minute free-standing music video production that included one of Randy's new songs with a brief ministry message related to the song. These TV versions were also called The CrossTalkin' Corner. The late 1980's also saw Randy's music ministry expand with numerous new record albums and music videos produced in Nashville. And the opportunities also brought Randy to the stage of the Grand Ole Opry to perform on 9 occasions during the great Friday night Grand Ole Gospel shows at the Opry.

In 1994, CrossTalk became a nationally broadcast weekly television program through the work of Dr. Lester Sumrall and his family. By 1995 Randy and his son took over the production and distribution of the programs. It was a very humble undertaking taped in the living room of his house. A lovely bedsheet covered the wall behind the set to make it look like a studio instead of the white wall of their family's little living room. The effort required shooting each program at least twice because they only had one camera. To make it look like a multi-camera shoot took a lot of time, creativity, and chutzpah. After each program was finally taped, his son Caleb had to rush upstairs into the guest bedroom where the edit suite was stored. Every week, the program was put together, mastered, and the tapes shipped to satellite for that week's national broadcast. Nobody but our family knew this national program was just a guy and his high school kid son. Nevertheless, God was faithful!