Turns out, Morgan Wallen might be walking closer with the Lord than anyone realized.
During a recent episode of This Past Weekend, comedian Theo Von let it slip that he and Morgan Wallen are in a Bible study group together. Yes, you read that right. The same Morgan Wallen who has filled stadiums, stirred headlines, and soundtracked every heartbreak in America is showing up with a Bible under his arm and a casserole on the way. Well, maybe not the casserole since that part was comedian Leanne Morgan’s job.
The moment came mid-conversation when Von casually told Leanne she owed Wallen a homemade dish and added that she should bake it that night since he would hand-deliver it to him the next day at Bible study. That one line lit up the internet faster than a tailgate party on Friday night. Fans were surprised, touched, and curious about this quiet corner of Wallen’s life that nobody had really seen before.
Leanne Morgan laughed and said she thinks Wallen will end up preaching, that little thing, and honestly, she might not be far off. Morgan Wallen was raised in a small-town Baptist church in Sneedville, Tennessee. His dad was a preacher, so that church spirit has always been in him, even if life took him down a few long, crooked roads before circling back to the good book.
Theo, with his usual blend of humor and honesty, did not try to dress it up. He said he has no idea and just knows Wallen is an inspiring guy. He said he is interesting and that he is him. Later, when asked what kind of Bible study they were doing, Von admitted that tomorrow he thinks they are watching a movie, but it is Bible study. He added that he is not sure what chapter they are on and that he probably should not have said that.
Classic Theo. But behind the punchlines, there is something kind of beautiful about it all. These two guys, both larger than life in their own ways, are making time to sit down, talk about something deeper, and maybe grow a little closer to God in the process.
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For Wallen, this is not just a random phase. His faith has always been laced through his music. From “Don’t Think Jesus” to “I Wrote the Book” and “In the Bible” with HARDY, the message has been clear. He knows who he is, and he knows where he has been, and he is not afraid to share the hard parts, especially the parts that required some grace.
Even his recent track with Post Malone, “I Ain’t Comin’ Back,” included references to Jesus and resurrection. When asked about it, Wallen said that as a Christian, anytime he can throw little hints of that in his music, he is all for it.
Outside the studio, he has lived it too. After Hurricane Helene, he showed up in Knoxville to help with food and water drives. He wrote Bible verses on the studs of houses torn apart by flooding. Psalm 40, verse 2 to be exact. That verse speaks of being pulled out of the pit and set on solid ground. If there has ever been a verse that fits Wallen’s journey, it is that one.
So, no, it is not shocking to learn he is in Bible study. It is just a side of him most do not get to see. Beneath the mullet and the chart-toppers is a man who is trying to grow, trying to live better, and maybe trying to walk the line between the music business and something holier.
And let us be honest, a Bible study with Morgan Wallen and Theo Von sounds like the kind of thing that belongs in a country song. Maybe one day it will be.
