The Refined by Fire Project’s name comes from 1 Peter 1:6-7 which says, “In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. These have come so that your faith-of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire-may be proved genuine and may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed.”

When we found that verse in my Bible, we thought “that would make a cool name for a band”. So we establis...