Why the Christian life is not impossible-Untangled interview http://untangled.podomatic.com/entry/2014-04-28T10_05_50-07_00
“If my heart really is good and noble, then why does the evidence seem to suggest otherwise?”
Becoming Our Authentic Selves –Many think that being “authentic” means being honest with each other about our mess. Though this is often helpful, it fails to recognize the surprising goodness that lies beneath the surface of the mess…a noble goodness that is stronger than our failures.
CALLING AS A JOURNEY – author Gary Barkalow joins Jim. Part 7 of 7 in the Calling Series.
DEVELOPING THE HEART NEEDED FOR OUR CALLING – Calling Series – part 6 – special guest Gary Barkalow
The Assault Against Your Calling – Part 4- Calling Series – guest Gary Barkalow joins Jim.
Calling Series – ‘MYSTERY’ — guest Gary Barkalow joins Jim. Confusion is a normal part of the journey. How do we walk with God so that we don’t conclude: “God isn’t speaking to me,” or “I must be blowing it.”?
Calling series – ORIENTATION – Guest Gary Barkalow joins Jim. How do become oriented to our location in the Story? Gary talks about three points of orientation that keep us “alert and oriented” to our place in the story: story – desire – journey. (This is part one of a 7-part series Gary and Jim […]
Striving vs. Action: Topic: “Striving vs. Action.” When things aren’t moving fast enough for us, how do we relate to God when we’re feeling the pressure to make things happen? This was a fun interview. Thanks to Matthew Gillogly and Bob Regnerus, hosts of the Renegade Christian Entrepreneurs podcast for having me as their guest […]
How do we move beyond the personality inventories and spiritual gifts test that often leave us unsatisfied and still looking for our calling? Gary Barkalow spent seven years on the men’s leadership and speaking team with Ransomed Heart Ministries when God called him to launch full-time into helping others discover their place in the Story.
Jim tells the story of how his 5-year journey to find a better town for his family and a more sustainable life has now come full circle; and how desire was the glue that held his dreams together when he wanted to give up. You will also discover that your deep desires matter to God […]
Jim is a guest again on Joel Brueseke’s Growing in Grace Together podcast. They talk about our fears to trust our desires, because we’ve mistrusted our hearts. They also talked about the various sources of desire.
Returning guest, Andrew Farley, author of The Naked Gospel, joined me again to talk about the misleading catch-phrases Christians use that end up leading them away from their new and good hearts.
Andrew Farley and I talked about his fantastic new book, The Naked Gospel – the truth you may never hear in church. Find out what Andrew says about our new identity and freedom. It really is a lot better than we’ve been told.
Spiritual abuse and healing grace – Jim talks with Aida Calder, the blogger behind Forgetting the Former Things blog.
Take the quiz with Jim as he exposes the tragic assumptions we’ve made about our hearts as Christians. You may be surprised at the answers.
Grace without restoration is cruel, like releasing a man from prison without giving him new desires and strength.
Joel has recently created a Graceroots community on Ning network. He’s a guy that gets the message of Jesus and understands the message of the new heart. Listen on Jim’s Blogtalk Radio podcast.
Assumptions will either kill or bring life. Like medical doctors, church leaders operate under certain assumptions about people’s central disease, as well as the presumed cure they need. What if we’ve got that course of treatment wrong? (If we were really getting the cure/treatment right, our churches would be filled with healed and whole individuals […]
Rescuing the heart Jim reads excerpts from his book, Recover Your Good Heart. Is the Church really giving people the cure we claim to have? Or, are we busy managing externals?
Let us take the adventure – Join Jim as he talks about the adventure he and his family have been on for the last five years; the pain of unfulfilled longing, and the journey it has taken them on as they arrive at the place of their dreams (with no job, no friends, and the […]
The Misunderstood God — The Lies Religion Tells Us About God – special guest Darin Hufford. Darin is the author of The Misunderstood God, and the creator of The Free Believers Network. We talked about his book, how religious thinking (vs. the Gospel) has distorted love, and what it means to be a free believer. […]
Steve Brown (Steve Brown, Etc.) interviewed Jim about his book, Recover Your Good Heart — Living free from religious guilt & the shame of not good-enough. Steve’s radio show is a blast. (07/24/09) ————————————————————————————