Reviews
When Giants Fall
I love y'all so much. Every episode has been encouraging and spirit filled. Having said that I have to disagree a little with the latest episode. Every pastor who has a sexual discretion is not necessarily bad hearted or full of desire to control the church or individuals within the church. Sometimes it's just two broken people who find each other and make a mistake. We tend to forget how much pressure pastors are under and how little support they often have from their elders.Additionally it would have been nice to have had some encouragement for the families of the pastors who have made these kind of mistakes. Years ago, my husband was pastoring a fairly large church in a fairly small city. He had an affair with a woman who was not a member of our church and didn't even live in the same city. Our leadership handled it terribly. If they had handled his sin with the love and grace that they handled every other church members indiscretions, we could have healed so much more quickly and helped others as they tried to heal their broken marriages. Instead, it led to 10 years of bitter pain and distrust of church leadership. We were not expecting to be able to keep on pastoring, but we were not loved well through the process. We were forced to leave the church without being able to apologize to them, and the church body was told not to contact us under any circumstances. We had our whole support system yanked out from under us.However, we never left the Lord and continued to trust him, even though we found the church so untrustworthy. Now through lots of counseling for both of us, my husband has a thriving men's ministry where he helps men through the same problems he encountered so many years ago.We truly love the church and know that it is God's plan for us, but it would be great if church leadership could have some sort of training on how to handle these kinds of situations.Sincerely,Allison Small
Growing my walk with Jesus....just what I needed
I have been stuck. I have grown with God and His Word in that last few years and it has felt like I hit a block wall. I crave more, I needed something deeper, but fun. This is just what I needed in the current season I am in!!! I love how honest, fun, and deep these back porch convos are!! I have started from the beginning and listening to each episode twice because I miss things and really want to learn!! And boy do you!! I have purchased my first Lisa Harper book and loving it!! Can't wait to read them all and I want to start her Luke study after I finish my current study!!!! Praising God for you Lisa!! Your podcast has revived me and I am so grateful for you, AL, and all those spreading the wisdom and love of God!!
