Trueface
437 episodes - English - Latest episode: 21 days ago - ★★★★★ - 123 ratingsIf you find yourself having trouble with applying grace into your everyday life, then the Trueface Podcast is for you. Our hope is to provide practical and helpful applications of grace and truth so that we can live beyond the mask. Every other week, guests share a story, discuss a principal, and apply it to our lives.
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Episodes
Pop Up on the Radar
July 16, 2014 04:00 - 8 minutes - 4.1 MBToday we are finishing our reading of On My Worst Day while we talk about how God loved us and cared for us before we ever believed in Him. Support the show
When in Greece
July 09, 2014 04:00 - 11 minutes - 5.39 MBThis week we talk about how natural it can be to share who we are in Christ, without manipulating the conversation toward the "bonus" question. Support the show
Bubbleen Lil Joe
July 02, 2014 04:00 - 13 minutes - 6.29 MBThis week John reads to us from On My Worst Day and reminds us why humor is so important to him. Support the show
Identity and Guidance
June 25, 2014 04:00 - 12 minutes - 5.81 MBThis week we talk about how we get to guide our children into their unique God given identity. Support the show
Gift of Trust
June 18, 2014 04:00 - 10 minutes - 4.92 MBWhy is trust such a key component in fostering a friendship with our children? Support the show
The Cure for Parents
June 12, 2014 04:00 - 11 minutes - 5.45 MBThis week we introduce you to our current project. The Cure for Parents; not so much The Cure for parenting. Support the show
Trust Must be Earned
June 04, 2014 04:00 - 13 minutes - 6.15 MBThis week John takes us through the story of a hard season with his daughter. He realized that his expectation of trust didn't fit with how active he had been in her life. This epiphany lead to a profound year in their relationship of rebuilding trust together. Support the show
Law of Love
May 28, 2014 04:00 - 14 minutes - 6.74 MBThis week we are talking about how all religious answers eventually get tested. Support the show
Losing Vision
May 21, 2014 04:00 - 12 minutes - 5.73 MBIt often takes us losing our vision for ministry before we can see that God is far more interested in our person. Support the show
In The Camp
May 14, 2014 04:00 - 13 minutes - 6.12 MBThis week we are talking about John's trip to Bosnia during the late 90's. His experience was not a Hallmark card of Christian experiences. So how does God love us in the midst of, "all we were going to do for God"? Support the show
Phantom Audience
May 07, 2014 04:00 - 13 minutes - 6.04 MBWill we live our lives catering to a phantom audience? This week we talk about being who you are in Christ wherever you are; without having to manage every possible reaction. Support the show
Hand Slap
April 30, 2014 04:00 - 13 minutes - 6.31 MBA community of grace laughs together. Not that they aren't sometimes inappropriate, but they have more time to let others feel out their humor without slapping their hand. All humor is meant to build up, sometimes it takes awhile for us to get there. It is worth the time. Support the show
It Takes A Village
April 23, 2014 04:00 - 13 minutes - 6.43 MBThis week we are talking about how grace is experienced; it takes others to help us experience real grace. Sometimes, we are those others, because there is no one else around to start the environment. Support the show
Ransomed
April 16, 2014 04:00 - 12 minutes - 5.65 MBThis week on the podcast we are talking about the night John first went to see Les Miserables. It was a God encounter that first moved John to grace. Support the show
Whose Self Serving Now
April 09, 2014 04:00 - 14 minutes - 6.53 MBOn My Worst Day takes us back to 1985 when John had one of his most painful ministry moments. We learn how easy it is to do the wrong thing with what may be accurate information. Support the show
Praying Like We Mean It
April 02, 2014 04:00 - 14 minutes - 6.81 MBThis week John takes us back to 1982 with a story about the first time he realized how religious he had become and how miserable he was in the midst of it. This is a conversation about the hope of Jesus that frees us from having to perform. Support the show
Un Natural
March 26, 2014 04:00 - 13 minutes - 6.39 MBIncreased devotion and diligence will not make me feel closer to God again. Believing his never changing affection for me will renew my joy. Support the show
Will Power No Power
March 19, 2014 04:00 - 14 minutes - 6.8 MBJohn reads us a story about his smoking days from On My Worst Day. We talk about how will power has nothing on those habits or sins that we keep promising to stop. Support the show
Will Rejection Define Us
March 12, 2014 04:00 - 13 minutes - 6.23 MBJohn reads to us from On My Worst Day about the day his girlfriend of six years broke up with him in college. The discussion that comes out of this experience brings up some great thoughts about who and how we trust. Support the show
Embarrassed
March 06, 2014 05:00 - 11 minutes - 5.49 MBWhat happens to our identity when we feel embarrassed? And what happens when good friends help us to shed the lies? Support the show
When We Assume Motive
February 27, 2014 05:00 - 14 minutes - 6.83 MBIn this week's story from On My Worst Day, we see that in an environment of grace, we are endeavoring to give others the benefit of the doubt when it comes to their motive. Support the show
The Devils in the Pyracantha
February 12, 2014 05:00 - 13 minutes - 6.41 MBThe motivation of grace will always bear greater fruit than demand or coercion. Support the show
When We Run
February 05, 2014 05:00 - 15 minutes - 7.07 MBWe continue in On My Worst Day and we are talking about our default to want to check out and run away when things get hard. What is the benefit of living life another way. Enjoy. Support the show
The Process of Redeeming Shame
January 29, 2014 05:00 - 15 minutes - 7.03 MBBill and John talk about the process of redeeming shame in this very important podcast. Support the show
The Box Cars
January 22, 2014 05:00 - 13 minutes - 6.43 MBThis week we explore shame through the story of the Box Cars in Upland California out of On My Worst Day. Support the show
A Gentle Intentionality
January 15, 2014 05:00 - 13 minutes - 6.08 MBOn today's podcast we continue with "On My Worst Day". We also talk Jr. High dances in small towns, the best corn this side of the panhandle, and God's gentle intentional pursuit. Support the show
No Wisdom Without Trust
January 08, 2014 05:00 - 11 minutes - 5.43 MBWe start 2014 with a fun podcast from the new Truefaced book On My Worst day written by John Lynch. Support the show
Not About Position or Power
December 18, 2013 05:00 - 13 minutes - 6.34 MBIn the Room of Grace, the mature influence others, not so much out of the power of their position, but out of who they are. Support the show
Safety to Fail Allows Growth
November 27, 2013 05:00 - 11 minutes - 5.39 MBWant those you love to grow? One of the greatest gifts we can offer another person is a safe place to fail. Find out why. Support the show
Repentance is a Gift
November 14, 2013 05:00 - 13 minutes - 6.3 MBRepentance is a gift from God. Pride and Isolation will keep us from it. Support the show
Love When We Admit the Truth
November 07, 2013 05:00 - 12 minutes - 5.79 MBLove acts as a safety net when we admit the truth about ourselves. Support the show
AboutFace
October 16, 2013 04:00 - 13 minutes - 6.39 MBFor so many, repentance has been the act of promising you won't sin again. Turning 180 degrees, making an about-face. Unfortunately this well intentioned theology just leaves us dizzy and wounded. How do we regain our equilibrium? That is exactly what we are talking about today. Support the show
On My Worst Day AudioBook
October 09, 2013 04:00 - 5 minutes - 2.71 MBToday on the podcast we are giving you a sample of the in progress On My Worst Day Audio Book. Support the show
Pass the Rubles California
September 25, 2013 04:00 - 13 minutes - 6.22 MBThis week we talk about, "If I don't trust you, then you can't love me, no matter how much love you have for me." We also talk about the Russian Ruble. Go figure. Support the show
Pile On
September 18, 2013 04:00 - 12 minutes - 5.93 MBAfter finishing up 2 days of video production for the Trust One Campus, we sit down to podcast about what it is like to work on these things together. Support the show
You are Not Needed
September 11, 2013 04:00 - 11 minutes - 5.4 MBI don't need you is the language of the wounded heart. In today's podcast we talk about how our needs are the very thing that allow us to experience love. Support the show
Permission to Write You Off
September 05, 2013 04:00 - 12 minutes - 5.94 MBWhen our theology lets us see other Christians as sinners instead of saints, we will give ourselves permission to write them off and reject them. This podcast is about the freedom that comes from a seeing the Original Good News in action even when others fail. Support the show