Gordon Blocker joins the podcast and leads John through a quick round of “Would You Rather?” Gordon puts John on the hot seat as only a beloved friend of 30 years can do. Listen in as John, in his first experience of “Would You Rather?” breaks most of the rules.

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Would You Rather?

Continuing the conversation begun in Part One, John and Laura continue the discussion on how God works in the lives of believers to grow us to become more like Him. John points out that for us to rightly understand what it means to be in relationship with God we have to understand what He is doing- that He is transforming us! God is not just blessing us, not just answering our prayers, not just being our heavenly Father in soft ways. But He is committed to grow us -sometimes even radically at work to change us to be more like His son. Understanding this can give us greater perspective on things we go through. It can also guide us to the important role we play in the process of us becoming more like Christ. Suggested resource is “How Does Sanctification Work?” by David Powlison

Part 2 Revisiting What God is Doing in Us Every Day

Revisiting the the first of the summer 2019 podcast two-part series. Every day that we live, once we come to faith in Christ, God is building sanctification in us. Sanctifying us is one of the promises - one the commitments that He has made to us. For us to rightly understand what it means to be in relationship with God we have to understand what He is doing- that He is transforming us! God is not just blessing us, not just answering our prayers, not just being our heavenly Father in soft ways. But He is committed to grow us -sometimes even radically at work to change us to be more like His son. Understanding this can give us greater perspective on things we go through. It can also guide us to the important role we play in the process of us becoming more like Christ. Suggested book is “How Does Sanctification Work?” by David Powlison

Revisiting What God is Doing in Us Every Day- Part 1

What do young Christian professionals want? Like the rest of us, they want a lot and are often unhealthily driven by these wants. In this episode, Laura and John talk about the Wants, Vanity, Belief and Glory of young professionals. Listeners will see that these are much the same for anyone who seeks to follow Christ.

Wants Vanity Belief and Glory

The Impact of John Piper

It is tough to be a peacemaker in 2021. There have always been "landmine" issues in culture, like politics and faith, about which we know to talk carefully and thoughtfully. But now, it seems like the landmines are everywhere. Laura and John have an honest and biblical discussion on Being a Peacemaker in 2021 on this episode

Being a Peacemaker in 2021

Steve Schoeffel is the co-founder of Whimsical www.whimsical.com In this episode, Steve talks with Laura and John about his story, his company and how a God-centered, Biblically-based life vision statement keeps him on course.

Entrepreneurism and the Life Vision Statement

God-honoring influence is greatly intensified or diminished by the words that we use. In this episode, Laura and John discuss three insights from a single verse in the Bible for appropriate and gracious verbal impact on others

Words With a Purpose

Laura and John cut to the core of how we often misunderstand prayer and avoid it or feel guilt over it. Listen in as they explain that prayer is nothing more than a two-way conversation between a child and their loving Father. Included in the show notes is a list of prayers that John uses as he prays to his Father. Prayers of Dedication https://static1.squarespace.com/static/56e770d027d4bd9ffa94bcec/t/605cde82ff1d24246d135897/1616699010447/Prayers+of+Dedication.pdf

How's Your Prayer Life

For 27 years Leadership Edge Inc. has equipped God-honoring leaders through our unique approach to Christian mentoring. In this episode, Laura and John discuss the "why" that led us to begin the organization.

Mobilizing Potential and Purpose

In this podcast episode, Laura and John begin a new occasional series on people, books and Biblical passages that have shaped John’s life. This first episode focuses on John and his father, their broken relationship and how God used it to bring John to Christ.

What Has Shaped My Life- My Dad

Loving God is the greatest commandment. In this episode Laura and John have a free-flowing discussion on growing to love God more. They even discuss The Expulsive Power of a New Affection by 19th century Scottish minister, professor of theology and political economist Thomas Chalmers. Listening to this episode will give you practical ideas on living out the greatest commandment.

On Loving God

Cybersecurity directly or indirectly affects all of us and is poorly understood by most of us. Dr. Seth Hamman (Director and Associate Professor of Cyber Operations and Computer Science at Cedarville University) and Luke DuCharme (Red Team Operator at Wells Fargo) join Laura and John to break down cybersecurity from a Christian perspective.

Christian Perspectives on Cybersecurity

Dr. Edgar Schein, Professor Emeritus at Massachusetts Institute of Technology said that “The bottom line for leaders is that if they do not become conscious of the cultures in which they are embedded, those cultures will manage them.” This is true for all kinds of organizational leaders, even church pastors. In this episode, Laura and John discuss with Pastor Mike Poff the challenges, opportunities and practicalities of changing a church's culture. To read more on this topic go to Cultural Change in Churches https://www.lead-edge.com/culturalchange

Bringing Cultural Change in Churches

Proven Perspectives is a podcast with John Hawkins, Founder of Leadership Edge Inc. Each episode explores a topic related to life, leadership and mentoring. Through nearly 50 years of faith in Christ, John has learned proven life and leadership perspectives that will equip listeners for a lifestyle of leadership in their marriages, families, careers, communities, and churches.

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