Captivated with Tom Jones

In this episode of The Page Turner Journal, host Joey Hungerford sits down with author and longtime ministry leader Tom Jones to discuss his latest book, Captivated: Your One Wild and Precious Life and the Loving Outrageousness of Jesus. Tom shares the story behind the book's striking title inspired by poet Mary Oliver's famous line, "What is your plan for your one wild and precious life?" and traces his own journey from the early campus ministry movement to founding Discipleship Publications International with his late wife, Sheila.Together they explore what it means that Jesus asked for everything — not a corner of our lives, but our whole hearts. Tom unpacks why Jesus' core message was the Kingdom of God (not just a ticket to heaven), what repentance really means, why Jesus opened his teachings with "amen," and the radical nature of his first command: love your enemies. They also dig into a surprising chapter on why the word "church" shouldn't be in our English Bibles tracing it back to King James' translation directives.Grab a copy of Captivated from IPI Books: https://ipibooks.com/products/captivated?srsltid=AfmBOoqISDcU0Dwq5sOTZisK6A3LYeABmV3gmtV1gQ1Wm6qhNyujLJ5U