Todd Hunter – What Jesus Intended

Have you lost your footing in church? Or has the church lost its footing? Brent and Ian talk with Anglican bishop Todd Hunter who is no stranger to betrayal and pain in the church.  His new book from IVP America is ‘What Jesus Intended: Finding True Faith in the Rubble of Bad Religion’. Bishop Todd Hunter leads churches for the Sake of Others, a diocese of the Anglican Church in North America and was the founding pastor of Holy Trinity Anglican Church in Costa Mesa, California.  He was formerly president of Alpha USA and the National Director for the Association of Vineyard Churches.  (1:30) Why we’ve lost confidence in the church; (3:00) Personal hurt; (4:15) Bad religion; (9:15) When should we leave a church? (13:45) How story brings us back to Jesus; (18:15) How individualism works against us; (23:30) How Jesus is the cure for bad religion. Links mentioned in this episode: /www.amazon.com/What-Jesus-Intended-Finding-Religion/dp/151400495X www.ivpress.com toddhunter.org Leave some feedback: What should we talk about? Please let us know in the comments. Did you enjoy this episode? If so, please give us a rating and leave a short review. Connect with us: [email protected] godsstorypodcast.com Become a Supporter: If you’d like to help us make more great episodes like this one, please consider becoming a Patreon supporter. For as little as $5 a month, you’ll receive early access to new episodes plus bonus episodes and other goodies from time to time, and our undying gratitude. patreon.com/godsstorypodcast Thanks to our sponsors, Liquid Edge Creative who take care of the technical stuff behind the scenes.