The Red Letter Disciple 076: Les Beauchamp on Escaping Mormonism, Why He Got a Tattoo Sleeve in His 50s, and How He Overcame an Affair with His Church
Les Beauchamp served as the Lead Pastor of Lifegate Church for three decades and is now the pastor of leadership development. He’s a passionate Jesus follower who has worked diligently in the city of Omaha over the past couple of decades to see more people come to Jesus. Through his past with Mormonism, he realized that Christianity is the only answer. To learn more about the podcast or access the show notes, visit www.redletterpodcast.com.
Today’s episode partner is FiveTwo. The FiveTwo team has grown healthy churches for over thirty years. They understand how to grow churches in a rapidly changing culture without burning out staff and lay leaders.
Every major church denomination in the U.S. has experienced a decline since the 1960s, a trend the pandemic didn't initiate but rather accelerated. What are we, as people who love the local church, to do about this reality?
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Resources mentioned in the episode:
Brand New: Living as God’s New Creation by Les Beauchamp
Marriage on the Rock by Jimmy Evans
Emotionally Healthy Spirituality by Peter Scazzero
Key insights from the episode:
Most people who get married are woefully unprepared to get married. - Les Beauchamp
Marriage is the promise of a future love. - Les Beauchamp
Love is a choice. - Les Beauchamp
When you get married, you are saying no to your singleness. - Les Beauchamp
Take three minutes to show your spouse you love them. - Les Beauchamp
No matter how you feel or what happens, never give up on your marriage. - Les Beauchamp
A lot of people equate God with the church, and he is not the church. - Les Beauchamp
God has given us the gift of Sabbath to declare, “God, I know you’ve got it.” - Les Beauchamp
The church does not have a good theology of suffering. - Les Beauchamp
We believe that if you suffer, it’s because you sin. - Les Beauchamp
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