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#232 Jonathan Leonardo: What Happens When Standing for Christ Means Standing Alone?


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Jonathan Leonardo returns to share his journey through the challenges of pastoring while maintaining gospel integrity, revealing how institutional pressure led to personal compromise before finding freedom in uncompromised truth.

• Transitioning from evangelist to pastor created tension between preaching clear gospel freedom and meeting denominational expectations
• The Seventh-day Adventist relationship with the law creates unique challenges when preaching freedom from sin
• Public criticism from denominational leadership created real-world consequences for Jonathan and his ministry
• Compromising gospel clarity for job security led to internal dissonance and declining mental health
• The pain of rejection from a church community that had been like a "third parent" was particularly devastating
• Finding freedom required choosing conscience over compromise, even at professional cost
• Despite challenges, Jonathan maintains his Adventist identity while refusing to water down the gospel message
• Moving forward with greater awareness while continuing to preach the transformative power of being in Christ

Join us for Internet Church in the coming months as Jonathan explores living without double-mindedness and dives into seeing the gospel in Leviticus and Hebrews.

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