On today’s show, I talk with the author of ‘UnClobber’, Colby Martin.
Colby and his wife, Kate, live in San Diego where they co-pastor Sojourn Grace Collective, a progressive Christian church they planted 2 years ago.
Recently, Colby’s first book was published, titled, “UnClobber: Rethinking Our Misuse of the Bible on Homosexuality.” He is currently on Tour, speaking at churches and colleges about how the Bible does not condemn LGBTQ people like we have been led to believe. You can read more of what Colby has to share at his blog at at www.colbymartinonline.com
or on social media @colbymartin (both Twit and Instagram); or his www.Facebook.com/colbymartinauthor
His book is incredible, and you can find it at www.unclobber.com on Amazon right HERE. Listen to sermons and learn more about his church at www.sojourngrace.com
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Transcript:
You’re listening to episode number 10.
My guest today is a pastor at a church in San Diego. He’s the dad to four boys. He’s a husband to a wife of 13 years and he’s also a new author. He’s recently published a book called unclutter. Now, I’m not going to tell you what the subtitle of the book is, because I really want you to listen into here. But I will tell you that what he’s doing is standing up for something that he believes taking a step back from what he was taught his whole life and sharing what he believes in his heart is the real truth about some of the passages called the clobber passages inside the Bible. He’s going to be in our online community at SS lB community.com. That stands for start small, live big community comm where he’ll be continuing this discussion. If you want to jump in there and ask any additional questions or just get involved in the discussion. We’re keeping it really positive because of the subject matter and you’ll understand more as we get going. But I’m excited to have you listen, this is a really important message and I’m glad you’re here. Welcome to the art of living big My name is Betsy Pake entrepreneur, author and personal success coach. This is the show that brings you stories and small ideas to help you live a big life. I hope this once a week podcast will inspire you, motivate you and encourage you to think differently about what could be possible for your life. Thanks for spending some time with me today. Now let’s go live big. Today we have with us Colby Martin Coby thanks for being here.
Betsy, it is so good to be with you. Thank you.
Yeah, I’m excited. I get all excited for all my guests. But this one, this sort of holds a special place in my heart. So share with the audience a little bit about yourself, if you would,
yeah, sure. At the moment, I live in San Diego. We’ve been here for just over four years. I’m the father of four boys, and the husband of one wife, my wife, Kate, and I’ve been married for about 13 years. And we’re here in San Diego, in part because we have been doing our best to follow wherever the spirit seems to be taking us and we did not necessarily come here by choice. Yes. So where I’m at right now in life is my wife and I started a church about two and a half years ago. And this was the result of having been told by two churches in two years, that you are no longer welcome here. And so Kate and I finally decided, you know, what we want a church where we feel safe, where we feel loved, but more importantly, where we can raise our kids and, and feel good about that. Sometimes better, you just have to make your own thing. thing that’s going to be in the world that w...