Dismantling 3 Lies That Rob Our Intimacy With God, #611
Java with Juli - Making Sense of God and Sex
Authentic Intimacy®
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🗓️ 15 June 2026
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
Juli sits down with bestselling author Gary Thomas for a conversation about some of the subtle lies Christians often believe without even realizing it. They're tackling tough questions , like:
Can family become an idol?
Why do we still struggle with sin after coming to Christ?
And what happens when loneliness and isolation become our normal?
While this conversation isn't specifically about sexuality, how we answer these questions shapes the way we approach our relationships. Join us to explore how God's truth can lead us into greater freedom, stronger relationships, and deeper intimacy with him.
Guest: Gary Thomas
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Follow Up Resources:
The Life You Were Reborn to Live: Dismantling 12 Lies That Rob Your Intimacy with God by Gary Thomas
Ep. #589 Feeling Distant? How to Build Emotional Intimacy in Your Marriage with Gary Thomas
When Your Adult Child Makes Sexual Choices You Disagree With by Juli Slattery (blog)
Follow Gary at @garythomasbooks
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, welcome to Job with Julie. |
| 0:03.7 | I am your host, Julie Slattery, and I'm so glad that you join me for another episode. |
| 0:09.9 | This podcast is a production of authentic intimacy, a ministry that helps you make sense of God and sexuality. |
| 0:16.9 | But today's episode is one of those conversations that I hope is going to make you stop and ask, |
| 0:22.6 | what do I actually believe and why? I'm joined by my good friend, pastor and bestselling author, |
| 0:29.3 | Gary Thomas. I had Gary on the show about six months ago, I think it was back in December, |
| 0:35.5 | and he and I just had a free-flowing conversation about emotional intimacy. |
| 0:39.9 | And that turned out to be one of our most listened to episodes of last year. |
| 0:43.5 | So if you didn't catch that one, we're going to drop a link to it on our show notes. |
| 0:48.5 | But today we're going to be diving into a few of the subtle but deeply rooted lies that a lot of us believe without realizing it. |
| 0:57.0 | Lies around things like family, productivity, isolation, and what it really means to be a follower of Jesus. |
| 1:05.0 | Now these aren't the obvious lies that everybody can kind of point out in themselves. |
| 1:10.0 | They actually sound very spiritual and kind of point out in themselves. They actually sound very spiritual |
| 1:12.6 | and kind of close to the truth, but they end up slowly pulling us away from intimacy with God. |
| 1:19.1 | The basis of my conversation with Gary is a book that he's recently written called |
| 1:24.3 | The Life You Are Reborn to Live, dismantling 12 lies that rob your intimacy with God. |
| 1:31.6 | As you listen, I would encourage you to reflect on any parts of these lies that you might be believing |
| 1:37.4 | and where God might be asking you to step into truth, freedom, and ultimately a deeper relationship with him. |
| 1:47.3 | Well, Gary, always a joy to have you on job with Julie, and I'm super excited to dive into a |
| 1:53.2 | new resource that came out that is just chockful of discipleship and truth. So we're going to dive in. Thank you, Julie. It's great to be here. |
| 2:03.8 | Yeah. All right. So you started telling me about this book when you were in the middle of writing it. |
| 2:08.6 | Again, it's called The Life You Were Reborn to Live. And I love this subtitle, |
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