You can't SERVE GOD and do this.. | The Basement w/ Tim Ross

The Basement with Tim Ross

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🗓️ 1 January 2025

⏱️ 126 minutes

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In this episode of The Basement, Ivory McDonald sits down with Tim Ross for a deep dive into vulnerability, church hurt, and the often unseen struggles within ministry. Ivory shares her own journey of overcoming a legalistic background, battling depression, and finding solace in being transparent with God. Tim Ross opens up about his vision of 'The Basement,' his experience transitioning from a pastor to a podcaster, and the significance of living authentically. This conversation tackles real-life issues many believers face, offering a refreshing perspective on faith, ministry, and life.

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0:00.0	We lived in vulnerability. We were created to live in vulnerability.
0:05.0	Right.
0:06.0	Sin changed that.
0:08.0	Our fallen nature has made hiding our default.
0:14.0	Yeah, so growing up apostolic, everything was rules-oriented.
0:18.0	Everything was, if you do this, then God won't do that.
0:22.6	If you do this, God might kill you.
0:24.6	And my walk with Christ was exhausted.
0:26.6	Our first encounters with God are through people.
0:30.6	And so if the people are misrepresentations of God,
0:36.6	by the time we're broken up to go to Him ourselves, The people are misrepresentations of God.
0:40.4	By the time we're broken up to go to Him ourselves,
0:42.9	we go to Him like we went to them.
0:47.7	The institution of worships that you were raised in did not normalize it.
0:50.0	They don't preach this stuff.
0:53.4	Like we've got a whole book on lamentations.
0:54.9	And we're telling people not to cry.
1:01.5	But we always like to think it's just just one linear straight through thing.
1:06.1	And we don't understand how you can lead worship and still be sad.
1:09.6	This episode is brought to you by Better Help.
1:33.5	Hey, listen, I'm so excited for the opportunity that we have to give you resources and tools that can help you grow. Listen, you might be struggling with comparison, whether you have been online and you've been watching how other people live their life, the moves that they're making and you're thinking to yourself, how come I haven't made that progress yet? Well, maybe you might be in your own way. Maybe you are your own obstacle course. And there needs to be some things removed emotionally and mentally that
1:39.4	get you in the place that you need to be so that you can get to the other side and make the progress
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