As a pastor he struggled with anxiety about preaching due to his heart motivation being marked by “performance mentality” rather than the “servants mentality” that Jesus commands.

Dr. Jed Coppenger, author of Fake Christianity: 10 Traps of an Inauthentic Faith (and How to Avoid Them), joins Perry & Shawna for an honest conversation about how Jesus confronted hypocrisy and why it hinders our peace, joy, and purpose.

Whether it’s picking and choosing the scriptures to follow that support what we want out of life, being more concerned about appearances than loving & helping others, or sharing a version of God that doesn’t represent His heart it takes humility and courage to face the error and deception within us.

Jed shares passionately the true gospel and invites us into an authentic faith that’s fueled by the God who loves us and gave Himself for us.

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Perry admits, “I stepped into worship Sunday morning so aware of my deep-seeded pride and my compulsion to prove that I’m somebody. I just admitted that to Jesus and that’s when he did something amazing!”

Sin does not passively exist. It takes over. It corrupts our thinking and hijacks our lives. It’s the work of the enemy to steal, kill, and destroy us. Sin needs to be eradicated from our lives like cancer.