• New for 2024!

  The newest book by author Tim Purcell, written right here on the Red Heaven Ranch. According to Pew Research, there are 210MM professing Christians in the United States. This book explores the question, “Why doesn’t it feel like there are over 200MM Christians living here?” If we are called to be salt and light, why is the world around us in such a mess? What can we do about it? What does the bible say we should do?

  • Discover the biblical instructions that follow the Christian conversion.
  • Uncover what it means to be, act and live as a Christian
  • Learn how to fearlessly demonstrate your faith in a world that is in desperate need of Christ.

  “God will use this book to change lives.” – Carolyn

  “Written as a Holy Spirit inspired blessing.” – Clayton

Excerpt from “The Part 2 Christian”, Chapter 13 “Be Transformed”:

. . . James makes his point that being humble, having humility before others and especially in relationship to God is important by repeating the theme throughout his book. In James 4:6, he reminds us of how God views proud (in the flesh) Christians, while in James 4:10, he gives us the benefits when we choose a spirit of humility. He tells us the Lord will lift us up as we further humble ourselves.

In the last scripture series of James 4:14-16, we find a warning in the same vein but speaking of earthly boasting about our arrogant and prideful schemes. It’s here that James hits the nail on the head about how we, as broken and sinful people, parade our plans, accomplishments, titles, and the things we own in front of others, almost as if those things are our identity.

One of the best life lessons I ever received was from Ken, a senior executive I worked for before I retired. We were talking about a very similar subject and how people share the same “surface level” information about themselves at all social gatherings. I asked him how he approached meeting new folks or starting a conversation with people he already knew. He said something that was supremely helpful to me in my business career and has been the same in my personal life.

He said, “Be interested, not interesting.”

Though far from perfect, I try to live this out every chance I can. When we are interesting, it usually means we are trying to impress the other party, but being interested in whomever you’re talking to will challenge you to ask probing questions—about them. It will challenge you to listen to their answers, so that you can ask another follow up question. The process works on so many levels. You’ll show genuine Christian love for that person, you’ll learn a lot about them and you may discover the purpose of why God put the two of you in the same room. Along the way, it becomes very difficult to be prideful. Focusing on someone else makes it difficult to be boastful or a braggart.

Excerpt from the book “The Part 2 Christian” [click here to go back]