Well, hey friend, welcome to Job with Julie. This is Julie Slattery. This

podcast is listener supported and it's an outreach of authentic intimacy which is a

ministry that's dedicated to helping you make sense of God and sexuality.

But you know, part of my heart in just engaging in this ministry and this podcast

is to provide places where we can hear people's honest stories of pain and trauma and just

overall wrestling with sexuality.

Personal stories encourage us and give us hope in our own circumstances.

So have you ever felt like you had a secret, you couldn't tell anyone?

Or maybe you found it too difficult to be honest about your sin struggles

because you've been afraid that somebody will reject you or judge you.

Have you ever used sex to medicate issues of pain and trauma in your life that really need God's healing?

Well that's where we're headed in our conversation today.

My guest is Tim Ross. Tim is a former pastor and an author and perhaps most famously now

known for his work as a podcaster on his

podcast called the Basement. On the Basement Tim paves the way for people to be

honest, vulnerable and to have real conversations about the things that hurt us, drive us, and

challenge us so that people can seek and know the Lord Jesus Christ. In my conversation

today Tim shares about his own life why vulnerability is so important to him and how the Bible is our roadmap for keeping things real and you'll hear in this conversation Tim doesn't just talk about this. He shares very

vulnerability some of his own journey. I really think you're going to find it

an encouragement and a hope for you as you move forward. So let's head to the

coffee shop for my conversation with Tim Ross.

Well Tim, thanks so much for being willing to be on job with Julie with me.

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