Halfway There2 Aug 2021

255: Mark Brownson and Honesty with God

Mark Brownson is a pastor and author. Mark’s recently published book is Honesty, A Believer’s Struggle with Prayer and Faith. Today, Mark shares his struggle to teach himself to read, achieving his dream to go to seminary, and his experience pastoring churches. Through it all, Mark has wrestled with God in prayer with an honesty seldom found among God’s people. Mark’s story reminds us that the Christian life is one of being with God even when it’s not easy.

Listen to Mark’s story now!

Stories Mark shared:

Teaching himself to read in seventh grade
Finding faith in Jesus while being disciplined by his mom
Discipleship on the couch listening to Christian radio
Going to college at Azusa Pacific with his dyslexia
Helping out with a church plant and feeling a call to ministry
How a comparative religion class shaped him
Going back to Montana State and teaching for awhile
Deciding to go to seminary
How seminary shaped him
Pastoring churches in Ohio and Pennsylvania
Meeting his wife as God’s provision
His wife’s bipolar breakdown on their honeymoon
Learning to share the Gospel as a “weak thing”
How he serves his community

Great quotes from Mark:

The Christian life is certainly no bed of roses, at least it hasn’t been for me.

God and I frequently have arguments. He always wins.

My relationship with God is one of honesty.

Faith is akin to dependence.

Resources we mentioned:

Connect with Mark
Honesty: A Believer’s Struggle with Prayer and Faith by Mark Brownson

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