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How To Leave Your Church

| Heath Lambert |
Last week on Marked by Grace, we talked about when to leave your church, and we talked about how to process the decision about whether or not it is…

When To Leave Your Church

| Heath Lambert |
This week, we’re going to talk about one of the often most painful but also very necessary and practical topic of when to leave your church. It is …

Does God Love You?

| Heath Lambert |
I am incredibly excited that this week is the week of the release of my brand new book, The Great Love of God: Encountering God’s Heart for a Hosti…

Why Church Membership?

| Heath Lambert |
One of the things that I try to do on the podcast every week is answer your questions. But that’s not what I’m going to do this week. This week, I’…

How Much Netflix Is Too Much?

| Heath Lambert |
I love to answer the questions that you send in to be answered on the podcast. This week, we got a really great question. The question basically is…

Are Women Required to Wear Head Coverings in Church?

| Heath Lambert |
Are women required to wear head coverings in church? That is an issue that has come up here lately, with some questions being asked about it. I wan…

When Is It Okay to Miss Church?

| Heath Lambert |
I received a great question this week from a very faithful Christian who wants to know, when is it okay to miss church? This question comes from a …

What Is the Asbury Revival?

| Heath Lambert |
This week on the podcast, I am going to do what I had told myself I would not do, and that is talk about the Asbury revival. I didn’t want to talk …

Why Aren’t the Apocryphal Books in the Bible?

| Heath Lambert |
I received a very specific request this week to answer why the books of the Apocrypha are excluded from the Bible. I’m very excited about answering…

How Far Is Too Far?

| Heath Lambert |
It is the week of Valentine’s Day, a wonderful time for celebrating romantic love. This week there are going to be a lot of romantic celebrations w…

Dr. Heath Lambert has been preaching at First Baptist Church of Jacksonville, Florida since January of 2016, and became Senior Pastor in September of 2017. Serving First Baptist is the joy of Pastor Heath’s life. He is delighted to serve with the remarkable members and staff at this incredible church. Prior to serving at First Baptist, Pastor Heath served as the Executive Director of the Association of Certified Biblical Counselors (ACBC), and as a professor at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.

He is the author of several books, including The Biblical Counseling Movement After Adams (Crossway, 2011), Finally Free: Fighting for Purity with the Power of Grace (Zondervan, 2013), and A Theology of Biblical Counseling: The Doctrinal Foundations of Counseling Ministry (Zondervan, 2016).

Heath earned a bachelor of arts (B.A.) in biblical and theological studies and political science from Gordon College in 2002, a master of divinity (M.Div.) in Christian Ministry from Southern Seminary in 2005, and a doctorate (Ph.D.) in biblical counseling and systematic theology from Southern Seminary in 2009.

He is married to Lauren and they have three children: Carson, Chloe, and Connor.