In this episode of 12-Minute Convos with Jesus Believers, Engel Jones connects with writer and speaker John Baldock, joining the program from Worcester in the United Kingdom. John shares how he spent his early years attending a traditional, regimented church, assuming that active participation and church attendance were the sum of a Christian life. However, while leading his college's Christian Union as a teenager, hearing the Gospel clearly opened his eyes to the profound difference between living out a religious routine and walking in a personal relationship on God's terms. Realizing his need for forgiveness and surrender, John chose to accept Jesus Christ as the Lord of his life. That decision shifted his walk from doing church activities out of obligation to enjoying genuine fellowship with the Father. Reflecting on his journey, John shares how God created humanity for intimate relationship much like walking together in the cool of the day and how God remains completely faithful through every season and trial.
Today, John encourages believers through his weekly writing and audio recordings at askedquestions.org, a blog dedicated to deepening faith and inspiring steadfast obedience. If you want to move beyond surface-level religion and learn to trust God in both hard times and smooth seasons, John's story will refresh your heart!
Guest's Bio
John Baldock is a thinker; a Christian teacher with a pastoral heart. Theologically trained at Birmingham Bible Institute, John has some 50 years experience of communicating Bible truth. His motivation is to help people to understand the foundations for faith in God - the 'why' as much as the 'what'.
John is married to Jean; they live in Worcester, UK, and have two children and five grandchildren.
John has been connected with Churches of many hues, encompassing Anglican, Christian Brethren and independent Charismatic among others. He is currently part of the leadership team of Hope Church, Worcester.
John's working life has taken him into various sectors including retail and youth training. He went on to follow a career in business computing, initially at the University of Cambridge and, for the last twenty years, as a Project Manager within a leading multinational IT services company.