Jim Putman

Leader/Pastor/Author/Speaker/Disciple Maker

Jim Putman is the Senior Pastor of Real Life Ministries in Post Falls, Idaho.
Jim’s passion is discipleship centered on following the teachings and methodologies of Jesus.

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The Definition of a Disciple

We live in a world overflowing with books, podcasts, programs, and voices—all claiming to know what the Christian life should look like. In the noise, we’ve diluted definitions. We’ve changed meanings. And nowhere is this more dangerous than when it comes to the word “disciple.” Here’s what I want every church leader to understand……

scripture as our anchor

There’s a conversation happening in church leadership circles that should concern us all. Pastors, theologians, and ministry leaders are debating what they call “minimum ecclesiology”—essentially asking, “What’s the bare minimum we have to do to be a church?” You know what they’re saying? There’s a whole lot of “I think-ism” going on…

Don’t let the enemy in

This cycle appears throughout Scripture. God’s people cry out in distress, experience deliverance, enjoy peace—and then forget everything they learned. As Nehemiah prayed: “As soon as they were at peace, your people again committed evil in your sight.”

Rise. Rebuild. Restore

Nehemiah wasn’t a priest or a prophet. He wasn’t a pastor or a missionary. He was a government worker—a layperson with a heart aligned to God’s mission. That’s one of the things I love about this book. It reminds us that God uses ordinary people to do extraordinary things when their hearts are broken for what breaks His.