The Identity Journey June 2025

The Not Yet...

I went to Temple University for many reasons, but one of them was to receive my bachelors degree in education. Shortly after getting my degree, I received my teaching certificate, stating that I had the knowledge required to be a teacher of secondary math courses.

I was officially a teacher. The certificate stated that I could be a teacher in any classroom, providing instruction in secondary math courses, from pre-algebra to calculus.

I had taken classes on curriculum and instruction practices, knew how to create a lesson plan, and had a semester of student teaching, but I was still at the beginning of my journey of becoming a good teacher.

The certification stated that I was a teacher. My education provided knowledge and skills to be a teacher. I even had a job as a teacher. But, I still had to develop into the teacher I would become.

This is a simple example of the already but not yet situation that we experience as Christians.

Once we are saved, one of the many things that we receive from God is a new identity. He gives to us the identity that we were created for and from which we are to live. This is a reality. We are a new creation, from God's perspective.

The additional reality is that we do not yet fully experience living out of this new identity. This is the "not yet" aspect of our new identity.

The corrupted identity that we have developed throughout our life still exists and is still active in determining what we think, feel, and do. Working counter to the new identity that we have been given. This is the battle between the spirit and the flesh, described by Paul.

Although God had declared us a new creation, we still need the redeeming of our active identity, so we can fully become who God created us to be and live out of our new identity. This is the "not yet" aspect of our new identity.

At Redeeming Identity, we want to help people both discover their new identity in Christ and experience the transformation process of putting off their old identity so they can put on their new one. It is only as we cooperate with God in this process that we can fully experience the life that God created us for.

Join us in this journey of identity transformation and invite others to see how God can work in their lives, with us.

​HE So I Project Podcast: ​

​God Stands Alone

The HE so I Project is an ongoing study focused on discovering the identity of God, so we can also allow Him to show us who we were created to be. Part of this is a monthly podcast, during which the hosts discuss a specific attribute of God, introducing the new attribute of the month.

Part 1 of Episode 4, "God Stands Alone", of the HE so I Project podcast was released on Tuesday, July 7.

In this first part of the episode, the hosts will be discussing that God is distinct and different than anything else that exists.

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The holiness of God can be argued to be the central attribute of His identity. He is holy.

Use the button below to watch part 1 of this episode.

Watch God Stands Alone - Part 1

The "HE is so..." part of the discussion is the focus of part 1 of the episode. On July 21, Part 2 of the episode will be released which will focus on the "...so I can be." part of the discussion. You don't want to miss either part. We will send a reminder when part 2 of the God Stands Alone episode is released.

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More God Message

On Sunday, June 29, Dr. Eric Moyer taught at Grace Community Church, in Loveland, Colorado.

As part of their Summer in the Psalm series, Eric taught on Psalm 145. He used this Psalm to look what made David, the author of many of the Psalms, a "man after God's heart." Using the identity framework from Redeeming Identity, including the 4 P's, Eric discussed how we need more of God as part of our identity to become who He created us to be.

You can view the sermon on the Redeeming Identity website, using the button below.

Watch More God Sermon

To support the sermon, we developed a general Bible study guide using the Redeeming Identity framework, with the 4 P's. You can access this guide on the Redeeming Identity website, using the button above. This is our first draft of the study guide, so we would love to have your feedback about how it helps view the Bible through an identity perspective.

Book Update

Thank you for praying for us as we work through the publishing process. This is our first time working through this process and there is definitely a learning curve that we are working through.

The book has finally finished the editing part of the process. I was surprised at how many times the manuscript could go through the editing process and still find small issues. It is finally completed and we thank all those that have reviewed it to ensure that it is well written and correct, with appropriately used commas and semicolons.

The next step of the process is typesetting and page design. This is when it will start looking like a well designed book. We are looking forward to seeing the words God has given us on a virtual page.

Continue to pray for wisdom as we work through this process. We want to make sure that the book is completed for God's glory.