Tim Timmons on I Can Only Imagine 2 and Living with Cancer

Tim Timmons was given five years to live 25 years ago. Diagnosed with stage four incurable cancer, with tumors still on his liver today, he woke up again this morning. Featured in the new I Am Second film and at the heart of I Can Only Imagine 2, Tim shares what it has looked like to hold onto Jesus through decades of uncertainty, and why the hardest seasons of his life became the greatest gifts.

Deconstruction, radical gratitude, and the practice of waking up with Jesus: Tim opens up about walking away from full-time ministry after 15 years, what he learned about the real church while hanging out at a rundown motel with homeless families and prostitutes, and why he quit working for God to simply be with Him. He also talks about how a chance friendship with Bart Millard became the heart of a major motion picture, what he writes on his wrist every single morning with a Sharpie, and why he believes if Jesus people actually practiced the heart of Jesus, the world would never be the same.

Highlights

• Diagnosed with stage four incurable cancer 25 years ago and still waking up every day
• What deconstruction and reconstruction really looked like in his own faith journey
• Leaving a massive Orange County church to hang out with homeless families at a rundown motel
• Why he quit working for God and chose to simply live with Him instead
• How a casual friendship with Bart Millard became the story behind I Can Only Imagine 2
• What Milo Ventimiglia brought to the role and why he acts more like Jesus than most Christians Tim knows
• What 10,000 Minutes is and why he believes Christians are fat on content but anemic on practice

Resources / Links / CTA

• 🌐 Tim Timmons website: https://www.timtimmonsmusic.com
• 📱 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/timmonsmusic
• 🎬 I Can Only Imagine 2
• 🎬 I Am Second Films
• 📖 Waking Up Again: A Journey of Grief & Gratitude
• 🎙️ Ministry and Podcast: https://www.10000minutes.com
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