Spirit of the Age Part 3

Spirit of the Age Part 3

What remarkable journeys have people faced head-on against addiction? This episode of *Release the Roar* centres on Bishop Lance Johnson’s hard-hitting message, “Spirit of the Age Part 3”, and his deep concern for a culture – and a church – that he says has lowered God’s standard. Drawing on his own past of alcohol, drugs and self-destructive living, Lance talks about how real salvation reshapes a person completely.

He’s blunt: “If your salvation did not change your life, you did not get saved.” You’ll hear him contrast religious habit with genuine transformation by the Holy Spirit, stressing that faith isn’t just repeating a prayer or sitting in a pew; it’s becoming a “new creature” whose life actually changes. A big focus is the impact of this “spirit of the age” on families.

Lance speaks passionately about children lost in addiction, confusion and disrespect, and challenges men in particular to bring God’s presence back into their homes. He calls them to be praying, worshipping leaders rather than weekend churchgoers or loud dictators, saying you don’t shout “submit” at your wife – you lead by example.

Yet he doesn’t leave things there; he points to hope in Christ, who changes hearts, breaks addictions and restores families, using his own story as living proof: “If God did it for me, God can do it for any human being on the planet.” For anyone dealing with addiction in the family or frustrated with lukewarm faith, this episode lands like a wake-up call and an invitation: if you’ve got the keys to real change, what are you going to do with them?

Lance also tackles the idea of cultural compromise inside the church, describing “spineless, compromising, people-pleasing, ear-tickling preachers” and warning that condoning destructive lifestyles is as serious as living them.