Rock House Way was founded to advance the understanding and implementation of God led, heart transformation for Christians struggling with self-destructive behavior or spiritual emptiness.

God is calling you to new life!

It’s true. God wants you to enjoy the rewards of a transformed life free from self-destructive behaviors such as overeating, substance abuse, obsessions, viewing sexually explicit material, or even criminal activity. Yet, as many frustrated Christians have discovered, it takes more than faith and claiming freedom in Christ to reap the promises of God.

Rock House Way founder, John Robin Murphy knows that frustration well. He struggled with obesity and other unwanted behaviors from his pre-Christian days that he simply could not conquer until he responded to God’s call to be transformed.

After more than 20 years of growing in freedom personally and ministering to others who battle damaging behaviors such as substance abuse, John felt called to write Be Transformed: New Life Awaits – a book that is changing people’s lives by showing them how to transform their hearts into places of spiritual fullness free from out-of-control desires.

If you’d like to know more about God’s transforming power and receive encouragement right now, we invite you to explore this site and read the first chapter of Be Transformed for free.

At Rock House Way, our mission is to foster freedom in the hearts of God’s people by focusing on transformation, which is the key to a more peaceful, joyous, and abundant life.

Rock House Way seeks to accomplish this mission by:

• Providing resources to individuals to help them achieve
  personal transformation.
  
  
• Training and empowering individuals to lead transformation ministries
  for others in one-on-one or small group settings.
  
  
• Enhancing existing ministries to improve effectiveness and
  reduce recidivism.
  
  
• Advancing a culture of transformation within churches by working
  with faith leaders.
  

As transformation takes place, more of our hearts belong to God, which advances His Kingdom in the hearts of man. At Rock House Way, we desire that every believer will build their spiritual house on the Rock who is the Way.

John Robin Murphy was living a life full of misery, characterized by an absolute angry rejection of God. He knew exactly why it was laughable to believe in God, and he would gladly try to prove it if given the chance. After all, he came from a family with no regard for God, and he was just carrying on the tradition. But in his darkest moments, when he felt like his life was a cruel joke, something gnawed at his spirit.

During his mid 20s, while drinking and other self-destructive behaviors were spiraling out of control, John met Beth, a born-again believer who possessed a depth of character different from that of anyone else in his life. As his personal life and a key business venture fell apart, John finally asked Beth about this “God thing.” She simply answered his questions without condemnation, and John’s heart quickened to the truth of what he was hearing. Three days later, he gave his life to Christ.

Fast forward five years. John’s life and longings had changed dramatically. He and Beth had married and settled down to raise a family. Yet John still found himself wrestling with some old behaviors. Though he was a successful businessman, solving problems and launching strategies that were helping organizations of all sizes grow and prosper, he found himself still experiencing emotional turmoil and depression that led him back to old self-destructive habits that medicated his pain.

Then John began his personal journey of transformation. With the help of a Christian counselor, friends, and his wife, John started to examine old wounds and to look for healing solutions.

As a business consultant, John had a lot of experience helping public and private companies find the root causes of success or failure and implement strategies to promote growth and stability. He began applying those skills in his own life, searching for spiritual solutions for unwanted behavior. He concluded the solution is in God’s call to all His people to be transformation. The evidence was clear throughout the Scriptures. What’s more, he knew God was leading him on a path to help free people from addictions and other forms of emotional suffering.

As he worked in lay ministry with faith-based ministries, some using 12-step programs, John realized there was an important missing ingredient in the typical approach.

“Organizations like AA and others that help get addicts to a place of sobriety are a vital part of the solution,” he explains. “You have to get a person fed, clothed, and pointed in the direction of God before you can minister in their lives. The missing element was heart transformation. Being sober does not remove the heart-cause of alcohol abuse. Freedom from self-destructive behaviors requires dealing with those places in our hearts that do not resemble the heart of Christ. Yes, it requires humility and can be very uncomfortable at times. But it is the only thing that will truly set us free.”

Be Transformed: New Life Awaits is the culmination of John’s quest to find the answers that brought deliverance in his own life and in the lives of others. John will readily admit that he is no theologian. But he has walked in the footsteps of addicts and knows their struggles intimately. Now 50 years old, he is devoted to helping them get serious about both their recovery and their healing. And he is committed to getting the message to all followers of Christ that responding to God’s call to be transformed is the way to realize the full spiritual life they are looking for. The former “table pounding atheist” has found that the Word of God does indeed have the answers to the most difficult problems people face.

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Printed Material

Be Transformed: New Life Awaits

The first offering to advance you along the path of freedom toward a richer relationship with God is the newly released book titled Be Transformed: New Life Awaits. Written by our founder John Robin Murphy, it gives readers insights from more than 20 years of personal transformation that brought victory over substance abuse, obesity and other self-destructive behaviors. Loaded with God’s Truth and a road map for implementation, this is a must read for Christians seeking heart-level transformation.

To make the book affordable to the greatest number of people, it is only sold in paperback binding. Quantity discounts are available to facilitate small group study, congregational distribution, and faith-based ministry purchases.

eBOOK

Be Transformed: New Life Awaits

This ebook version is an Adobe Acrobat document. Adobe Reader is required to open and read the ebook.

UNDER DEVELOPMENT

Be Transformed Work book – due out in late spring or early summer of 2007.

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DVD

“Be Transformed” the presentation by John Robin Murphy
A 45-minute overview recorded live before a church congregation

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SEMINARS

Seminar on Personal Transformation

Plans under development to offer this seminar in early summer of 2007 in Nashville, Tennessee.

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Seminar on Ministering Personal Transformation

Plans under development to offer this seminar in late summer of 2007 in Nashville, Tennessee.

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Seminar on Improving Effectiveness of Faith-based Ministries
through Transformation

Plans under development to offer this seminar in the fall of 2007 in Nashville, Tennessee.

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