The 2x4 Lie: Face-to-Face with Grace

De: Robert Alafa

Narrado por: Robert Alafa Sr.

Grace was never meant to feel heavy. So why do so many believers feel exhausted, ashamed, or quietly convinced that God is disappointed in them?

In The Two-By-Four Lie, pastor and storyteller Robert Alafa Sr. exposes the subtle burden many Christians carry—the belief that we must work harder, pray longer, perform better, and somehow earn the love God has already given. Through raw honesty, vivid storytelling, and deeply personal encounters with Jesus, Robert dismantles the belief systems that keep people stuck in spiritual performance and self-condemnation.

This audiobook is not another list of rules or religious steps. It’s an invitation—an invitation to breathe again, to rest again, and to see Jesus clearly: full of grace and full of truth. It’s an invitation to finally lay down the two-by-four we imagine God is swinging, and release the guilt we were never meant to carry.

Robert writes with the heart of a pastor and the transparency of a friend. Chapter by chapter, he pulls back the curtain on the lies we believe, the wounds that shape us, and the grace that transforms us. If you’ve ever felt like you’re not praying enough, not strong enough, not holy enough… if you’ve ever wondered whether God is disappointed in you… if you’ve ever tried harder only to feel further away… this audiobook is for you.

Grace is not a backup plan or a consolation prize. Grace is God’s heartbeat—His delight, His way of restoring what religion has damaged. Grace doesn’t ask you to clean yourself up. Grace meets you right where you are. You don’t have to be perfect. You don’t have to pretend. You don’t have to perform. You are loved by a God who runs toward broken people, carries exhausted hearts, and refuses to swing the two-by-four we think He’s holding.

If you’ve ever felt “not enough”… you are exactly who grace came for.

©2025 Robert Alafa Sr. (P)2025 Robert Alafa Sr.

This audiobook wrecked me—in the best way.

The 2×4 Lie exposes how easily we can miss grace while sincerely trying to follow God.
This audiobook gently but boldly challenges performance-based faith and replaces it with rest, relationship, and truth. The storytelling is vivid, the pacing is engaging, and the message lands without feeling forced.
If you’re tired of striving and ready for something real, this is worth every minute.