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Lead:

There is power in acknowledging sin.

Intro:

Today’s Kindle deal is better-than-average: Lee Strobel’s The Case for Christianity Answer Book. I don’t know how long it’ll be there, but now you know.

Sponsor:

Bible segment (read along with The Bible Project):

Passage: Nehemiah 7-9
Translation: CSB (Christian Standard Bible)
Verses: 56
Words: ~1358

Apologetics/reflections segment:

In the last few episodes we looked at responding to evil, but here’s some pastoral temperance to add to that:

Don’t appeal to God’s sovereignty too quickly. It might be true, but timing is important.
Don’t launch into a story about how God used your suffering. That’s more about you than them.
Don’t minimize the sin that caused the suffering. (1)

Wisdom segment: none

Passage:
Translation:
Verses:
Words:

Love you!

-R

Roger Courville, CSP is a globally-recognized expert in digitally-extended communication and connection, an award-winning speaker, award-winning author, and a passionately bad guitarist. Follow him on Twitter -- @RogerCourville and @JoinForTheHope – or his blog: www.forthehope.org.

Sources and resources:

(1) Gavin Ortlund, How Not to Respond to a Sufferer, The Gospel Coalition blog, February 18, 2017, Accessed July 22, 2019. https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/how-not-to-help-a-sufferer/

#831: Nehemiah 7-9 | How to NOT help a sufferer, part 2