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Lead:

Remember, God’s exclusion of Gentiles in Nehemiah was to a specific place/time, not a principle for all times.

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 10-13
Translation: CSB (Christian Standard Bible)
Verses: 98
Words: ~2376

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.
Don’t emphasize character formation while neglecting comfort and compassion. (1)

Wisdom segment: none

Passage:
Translation:
Verses:
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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/

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