THE AFTERWORD | Matthew : Season 6 - Week 4
Description:
How are you at handling conflict? Do you avoid it? Tiptoe around it? Try to defuse it? Throw some gasoline on it and watch as it all burns? Hopefully not the last one. But more importantly, how does Jesus handle conflict? What can we learn from Him? In Matthew 12, Jesus walks headfirst into some gnarly conflict with the religious leaders, and it gets so intense, that when the episode is over, the Pharisees plot to kill Jesus. Kill Jesus. Steve Clifford and Corinna Girard step in to help process how this dramatic confrontation shows that Jesus has no patience for good people who are not good to people AND that loving people well and having “the fruit of the Spirit” in our interactions is a non-negioable part of following Him. This has dramatic check-yourself-before-you-wreck-yourself implications for all of us, especially in our polarized world of outrage. Also, added bonus, Dave shares a story from college about a conflict he had with an angry, imperialistic vegan he lived with in the dorms in New York City.
Speakers: David Tieche + Steve Clifford + Corinna Girard