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This is only one component of a multi-layered and important conversation that followers of Jesus need to work through. My goal is not to prepare you for a debate-team-style win but to prepare you to be a representative of Jesus Christ in your words, actions, and posts on social media. This episode covers the first and most important filter we must all keep at the forefront of any response.

We'll cover more layers in the following episodes, so be sure to subscribe to the pod so each new episode auto-populates in your feed. This IS NOT a stand-alone episode! Please stick around for the entire conversation, and reach out with your responses along the way. Let's work together to empower the Church to live as effective lights for God in this broken world.

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"A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in a setting of silver." Proverbs 25:11

"So now I am giving you a new commandment: Love each other. Just as I have loved you, you should love each other. Your love for one another will prove to the world that you are my disciples.” John 13:34-35

Where this conversation began on As We Grow "BONUS EPISODE: On Division In the Church."

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What if all that we're learning about tables doesn't just apply to our physical dining room tables, but rather, what if it applies to all of our virtual tables (i.e., social media platforms)?

Who are you inviting to your table? Who are you excluding from your table? What does God have to say about our invites? Let's get into it.

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Sitting At the Feet of Rabbi Jesus: How the Jewishness of Jesus Can Transform Your Faith

"The inclusion of sinners in the community of salvation, achieved in table-fellowship, is the most meaningful expression of the message of the redeeming love of God." Joachim Jeremias (pg. 149)

"By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.” John 13:35 ESV

Episode on As We Grow where I began this conversation about unity over division: "BONUS EPISODE: Division in the Church"

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In this current cultural moment, conflict and division are rampant not just in the world but in the Church as well. Yet we all have a reminder in our homes that can serve as a symbol of peace and laying down our conflicts. This isn't just some theology I cooked up; this has biblical precedence. Let's talk about it. Pull up a chair 🪑

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Where Heaven Meets Earth with N.T. Wright on Blurry Creatures -- Another podcast discussing the power of a table (around minute 42:00).

The story of Laban and Jacob reconciling over a meal is found in Genesis 31.

Sitting At the Feet of Rabbi Jesus by Ann Spangler & Lois Tverberg -- Modern-day story of a table as a sanctuary of peace and a place where conflicts are laid down and not picked up again is found on pages 146-47.

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