For many people, they have moved on in time since that event of hurt.

Since the person gossiped about them, since the leader mistreated them, they moved on.

But if they didn't heal, their emotions are still affected by what happened in the past.

And what happens is over time is we just press forward.

We push emotions down. We push them to the side.

And they tend to almost manifest in new dysfunctions, you know, anger, sadness, things like that, that all of a sudden we're dealing with consistently, but we don't actually connect it to what happened to us all those years ago.

Yeah. actually connected to what happened to us all those years ago. Church hurt has become such a common phrase that it trends on social media makes headlines

and is the subject of documentaries yet. We in the church, we often don't talk about the causes

and the results of church hurt, not because we don't care, we often don't talk about the causes and the results of church hurt,

not because we don't care, but often because we just don't know how.

Well, on today's episode, you're going to get an insightful and honest conversation

if you're one of the precious many who love Jesus, but you've been touched by Church-Hurt.

Today's guest, pastor and author, Joe Dobbins,

is going to offer you compassion, wisdom, and practical advice

to help you understand the nature of Church, hurt, heal, and re-engage the church.

And he's going to show you how to be part of the

solution. Jesus loves people. Jesus loves the church. And by the way, there will be no church

bashing on this conversation. And we love Jesus and his people. So let's tackle this topic.

Welcome to the 413 podcast where practical encouragement and biblical

wisdom set you up to live the I can life because you can do all things through Christ

who strengthens you. Now welcome your host, Jennifer Rothschild. Hello, our dear ones. Glad you're back with us. 413 podcast is

always better when you're around. And by the way, some of you have been leaving reviews,

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