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Hello and welcome to Let's Talk, a podcast from the Gospel Coalition podcast network

where we seek to apply biblical wisdom to everyday life. I'm Jasmine Holmes

and I'm here with my friends Jackie

Hill Perry and Melissa Kruger. A lot of topics we've discussed on this

podcast have been things that are going to be part of our life whether we want

them to or not. We all have to make decisions. We all face times of

discontentment. Nobody wants to be hurt by other Christians in the church. But

today's topic is one that we can avoid if we choose to, but if we do, we will

lose out on a spiritual blessing.

So let's talk about building and cultivating friendships

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