Dealing With Disunity | New Testament | Romans 15

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🗓️ 8 August 2023

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The Bible isn’t naïve to say that there won’t be conflict. But it is concerned with how that conflict is handled. Is it done with grace and humility or anger and accusation? Can you be unified with people you don’t agree with on important matters? Keith uses Romans 15 to discuss on today's episode. Your support makes TMBT possible. Ten Minute Bible Talks is a crowd-funded project. Join the TMBTeam to reach more people with the Bible. Give now. Join the TMBT community in reading the entire New Testament in one year. Get your FREE reading plan here. Like this content? Make sure to leave us a rating and share it with others, so others can find it too. Use #asktmbt to connect with us, ask questions, and suggest topics. We'd love to hear from you! To learn more, visit our website and follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter@TenMinuteBibleTalks. Don't forget to subscribe to the TMBT Newsletter here. Passages: Romans 15

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0:00.0	Welcome to 10 minute Bible Talks, where we connect the Bible to your life,
0:09.1	in the time it takes to get to work.
0:10.8	I'm Keith Simon. I am confident that God is grieved by the disunity
0:17.3	that exists among Christians. If you scroll through Twitter or pay attention to what happens
0:22.2	in denominational meanings,
0:24.0	or listen to Christians talk about politics, you hear Christians fighting among themselves.
0:29.0	Now I love good faith discussions about theology or how that theology applies in every area of our life
0:34.9	including politics. I think debate is good because it has the potential to lead us to the truth.
0:40.9	And I don't think two people will agree on everything, much less hundreds of people that attend the same local church,
0:47.0	or tens of thousands of people that make up the same denomination,
0:51.0	or millions of people that discuss politics and cultural issues or billions of people that make up the worldwide church.
0:57.0	Heck, I don't even agree with myself sometimes.
1:00.0	So the Bible doesn't naively say there won't be any conflict among Christians, but it is concerned
1:06.0	with how that conflict is handled.
1:09.0	Is the conflict we have with other Christians handled with grace and humility or anger and
1:13.6	accusation? Can you be unified with people you don't agree with on
1:18.0	important matters? Well I hope the answer is yes, otherwise the unity that God cares about is unattainable because there's
1:25.8	no way that all Christians are going to agree on anything, much less agree on everything.
1:31.5	One of the main reasons that Paul wrote the letter of Romans was to help Jewish and Gentile Christians find unity in Jesus.
1:39.0	There was a lot dividing them, including religion, ethnicity, and customs.
1:44.8	You see the Roman Church had both Jews and Gentiles in it
1:47.8	until about 48 or 49 AD.
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