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Transformed with Dr. Greg Gifford

DO YOU HAVE A CRITICAL SPIRIT? HERE’S HOW TO MOVE FORWARD IN GRACE

Transformed with Dr. Greg Gifford

Fortis Institute

Education, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.9711 Ratings

🗓️ 4 September 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Transformed Podcast Episode 139 | September 04, 2025 Dr. Greg Gifford unpacks the dangers of being overly opinionated and how it can strain relationships and weaken unity. Drawing from Romans 14, he shows how to distinguish between biblical convictions and personal preferences. Learn practical ways to hold firm to truth while fostering peace and compassion in your relationships. ___ Thanks for listening! Transformed would not be possible without the financial support of our Gospel Partners. If you would like to support Transformed we would be extremely grateful. VISIT https://fortisinstitute.org/donate/ If you are already a Gospel Partner we couldn’t be more thankful for you if we tried!

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0:00.0

What is? What is? What is? What is biblical counseling?

0:04.0

Biblical counseling will grow you from brokenness to wholeness.

0:07.8

I think what you just said made me look at those scenarios differently.

0:10.5

God replaced all my junk with a beautiful light.

0:14.8

God's really been changing the way that I parent my children.

0:19.9

The most amazing thing is the sufficiency of his word.

0:23.6

This is Transform.

0:25.6

And now your host, Assistant Professor of Biblical Counseling at the Master's University

0:30.6

and certified biblical counselor, Dr. Greg Gifford.

0:36.6

Welcome back to Transform. My name is Dr. Greg Gifford. And today we are talking about being

0:42.7

overly opinionated. But today is actually a very special day because my mom is in town.

0:48.5

Yes, me mom is here. And next, I have received a lot of emails about family discipleship success stories.

0:57.0

One, from a brother in Canada, he has four kids, 18 through 12.

1:03.0

He said, I've been batting about 500 on this, and the idea is that he brings the Bible to the dinner table.

1:14.6

Often I have run into the problem that when the kids are busy, homework, other activities,

1:18.4

they eat dinner and then disappear and my wife and I are left sitting there alone.

1:23.1

Instead, before they scatter, as eating is wrapping up, I ask everyone to bring their Bibles to the table.

1:24.0

We read a passage together.

1:25.5

And like you mentioned in your podcast, I ask each individually

1:28.8

to make a contribution with an observation and how it speaks to them individually. I thought that was a

1:33.6

cool story, especially some of you are at that season of life where you have multiple teenagers at

1:37.1

home and it's like a miracle to get them to eat together. And maybe you're thinking that could be a

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