Ep. 52: A Christian’s Response to Church (Part 2 - Church Hurt + Good Church Stories)
M Is for Mama Podcast
Abbie Halberstadt
4.8 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 24 January 2024
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
One of the more common buzz phrases I’m encountering on the Internet is the term “church hurt.”
The problem, as with many popular phrases, is the true meaning of “church hurt” is hard to nail down, meaning anything from true abuse of power and spiritual neglect to a rightful accountability check of sin.
Not only that, but since we are called to look not only to our own needs but also to the needs of others (Phil. 2:4), the intensely personal narrative surrounding church hurt often becomes more about the person who experienced (real or perceived) injury than it is about the God who heals every sorrow and is so near the brokenhearted.
To further complicate issues, many in the church hurt movement seem determined to lump the entire entity of “church” in with what they deem a broken system, rotten to its core.
And so, we must examine all of these claims in the light of Scripture. Is all church hurt equal? Should every claim be taken at face value? Is there still such a thing as a healthy church?
We address all of these questions (and more) in light of Scripture in today’s episode.
Bible References:
Micah 6:8
Psalm 1:1
Philippians 2:3-8
Matthew 18
Matthew 18:21-22
Hebrews 10:23-25
Philippians 4:13
Romans 12:15
2 Corinthians 5:17
Romans 6:23
John 14:15
Jeremiah 17:9
Luke 6:45
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the MS-Mama Podcast. I'm your host, Abby Halberstadt, happy wife, |
| 0:09.7 | Mama to 10, Bible Believing Christian, and on today's show we're going to add another installment to the |
| 0:15.3 | series that we started a couple of weeks ago, a Christian's response to church and it's going to be kind of |
| 0:20.7 | a hot button topic today. |
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| 0:59.0 | Okay, so I want to talk today about the topic of Church Hurt. |
| 1:07.1 | And as always, my goal will be to address it |
| 1:10.2 | from a biblical standpoint. |
| 1:12.0 | What does the Bible actually have to say about church attendance |
| 1:15.9 | about the role of the organized church in the Christian's life about the role of the |
| 1:21.1 | Christian in the organized church. |
| 1:24.0 | And you know my podcasts are about 30 to 45 minutes long usually, |
| 1:28.8 | and that's a really big topic to tackle in one episode. And I don't know that I'm going to stretch it to two. We'll see how the spirit leaks. But my goal is to give you some food for thought. |
| 1:43.0 | Because this is such a huge topic on social media right now |
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