Faith, Toxicity, and Apostleship: Exploring Misunderstood Theology in Everyday Life

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Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Society & Culture

4.7 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 12 May 2017

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

Wrestling with how faith affects your prayers? Wondering if it's un-Christian to cut off toxic relationships? Curious where Paul fits into the twelve apostles? In this thoughtful Q&A episode, Mike and Andy dig into some tough but deeply relatable questions from the Voxology community. This episode offers perspective-shifting responses to common theological misconceptions, helping listeners navigate spiritual anxiety, relational boundaries, and what faith actually means in the way of Jesus.

Key Takeaways:
• Understanding Apostleship – Clarifying the difference between "the Twelve" and broader New Testament uses of the term "apostle," including Paul and even a female apostle.
• Faith and Prayer, Reconsidered – Why the phrase “your faith unlocks God’s blessings” can be harmful, and how faith, properly understood, is more about covenantal allegiance than psychological certainty.
• Boundaries and Spiritual Guilt – Exploring how Christians can approach toxic relationships with both grace and wisdom, while evaluating spiritual guilt that may stem from bad theology rather than the Holy Spirit.

Resources Mentioned:
• Jesus’s Teachings on Faith – Gospel references to mustard seed faith and community alignment.
• Andy Stanley’s Pastoral Advice – "Do for one what you wish you could do for all."
• Melchizedek – Genesis 14 and Hebrews 7 for more on this mysterious biblical figure.

Have a question you’re wrestling with? Email [email protected]—Mike and Tim would love to hear from you. And don't forget to check out the Vox Community Podcast for even more rich conversation.

As always, we encourage and welcome discussion as we pursue deeper understanding together.

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We're on YouTube (if you're into that kinda thing): VOXOLOGY TV.

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Music in this episode by Timothy John Stafford

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0:00.0	So, hey, we are live.
0:08.6	Now we are.
0:09.1	Evidently, we've been live and you haven't been able to hear us.
0:11.3	But I think the far better combo is being able to hear us and not being able to see us.
0:16.8	I mean, if you had to pick, I think that would be the way to go.
0:19.1	But we were taking some questions today.
0:21.6	We just finished recording an episode of the Vox podcast that I think you're really going to like.
0:26.6	It's long.
0:28.6	But it's an interview with a guy who hosts a couple of podcasts that we love.
0:32.6	And there's some really good stuff.
0:34.6	If you can fight through how long it is, man, there's some really, really good stuff in that.
0:38.8	So I encourage you to check that out Sunday night, Monday morning.
0:42.4	And we've got some questions that get texted in or emailed in from folks from our community.
0:48.0	And so we try, we've been trying to keep up.
0:49.8	We have like hundreds.
0:52.2	We're trying to get ahead a little bit on this.
0:54.0	And so we're excited to answer a few
0:57.6	today. So, Andy, what do we got? All right, number one, on the podcast, hashtag things only Christian
1:03.1	women here, you said the 12 disciples that turned into the 12 apostles represented the 12
1:08.9	tribes of Israel. Correct. So what was Paul then?
1:12.4	He's the 13th apostle.
1:14.2	Maybe Malkisadec totally guessing here.
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