How can I love my neighbor if I don't even love myself?

That's just one of the questions we'll be answering on today's edition of Core Christianity.

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Questions at Core Christianity.com. First up today, here's a call we have from Carson in Birmingham,

Alabama. Carson, what's your question for Adriel? Hey, Pastor Adriel. Thanks to taking the call.

My question is about family relationships, and we just had Father's Day a few days ago. I don't have a great relationship

with my bad, but I still want to obey God's word and, you know, honor my father and mother.

What are some practical ways that I can be honoring to my father who, you know, I don't really even have contact with them anymore?

So what is, you know, maybe not even for myself, but just anybody who doesn't have a great relationship with their father or mother, how can someone honor them? Yeah. Carson, I'm

sorry to hear about your relationship with your dad. And as I answer this question, I mean,

I'm answering from a place also of personal experience. I mean, my relationship with my dad

wasn't the greatest raised by a single mom.

I have some contact with my dad, but not very much.

And so I've had to wrestle through this, and obviously, you know, I know your pain

and there is a lot of pain there.

So a couple of things I would say.

One of the things I've thought through personally is just, okay, how do I talk about my dad?

It doesn't mean, it doesn't mean that I can't be honest about, you know, how his behavior,

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