How to Bring Unity to the Church | Historical Books | 2 Samuel 19:16-43

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Do you see unity in the church? What do you put your hope in? How do we bring peace into a divisive world? In today's episode, Jensen shares how 2 Samuel 19:16-43 encourages us to rest in Christ, who unifies his church. If you're listening on Spotify, tell us about yourself and where you're listening from! Read the Bible with us in 2025! This year, we’re exploring the Historical Books—Joshua, Judges, 1 & 2 Samuel, and 1 & 2 Kings. Download your reading plan now. 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. Like this content? Make sure to leave us a rating and share it so that 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: 2 Samuel 19:16-43

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0:00.0	Welcome to 10-minute Bible Talks, where we connect the Bible to your life and the time it takes to get to work.
0:10.9	I'm Jensen Holt McNair.
0:12.5	When you think of the church, do you think of unity?
0:16.3	Maybe you can honestly answer yes for your local congregation.
0:20.2	I definitely see unity flourishing within the
0:22.6	community of my local church. But when I zoom out to the church in America and then even more
0:29.0	broadly to the global church, unity is not something that I often see. The wars raging within the
0:37.0	church over doctrinal differences, scriptural interpretation,
0:40.8	political beliefs, and cultural divides echo the same division of wars raging on our global
0:47.8	landscape. Distrust, dislike, violence, hatred, disunity. A unified and peaceful church seems as far off as a
1:00.4	unified and peaceful world does. How can the church claim to be a people bringing good news of
1:07.8	peace and joy to the world when inside of its very walls, it holds the same
1:13.4	blueprints for hatred and division. How can we, as the people of God, hope to overcome the
1:20.7	division and produce peace in the church and spread that peace to the world as part of our mission as
1:26.1	God's people?
1:34.9	It's a big question. And it's not the first time God's people have faced insurmountable trials of the same kind. In the second half of 2 Samuel 19, David is returning to Jerusalem
1:42.2	after his time in exile. You'll remember that he was in exile because his son
1:47.6	Absalom had attempted a coup to overthrow the throne and take power before the death of his father.
1:54.3	David is now able to return to the city because his armed forces have defeated those of his son,
2:00.7	and Absalom has been killed
2:02.1	in the process. Now, if you want to examine a divided people, then you don't need to look any further
2:08.0	than this story. David has a huge task ahead of him. Absalom didn't take the throne alone, right?
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