Love Your Enemies
Life at the Pond
Charlie Richards and Christian Parenting
4.5 • 761 Ratings
🗓️ 2 September 2021
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Summary
Some old acquaintances of Bill’s show up at the pond, and he’s not happy as they picked on him years before. Bill learns he needs to love even those who seem very unlovable.
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| 0:00.0 | Christian Parenting |
| 0:03.0 | Some Bible verses are really cool. |
| 0:16.0 | My son, do not forget my teaching. |
| 0:19.0 | Tony, the frog likes all of the book of Proverbs. |
| 0:21.4 | Keep my commands in your heart, for they will prolong your life many years and bring you prosperity. |
| 0:28.5 | Methuselah the alligator likes John 316. |
| 0:31.1 | For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son, so that whoever believes in him shall not perish, |
| 0:39.0 | but have eternal life. You can't beat that. |
| 0:42.2 | Floyd the Turtle likes Luke 324 to 38. |
| 0:45.3 | The son of Mathat, the son of Levi, the son of Melchai, the son of Janai. |
| 0:49.9 | What can I say? I like names, you know. |
| 0:51.8 | But sometimes a Bible verse will bring with it... I can't do it. Difficulties. There's just no way. I can't. You can't do what, Bill? Matthew 544. Is that the part about crawling through the eye of a needle? No, I'm willing to try that. Is it thrown into a lion's den? No, although I'd rather not, to be honest. Matthew 544 says to love your enemies. That, that right there. I can't do it. I just, I can't. Do you really have to love? Or can you just, you know, not hate him? It says love. I just can't do it. You don't have to send them Christmas cards, do you? Love, in your heart, what does that mean? I love my cousin Paige. I don't send her Christmas cards. This isn't sounding so tough. I guess I can love just about anybody. I can't love Mr. Axel. Who? Mr. Axel. We're from the same flock. |
| 1:45.0 | Used to fly together as kids. |
| 1:46.9 | And he always made fun of me, especially when I got glasses. |
| 1:50.6 | Hey, four eyes! |
| 1:52.3 | That's not very nice. |
| 1:53.8 | No, it's not. |
| 1:55.1 | And now I find out he'll be flying overhead and he wants to stop by and see me on his way south. |
| 1:59.9 | Maybe he's changed. |
| 2:01.2 | Maybe dogs meow. |
| 2:02.9 | Is that true? |
| 2:03.9 | I don't think so. |
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