Not Beyond Reach - Building Trust and Friendships, Part 2
Living on the Edge with Chip Ingram Daily Podcast
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🗓️ 11 September 2023
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
As faithful followers of Jesus, we're to be both salt and light in this society. But what does that look like in the midst of all the hostility and discourse going on right now? In this program, our guest teacher Aaron Pierce has the answer – as he continues his series, Not Beyond Reach. Discover how to be both holy and relevant when talking to people who would never walk into a church.
Main PointsTribalism:
- Us versus Them
- Tribalism is a toxic trait of modern-day culture
- Tribalism existed during Jesus’ day (example: Jews and Samaritans)
- Jesus defied tribalism in a radical, counter-cultural way - John 4
- Jesus offended the religious people because He spent so much time with sinners - Luke 15:1-2
The power of friendship:
- Friendship humanizes “them”
- Friendship allows you to demonstrate the Gospel in actions. - Philippians 2:3-4
- Friendship helps you really understand their perspective and communicate the Gospel effectively.
- Friendship allows you to earn the trust to challenge their views and speak truth.
Relevance versus holiness:
- Be distinct and clear that you are a Jesus follower… but not obnoxious or a “Jesus robot”
- Don’t be offended that non-Christians act like non-Christians (language, lifestyle, philosophy, etc.)
- The goal is not to “flaunt” your moral superiority, but the goal is that we allow them to see our supernatural hope, love, joy, and peace.
Adopt a missionary mindset:
- Start by actively pursuing people in your “Oikos,” or sphere of influence.
- Expand your “Oikos” by being relationally present in secular places.
- Ask the Holy Spirit to lead you to a “person of peace” and give you supernatural favor.
Principles to remember when engaging in secular places:
- Relax, be yourself, and have fun
- Harness the incredible power of asking questions and listening
- Find common ground and genuine ways to affirm them.
- Dale Carnegie - "How to Win Friends and Influence People"
Chip Ingram’s passion is helping Christians really live like Christians. As a pastor, author, and teacher for more than three decades, Chip has helped believers around the world move from spiritual spectators to healthy, authentic disciples of Jesus by living out God’s truth in their lives and relationships in transformational ways.
About Living on the EdgeLiving on the Edge exists to help Christians live like Christians. Established in 1995 as the radio ministry of pastor and author Chip Ingram, God has since grown it into a global discipleship ministry. Living on the Edge provides Biblical teaching and discipleship resources that challenge and equip spiritually hungry Christians all over the world to become mature disciples of Jesus.
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| 0:00.0 | If you've been a Christian for a long time, you're very familiar with our call to be |
| 0:05.7 | salt and light in this world. |
| 0:08.1 | But what does that look like at our current climate? |
| 0:11.0 | How do we connect and share God's love in such a hostile environment? |
| 0:14.9 | Well, it begins with one thing that I think we've overlooked. |
| 0:18.7 | It will be the beginning of you building a bridge with some people you love that maybe |
| 0:23.8 | you feel like you can't even talk to right now. |
| 0:26.2 | Stay with me. |
| 0:30.9 | Thanks for listening to this edition of Living on the Edge with Chipping Room. |
| 0:35.1 | Living on the Edge is an international teaching and discipleship ministry focused on helping |
| 0:39.8 | Christians live like Christians. |
| 0:42.3 | In just a minute, we'll pick up where we left off last time in our series, Not Beyond |
| 0:46.4 | Reach, from our guest teacher, Aaron Pearce. |
| 0:49.6 | Today continues to walk us through a process of engaging young people who would never walk |
| 0:54.1 | into a church, and it starts with a genuine relationship. |
| 0:58.2 | With that, let's get to the remainder of Aaron's talk, Building Trust and Friendships. |
| 1:02.8 | He begins by describing a pressure point Christians must address when we connect with |
| 1:07.0 | people in the secular world. |
| 1:10.0 | Holiness and relevance is an interesting concept because they can feel like tensions or |
| 1:15.0 | like they're actually on the opposite sides of two spectrums. |
| 1:18.8 | Because what relevance is about is it's about being with people and being connected to |
| 1:25.7 | people and knowing people and understanding how they see the world and to be able to communicate |
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