S6 E1 | How To Handle Politics and Family

Therapy and Theology

Proverbs 31 Ministries

Mental Health, Therapy, Health & Fitness, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, Theology

4.9 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 7 March 2024

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

As a Christian, how can we approach challenging situations and conversations in a God-honoring way? How do we balance grace and truth when someone in our community disagrees with us or believes something different than us?

This episode kicks off the newest season of Therapy & Theology: "You Asked ... We're Answering." Through podcast reviews, direct messages on social media and more, Lysa TerKeurst; Licensed Professional Counselor Jim Cress; and Proverbs 31 Ministries' Director of Theological Research, Dr. Joel Muddamalle, collected your most asked questions. Now they're spending an entire season answering!

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0:00.0	This is Lisa Turkurs and you're listening to therapy and theology where we help you work through what you walk through. I'm so thankful Compassion International has partnered with us again to sponsor this
0:20.0	season of therapy and theology. Compassion brings real solutions to the poverty that so many children in today's world are facing,
0:28.0	all in Jesus' name, and through the generosity of sponsors.
0:33.0	Visit Compassion.com slash Proverbs 31
0:37.0	or click the link in our show notes to choose a child to sponsor today.
0:41.0	When you become a sponsor, Comp will send you a copy of Keep Holding
0:46.4	on. 30 promises from God you can cling to right now. As a token of our thanks for investing in the life of a child, now on to the show.
0:57.0	If you've ever asked yourself, as a Christian, how do I respond when fill in the blight then today's
1:06.2	episode is for you sometimes on therapy and theology we answer only one question
1:10.8	but other times we'll cover several and today is one of those days.
1:15.6	Because we're moving quickly through these questions, don't forget to download the free
1:19.0	listener guide my team put together using the link in the show notes. Okay, are you ready? Let's dive into
1:25.2	today's content. As a Christian, how do I respond when my family or friend group is split politically? My short answer,
1:35.0	answer, announced right here Lisa Turkur for president.
1:39.0	Well, I mean, hey, is there anything else?
1:44.0	Okay, that one came out of the blue.
1:45.4	That one, you shocked all of us on that one.
1:47.8	Well, I mean, speaking of shock, let's go that, I mean, that was my attempt to be funny.
1:51.3	Are we really shocked anymore about the culture and the
1:55.2	environment? So how that no matter what the question is, it's a mess out there right now.
1:59.6	America is in what I call that trauma, limbic brain and limbic responses of fight fighter freeze, seemingly
2:05.1	mainly fights.
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