1 Corinthians 1513 says, do not be deceived. Bad company ruins good morals. Can one bad apple really

spoil the whole bunch? Today I'm sharing a few places to be mindful of bad company and the blessedness

of good company. Welcome to the Sheeproves Faithful Podcast, episode number 236,

Truth and Encouragement to live gospel center lives every day.

I'm your host, Lauren Lushak.

Hi, everyone. Welcome to this episode of the podcast.

I'm really grateful you're here. My name is Lauren, if this is your first time. It's a great episode to catch, but there's lots more. So go

ahead, grab some popcorn, just dive right in. And if you've been a longtime listener, welcome back.

Today, we're talking about bad apples. Really, we're talking about bad company from

the verse in 1 Corinthians 15. But I think there's that saying that says, you know, can one bad

apple or one bad apple spoils the whole bunch? Is that true? We're going to talk a little bit about

that today. And it's funny because I went to a youth group for a hot minute and when I was little

young, a young tween, teen, and I remember the illustration of the youth pastor, whoever,

put somebody up on a chair, like standing up on the chair and they were like, is it easier to

pull somebody up onto the chair or pull them down? And I just remember watching science happen

with gravity and force and whatever else is the physics behind it, you know, with this

illustration. So I thought of that as was writing it. But we're going to get

into that in a minute. But first, if you are a Patreon supporter of the podcast, thank you so much.

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