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Real Christianity

Standing For Truth at Holiday Gatherings

Real Christianity

Relearn.org

Jesus, Christian, God, Christianity, Theology, Bible, House Church, Home Church, Religion & Spirituality, Reformed, Scripture, Church

4.97.3K Ratings

🗓️ 25 November 2021

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

It has been said that two topics are not permitted at holiday family gatherings: Religion and politics. But is this a biblical perspective? Should Christians refrain from these often emotionally charged topics at holiday gatherings? In this episode of Real Christianity, pastor Dale Partridge explains why he believes silence is not an option and how Christians have a duty to speak the truth in love.

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0:00.0

Welcome to Real Christianity, where our mission is to bring the Church back to the Bible.

0:08.4

My name is Dale Partridge and I'm the President of Relearn.org and Reformation Seminary.

0:13.4

The premise of this show is simple.

0:15.4

The culture is growing darker.

0:17.3

The Church is in need of sound doctrine and many Christians are hungry for the truth.

0:22.6

Join me here each week as we look to scripture and discover what it really means to be a Christian.

0:30.8

Welcome to the show.

0:32.3

I once saw a sign hanging on someone's door that read,

0:37.4

Welcome friends and family, please check your political and religious views at the door.

0:43.4

This is kind of the concept in thinking behind the old adage.

0:47.0

There are two topics you don't discuss at family gatherings, religion and politics.

0:52.6

Today I'm going to be sharing why I think this is an unbiblical perspective for Christians to hold

0:58.0

and why it's important that your mission this holiday season is to intentionally speak the truth in love.

1:05.9

But before we begin, I just wanted to briefly remind you that we are working hard over here to raise another $41,000 by the end of the year to hit our 2022 budget.

1:19.8

Since last week we've raised about $4,000, our original goal is $45,000, so we still need $41,000.

1:26.2

Your gift will support several gospel projects as well as biblical and theological tools that we're developing, trainings, content.

1:33.9

We have a small team over here who faithfully, we just are committed to serving the Great Commission.

1:40.7

But the Lord has always supported us through the gifts of His people.

1:45.0

I just want to ask you, would you prayerfully consider supporting one of our ministries?

1:51.0

We have two ministries.

1:53.8

The first is relurn.org and you can do so by going to relurn.org forward slash donate.

1:59.6

You can make a one-time gift or you can make a monthly reoccurring gift or you could find our mailing address there and send us a check if that's a preferred method of giving.

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