Teachback Tuesday-We Are Not Called to Be Argumentative

Keep the Heart

Francie Taylor

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality:christianity, Religion & Spirituality

2.4 • 616 Ratings

🗓️ 9 May 2023

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Welcome to Teachback Tuesday, where we play the most popular episodes from the previous season. This week's episode, "We Are Not Called to Be Argumentative," was downloaded thousands of times in 2022. Maybe this is because arguing, bursting into a rage, and other outbursts have become viral in their own right. People are so confrontational today, and they feel emboldened because it’s popular to be against things that are good and for things that are destructive. There are reasons why unbelievers don’t understand believers, and we make the division worse when we get into arguments just to score points. This Teachback Tuesday episode provides a few reasons why there is an ongoing communication gap, examining our roles to ensure that we’re not becoming repellant and annoyingly self-assertive. Jesus came to seek and to save that which was lost, not to argue and push people deeper into darkness with prideful arguments. Shop the "Mall of Keep the Heart" Rough Patches: Temporary Marital Tensions by Francie Taylor Minerals for the Mind-A Study of Romans 12 by Kathy Ashley Encouragement for Motherhood--A 30-Day Devotional by Charity Berkey & Team Rate and Review the Show HERE Keep the Heart on Instagram Keep the Heart on Facebook Francie on Facebook

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0:00.0	Welcome to Teach Back Tuesday, where we play the most popular episodes from the previous season.
0:05.5	This week's episode, We Are Not Called to Be Argumentative, had thousands of downloads in 2022,
0:12.5	and I think I understand why. Have you noticed the increase in contentiousness in our society?
0:18.4	We only had road rage at one point, now we have air rage and all kinds of other rage.
0:24.7	It may be popular to be harsh and argumentative, but are we possibly messing up the gospel picture
0:30.5	by copying the culture? Too many people have their pride hanging out and they need to tuck it back in.
0:39.7	And that includes each one of us.
0:46.0	We are not called to be argumentative. Three points in about 11 minutes. Let's listen again.
0:52.3	The man in the Sky Club who asked me what I did for a living was so excited, it was suspicious.
0:56.5	I told him I was a Bible application teacher, and I thought that maybe he wanted to hear more about the Bible because his response seemed so energetic. It turned
1:02.1	out that he really wanted a debate. I'm not into debates. They're too much waste of good energy.
1:08.9	I'd rather engage with a willing listener than get into a
1:11.9	lengthy dispute with someone who feels like they finally found their sparring partner for the day.
1:16.8	And when it's a complete stranger, I really can't inspire myself to quarrel.
1:22.1	Why argue with someone I don't know when I have plenty of people I do know who I could
1:26.1	tussle with. But seriously,
1:29.1	this was a gospel opportunity as long as I didn't mess it up by becoming argumentative.
1:35.9	Being argumentative is not a calling.
1:41.8	Thank you for joining Keep the Heart for today's podcast with Francie Taylor.
1:46.7	Francie is an author, conference speaker, and teacher.
1:50.1	She is passionate about teaching what to do with what we learn from God's Word.
1:56.0	Now back to today's valuable study.
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