Today on Summit Life with JD Greer. True friendship is hard.

Inevitably, if you're going to get close to them, they're going to disappoint you.

That is going to happen with any human being that you choose to be friends with.

And unless you've learned to treat other people graciously,

you'll never be able to have good friends.

The way that that begins is by beginning to treat others as you have been treated by Jesus.

Welcome back to another week of Christ-centered,

biblically-based, practical teaching here on Summit Life with Pastor,

author, and theologian JD Greer.

As always, I'm your host, Molly Vitavitch.

Today, we conclude our study on relationships called From the Beginning.

With the rise of social media,

friending someone has become as easy as clicking a button.

So if someone were to look at your Facebook or Twitter profile,

it might seem like you have hundreds or even thousands of friends.

But the fact is, many of us are feeling lonelyer and more disconnected than ever before.

How can that be?

Today, Pastor JD Greer shares timeless, biblical wisdom on how to form real,

deep, and lifelong friendships.

The message is called Why Friendship is so important.

Proverbs is written by the wisest man to ever live, Solomon.

And Solomon says this.

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