Loving People

This podcast is based on the book Before You Vote: Seven Questions Every Christian Must Ask by David Platt. **Disclaimers: This is NOT who to vote for This IS how to prepare your heart to vote Resources: Before You Vote: Seven Questions Every Christian Must Ask (David Platt) How Can I Love Church Members with Different Politics? (Leemans & Naselli) How the Nations Rage (Jonathan Leeman) One Na...

From the episode: Should Christians be involved in politics? A Christian should be political, but careful of only being partisan Are the claims of Christianity political? What makes politics so difficult for a follower of Jesus? How can I love church members with different politics? How can I prepare my heart for election season? Resources: How Can I Love Church Members with Different Politics? (L...

What is love? Who gets to define love? How do I love someone well? What if it is difficult to love someone? What is someone just seems unlovable? Points from the episode: Love is not provoked Love does not take into account a wrong suffered Love does not rejoice in unrighteousness Love rejoices in the truth Love bears all things Love believes all things Love hopes all things Love endures all thing...

From the episode: What is love? Who gets to define love? Scripture mentioned: 1 Corinthians 13 Romans 2:4 Resources: Untangling Emotions (J. Alisdair Groves & Winston T. Smith) Untangle Your Emotions (Jennie Allen) Feelings and Faith (Bran Borgman) If you would like more info or to pursue biblical counseling at First Southern, please visit our website @ firstsbc.com . New episodes drop every f...

From the episode: What is bitterness? Signs of bitterness What to do with bitterness in your own life? Scripture mentioned: Hebrews 12:15 Romans 12:17–21 Resources: Untangling Emotions (J. Alisdair Groves & Winston T. Smith) Untangle Your Emotions (Jennie Allen) Feelings and Faith (Bran Borgman) If you would like more info or to pursue biblical counseling at First Southern, please visit our we...

From the episode: Guilt = a feeling that you did something wrong Shame = a feeling that your whole self is wrong and it may not be related to a specific behavior or event Guilt is meant to be redemptive Paradigm of guilt Paradigm of grace Resources: Untangling Emotions (J. Alisdair Groves & Winston T. Smith) Untangle Your Emotions (Jennie Allen) Feelings and Faith (Bran Borgman) If you would l...

From the episode: Guilt = a feeling that you did something wrong Shame = a feeling that your whole self is wrong and it may not be related to a specific behavior or event Guilt is meant to be redemptive Paradigm of guilt Paradigm of grace Scripture mentioned: Genesis 2:25 Genesis 3 Romans 6:1–2 Hebrews 10:26 Romans 8:38–39 Luke 7:36–50 Revelation 22:21 Hebrews 4:15–16 Resources: Untangling Emotion...

From the episode: Jealousy v. Envy Jealousy = feeling threatened, protective, or fearful of losing one’s position or situation to someone else Envy = the painful feeling of wanting what someone else has Jealousy & envy can be a cancer but God gives us a scalpel to cut them out of our lives! Scripture mentioned: James 3:14–16 Matthew 6:33 Resources: Untangling Emotions (J. Alisdair Groves &...

From the episode: Rayda is afraid of frogs!! Rational v. irrational fear Fear can be a protector Fear is an opportunity to trust God Fear is not original to God’s good creation Fear is produced in your own heart Scripture mentioned: 1 John 4:18 2 Timothy 1:7 Genesis 3:10 1 Peter 5:7 Philippians 4:8–9 Resources: Untangling Emotions (J. Alisdair Groves & Winston T. Smith) Untangle Your Emotions...

Things from the episode: Anger is a God-given emotion Anger can be good or bad In anger, we need to ask, Are my words giving life or are they giving death? We must lead our anger and not be led by our anger Rational v. irrational anger Don’t react in the heat of the moment! Vengeance belongs to the Lord Scripture mentioned: Psalm 7:11 Mark 3:5 Genesis 4 Ephesians 4:26 Ephesian 4:29 Romans 12:19 Re...

Some things discussed in this episode: Emotions v. Truth Emotions cannot be trusted Emotions can act as a thermometer, but not a thermostat It is good to feel emotions, but how we react defines who we are in Christ Positive v. negative emotions Scripture Mentioned: Genesis 3:10 Revelation 21:4 James 1:2 Romans 5:5 Luke 6:45 Resources: Untangling Emotions (J. Alisdair Groves & Winston T. Smith)...

From the episode:  Outrage culture: a tendency to be easily offended Social media plays a big role in outrage Fake news spreads 6x faster on social media than real news Fact check before sharing something to prevent being an evangelist for something that is false The 24-hour news cycle enhances outrage We can become desensitized to true outrage “You cannot hate a people and reach a people at...

Season 1 of the Loving People podcast is dropping on March 7, 2024! If you are walking through struggles in this life, then this is the podcast for you! We will be covering a wide range of topics, an showing how God's word helps us through all of them. Episodes will drop the first and third Thursdays of each month. For more info check out our website at firstsbc.com .