Should Pastors Be Winsome or Blunt When Speaking the Truth?

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Should Pastors Be Winsome or Blunt When Speaking the Truth?

25 min

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Church Leadership

Should Pastors Be Winsome or Blunt When Speaking the Truth?

25 min

Episode 984 Show Notes

From the Show

Oftentimes the judgments we make are wrong. In Jesus’s time, people looked at the religious leaders, the scribes and the Pharisees, and they thought, “They have this direct line to God, there will be a special place for them in heaven,” and Jesus says, “they will be cast out into darkness. And you know who is entering the kingdom of heaven before them? Tax collectors and prostitutes.”

–Adriel Sanchez

Should Pastors Be Winsome or Blunt When Speaking the Truth?

Questions in this Episode

  1. Is it OK to date someone who practices a different religion?
  2. Does 2 Thessalonians 3:6 say that I have to cut ties with my child who’s living in sin?
  3. You seem to struggle trying to answer tough questions with straight forward answers. I wish you would be more blunt.
  4. What verses do you suggest for someone who deals with chronic illness?
  5. How should we reconcile the doctrine of the Trinity with the Shema: ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one’ (Deuteronomy 6:4)?

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Adriel Sanchez is the pastor of North Park Presbyterian Church (PCA) in San Diego, CA. He received his theological training from Westminster Seminary California and serves as host of Core Christianity. Adriel is the author of Praying with Jesus and, most recently, Why We Worship: Experiencing Heaven on Earth at Church. He and his wife, Ysabel, have six children.

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