{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Dialog","title":"1.22 / How do you hold conviction without losing compassion?","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2412,"description":"How do you hold real conviction and still love the people who disagree with you? I've told people \"I'm just telling you the truth\" a million times. A lot of the time it meant I didn't feel like caring about their feelings that day.\nMy co-host Nick Surface and I start with hot-button issues and the question under all of them: which ones are principles, and which are preferences? Then Nick asks the harder one. When you're divided on principle, what does love look like?\nWhat does it mean that Jesus came with grace and truth?\nIt's by grace that we're saved (Ephesians 2:8), and the truth sets us free (John 8:32). You need both. Love is the balance between them.\nIs \"I'm just being honest\" the same as love?\nUsually not. Being blunt helps the people who know I care about them. Everyone else feels criticized and judged, and they stop listening.\nWhat did God show Moses when he asked to see His glory?\nHis goodness (Exodus 33:19). God described Himself first as \"the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness\" (Exodus 34:6, NIV). So how do we show that goodness to people we disagree with?\nHow do you change a culture you don't like?\nStart with yourself. You won't reproduce what you believe. You'll reproduce how you live.\nScriptures\nJohn 1:14 · Ephesians 2:8 · John 8:32 · Romans 2:4 · Matthew 5:14-16 · Genesis 29 · Exodus 33:18-19 · Exodus 34:6-7 · 1 Peter 2:9-10 · Numbers 14\nPeople and writings\nBilly Graham: God judges, the Holy Spirit convicts, we love\nR.T. Kendall: whose approval are you after?\nDennis Waitley: how you see yourself\nHippolytus: how the early church ran\nChapters\n0:00 Cold open and show intro\n0:53 Which issues are principles, not preferences?\n2:42 What God recognizes vs. what a government recognizes\n4:38 How did Jacob marry the wrong bride?\n9:43 A secure identity doesn't need outside approval\n11:40 \"Was that okay?\" Getting off stage insecure\n14:22 How do you love people you differ with on principle?\n16:29 Jesus came with...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/7YsfA4gq5VzjhvmKvDET1pQqT0OM6yxv1laklKclR7g/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS83ZWZh/MTRmZDEzOWRjZGQz/Y2M2NThkNzYwOTJj/ODA4MC5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}