Latest / Daily Bible Refresh / Breaking Barriers: The Shepherd's Inclusive Love""What Happens When Religion Becomes Toxic?
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- 0:04Hello
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- 0:05Dr.
- 0:05Brad
- 0:06Miller
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- 0:15Revised
- 0:16Common
- 0:17Lectionary
- 0:18for
- 0:18this
- 0:18very
- 0:19day.
- 0:19The
- 0:20reading
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- 0:20understandable.
- 0:21I
- 0:21use
- 0:21the
- 0:21Message
- 0:22version
- 0:22Relatable.
- 0:23Please
- 0:23listen
- 0:24to
- 0:24the
- 0:24points
- 0:24to
- 0:25ponder
- 0:25and
- 0:25applicable
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- 0:27steps
- 0:27you
- 0:27can
- 0:28take.
- 0:28We
- 0:29pray
- 0:29and
- 0:29are
- 0:29done
- 0:29in
- 0:30less
- 0:30than
- 0:3010
- 0:30minutes.
- 0:31It's
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- 0:36personal
- 0:36Bible
- 0:37Study
- 0:37Guide,
- 0:38the
- 0:38ABC1,
- 0:4023
- 0:41Bible
- 0:42Study
- 0:42Method.
- 0:43Please
- 0:43join
- 0:43me
- 0:44in
- 0:44my
- 0:44mission
- 0:44of
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- 0:45of
- 0:45God
- 0:46into
- 0:46two
- 0:47millionaires
- 0:47a
- 0:48million
- 0:48people
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- 0:50You
- 0:50can
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- 0:51and
- 0:51subscribing
- 0:52to
- 0:52the
- 0:52podcast
- 0:53and
- 0:53tagging
- 0:54your
- 0:54friends.
- 0:55Here's
- 0:55today's
- 0:55reading.
- 0:56The
- 0:57reading
- 0:57is
- 0:57from
- 0:572
- 0:58Peter
- 0:582:1
- 1:0011.
- 1:02We're
- 1:02reading
- 1:02from
- 1:02the
- 1:02Message
- 1:03version
- 1:04of
- 1:04the
- 1:04Bible.
- 1:05The
- 1:06subtitle
- 1:06is
- 1:06Lying
- 1:07Religious
- 1:07Leaders
- 1:09but
- 1:09there
- 1:09also
- 1:10were
- 1:10lying
- 1:11prophets
- 1:11among
- 1:12the
- 1:12people.
- 1:12Then,
- 1:12just
- 1:13as
- 1:13there
- 1:13will
- 1:13be
- 1:13lying
- 1:14religious
- 1:14teachers
- 1:15among
- 1:15you.
- 1:16They'll
- 1:17smuggle
- 1:18in
- 1:18destructive
- 1:19divisions,
- 1:19pitting
- 1:20you
- 1:20against
- 1:20each
- 1:21other,
- 1:21biting
- 1:22the
- 1:22hand
- 1:22of
- 1:22the
- 1:22one
- 1:22who
- 1:23gave
- 1:23them
- 1:23a
- 1:23chance
- 1:23to
- 1:24have
- 1:24their
- 1:24lives
- 1:24back.
- 1:26They
- 1:26put
- 1:26themselves
- 1:27on
- 1:27a
- 1:27fast
- 1:28downhill
- 1:28slide
- 1:29to
- 1:29destruction.
- 1:30But
- 1:31not
- 1:31before
- 1:31they
- 1:31recruit
- 1:32a
- 1:32crowd
- 1:32of
- 1:32mixed
- 1:33up
- 1:33followers
- 1:34who
- 1:34can't
- 1:34tell
- 1:34right
- 1:35from
- 1:35wrong.
- 1:38They
- 1:38give
- 1:38the
- 1:38Way
- 1:39of
- 1:39Truth
- 1:39a
- 1:40bad
- 1:40name.
- 1:41They're
- 1:41only
- 1:42out
- 1:42for
- 1:42themselves.
- 1:42They'll
- 1:43say
- 1:43anything,
- 1:44anything
- 1:45that
- 1:45sounds
- 1:46good
- 1:46to
- 1:46exploit
- 1:48you.
- 1:48They
- 1:49won't,
- 1:49of
- 1:49course,
- 1:49get
- 1:50by
- 1:51with
- 1:51it.
- 1:51They'll
- 1:51come
- 1:52to
- 1:52a
- 1:52bad
- 1:52end.
- 1:53For
- 1:53God
- 1:53has
- 1:54never
- 1:54just
- 1:54stood
- 1:55by
- 1:55and
- 1:55let
- 1:56that
- 1:56kind
- 1:56of
- 1:56thing
- 1:56go
- 1:56on.
- 1:58God
- 1:58didn't
- 1:58let
- 1:58the
- 1:59rebel
- 1:59angels
- 1:59off
- 1:59the
- 2:00hook,
- 2:00but
- 2:01jailed
- 2:01them
- 2:01in
- 2:02hell
- 2:02till
- 2:02Judgment
- 2:03Day.
- 2:04Neither
- 2:04did
- 2:04he
- 2:05let
- 2:05the
- 2:05ancient
- 2:05ungodly
- 2:06world
- 2:07off.
- 2:07He
- 2:07wiped
- 2:08it
- 2:08out
- 2:08with
- 2:08a
- 2:08flood
- 2:09of
- 2:09rescuing
- 2:09only
- 2:10eight
- 2:10people.
- 2:10Noah,
- 2:11the
- 2:12sole
- 2:12voice
- 2:13of
- 2:13righteousness,
- 2:14was
- 2:14one
- 2:14of
- 2:14them.
- 2:15God
- 2:16decreed
- 2:16the
- 2:16destruction
- 2:17for
- 2:17the
- 2:17cities
- 2:17of
- 2:17Sodom
- 2:18and
- 2:18Gomorrah.
- 2:19A
- 2:19mound
- 2:19of
- 2:19ashes
- 2:20was
- 2:20all
- 2:20that
- 2:20was
- 2:20left,
- 2:21a
- 2:21grim
- 2:21warning
- 2:22to
- 2:22anyone
- 2:22bent
- 2:23on
- 2:23an
- 2:23ungodly
- 2:24life.
- 2:25But
- 2:25a
- 2:25good
- 2:26man,
- 2:26Lot,
- 2:26driven
- 2:27nearly
- 2:27out
- 2:27of
- 2:27his
- 2:27mind
- 2:28by
- 2:28the
- 2:28sexual
- 2:28filth
- 2:29and
- 2:29perversity,
- 2:29was
- 2:30rescued,
- 2:31surrounded
- 2:31by
- 2:32a
- 2:32moral
- 2:32rot.
- 2:33Day
- 2:33after
- 2:34day
- 2:34after
- 2:34day,
- 2:35that
- 2:35righteous
- 2:35man
- 2:36was
- 2:36in
- 2:36constant
- 2:37torment.
- 2:37So
- 2:38God
- 2:38knows
- 2:38how
- 2:38to
- 2:39rescue
- 2:39the
- 2:39godly
- 2:39from
- 2:40evil
- 2:40trials.
- 2:41He
- 2:41knows
- 2:41how
- 2:42to
- 2:42hold
- 2:42the
- 2:42feet
- 2:42of
- 2:43the
- 2:43wicked
- 2:43to
- 2:44the
- 2:44fire
- 2:44of
- 2:45judgment
- 2:45day
- 2:47predators
- 2:47on
- 2:47the
- 2:47prowl.
- 2:48God
- 2:49is
- 2:49especially
- 2:50incensed
- 2:50against
- 2:51these
- 2:51teachers
- 2:53who
- 2:53live
- 2:53by
- 2:53lust.
- 2:54Addicted
- 2:54to
- 2:54a
- 2:54filthy
- 2:55existence.
- 2:56They
- 2:56despise
- 2:57interference
- 2:57from
- 2:58true
- 2:58authority,
- 2:59prefer
- 3:00to
- 3:00indulge
- 3:00in
- 3:01self
- 3:01rule.
- 3:02Insolent
- 3:03egotist.
- 3:04They
- 3:04don't
- 3:04hesitate
- 3:05to
- 3:05speak
- 3:05evil
- 3:05against
- 3:06the
- 3:06most
- 3:06splendid
- 3:06of
- 3:06creatures.
- 3:07Even
- 3:08angels,
- 3:08their
- 3:09superiors
- 3:09in
- 3:10every
- 3:10way,
- 3:10wouldn't
- 3:11think
- 3:11of
- 3:11throwing
- 3:11their
- 3:11weight
- 3:12around
- 3:12like
- 3:12that,
- 3:13trying
- 3:13to
- 3:13slander
- 3:14others
- 3:15before
- 3:16God.
- 3:17Well,
- 3:17that
- 3:17ends
- 3:17the
- 3:17reading.
- 3:18Let's
- 3:18get
- 3:18into
- 3:18some
- 3:19conversation
- 3:19here.
- 3:20All
- 3:20about
- 3:21discerning
- 3:21truth
- 3:23in
- 3:23a
- 3:23world
- 3:23of
- 3:24deception.
- 3:25My
- 3:25friends,
- 3:27what
- 3:28I
- 3:28want
- 3:29you
- 3:29to
- 3:29understand
- 3:29here
- 3:29that
- 3:30this
- 3:30passage
- 3:30from
- 3:312
- 3:31Peter
- 3:31reminds
- 3:32me
- 3:33of
- 3:33something
- 3:33that
- 3:34I've
- 3:34learned
- 3:34in
- 3:34my
- 3:35career
- 3:35as
- 3:35a
- 3:35pastor
- 3:36and
- 3:37now
- 3:37as
- 3:37a
- 3:38cancer
- 3:38podcaster
- 3:39and
- 3:39coach.
- 3:41The
- 3:41importance
- 3:41of
- 3:42authentic
- 3:44leadership
- 3:45and
- 3:45the
- 3:45purpose
- 3:46of
- 3:46genuine
- 3:47hope.
- 3:49Kind
- 3:50of
- 3:50like
- 3:50in
- 3:50sports,
- 3:51you
- 3:51know,
- 3:51I'm
- 3:51an
- 3:52Indianapolis
- 3:52Colts
- 3:53fan
- 3:53and
- 3:53you
- 3:54can
- 3:54spot
- 3:55a
- 3:55fake
- 3:56play
- 3:57or
- 3:57a
- 3:57fake
- 3:59player,
- 3:59someone
- 4:00just
- 4:00going
- 4:00through
- 4:00the
- 4:00motions
- 4:01from
- 4:01the
- 4:01stands.
- 4:02You
- 4:02got
- 4:03to
- 4:03be
- 4:03authentic
- 4:03about
- 4:04this
- 4:04and
- 4:04we
- 4:05need
- 4:05spiritual
- 4:06discernment.
- 4:08Let's
- 4:08explore
- 4:09three
- 4:09thought
- 4:10provoking
- 4:11perspectives
- 4:12on
- 4:13this
- 4:13challenging
- 4:13text.
- 4:14The
- 4:15first
- 4:15one
- 4:15is
- 4:15about
- 4:16power
- 4:16and
- 4:16accountability.
- 4:17I've
- 4:18been
- 4:18married
- 4:18for
- 4:18coming
- 4:18up
- 4:19on
- 4:1934
- 4:19years
- 4:19and
- 4:20I've
- 4:20learned
- 4:20that
- 4:20true
- 4:20leadership
- 4:21is
- 4:22about
- 4:22serving
- 4:22others,
- 4:22including
- 4:23my
- 4:23wife.
- 4:24It's
- 4:24not
- 4:25about
- 4:25control.
- 4:26And
- 4:26this
- 4:26passage
- 4:27isn't
- 4:27just
- 4:27about
- 4:28false
- 4:28teachers.
- 4:29It's
- 4:30about
- 4:30how
- 4:30power
- 4:30can
- 4:31be
- 4:31misused
- 4:33in
- 4:33a
- 4:33religious
- 4:33context
- 4:34today,
- 4:35where
- 4:35religious
- 4:36leaders
- 4:36prioritize
- 4:37their
- 4:37own
- 4:38authority
- 4:39over
- 4:39community
- 4:39well
- 4:40being,
- 4:41they're
- 4:41walking
- 4:42the
- 4:42path
- 4:42and
- 4:42Peter
- 4:43warns
- 4:43against
- 4:44like
- 4:45like
- 4:45when
- 4:46my
- 4:46wife
- 4:46and
- 4:46I
- 4:46and
- 4:46our
- 4:46family
- 4:47are
- 4:47hiking
- 4:47our
- 4:48favorite
- 4:48parks.
- 4:49The
- 4:49best
- 4:50guides
- 4:51don't
- 4:51dominate
- 4:52you
- 4:52or
- 4:53don't
- 4:53kind
- 4:53of
- 4:53give
- 4:54you
- 4:54specific
- 4:55things.
- 4:55They
- 4:55help
- 4:56move
- 4:56you
- 4:56along
- 4:57and
- 4:57help
- 4:58you
- 4:58find
- 4:58your
- 4:58own
- 4:58way.
- 5:00A
- 5:00second
- 5:00thing
- 5:00is
- 5:01about
- 5:01a
- 5:01progressive
- 5:01understanding
- 5:02of
- 5:02justice.
- 5:04The
- 5:04dramatic
- 5:04imagery
- 5:05here
- 5:05of
- 5:06divine
- 5:07punishment
- 5:08needs
- 5:08careful
- 5:09interpretation.
- 5:11Rather
- 5:11than
- 5:11focusing
- 5:12on
- 5:12supernatural
- 5:13revenge,
- 5:14consider
- 5:15how
- 5:15harmful
- 5:15leadership
- 5:16naturally
- 5:16leads
- 5:17to
- 5:18community
- 5:18destruction.
- 5:20I
- 5:20see
- 5:21this
- 5:21principle
- 5:21at
- 5:21work
- 5:22when
- 5:22I
- 5:22watch
- 5:22the
- 5:23Pacers
- 5:23with
- 5:23a
- 5:24Fever
- 5:24play.
- 5:25When
- 5:26individual
- 5:27glory
- 5:27supersedes
- 5:28the
- 5:28team,
- 5:29the
- 5:30collective
- 5:30good
- 5:31will
- 5:31often
- 5:31fall
- 5:31apart.
- 5:33It's
- 5:33about
- 5:33a
- 5:34team.
- 5:34It's
- 5:35about
- 5:35a
- 5:35collective
- 5:36common
- 5:37vision.
- 5:38The
- 5:38third
- 5:39point
- 5:39is
- 5:39about
- 5:39liberation
- 5:40through
- 5:40truth.
- 5:41The
- 5:42Bible
- 5:42passage
- 5:42here
- 5:43is
- 5:43concerned
- 5:43isn't
- 5:44about
- 5:44doctrinal
- 5:45purity,
- 5:46but
- 5:46about
- 5:46exploitation
- 5:47and
- 5:47abuse.
- 5:49When
- 5:49Peter
- 5:50talks
- 5:50about
- 5:50the
- 5:51way
- 5:51of
- 5:51truth,
- 5:52he's
- 5:53addressing
- 5:53how
- 5:53authentic
- 5:54faith
- 5:55should
- 5:55liberate,
- 5:56not
- 5:56control.
- 5:58I
- 5:58work
- 5:59with
- 5:59cancer
- 5:59patients
- 6:00a
- 6:00lot
- 6:00at
- 6:01my
- 6:02cancer
- 6:02podcast
- 6:03and
- 6:03I've
- 6:04seen
- 6:04how
- 6:04crucial
- 6:05it
- 6:05is
- 6:05to
- 6:05distinguish
- 6:06between
- 6:07empowering
- 6:07truth
- 6:08and
- 6:08manipulative
- 6:09falsehood.
- 6:11Here's
- 6:11your
- 6:11action
- 6:11step
- 6:12for
- 6:12today.
- 6:13Examine
- 6:14religious
- 6:14and
- 6:14spiritual
- 6:15messages
- 6:15you
- 6:15encounter
- 6:16ask
- 6:17does
- 6:17this
- 6:17message
- 6:18empower
- 6:18or
- 6:19control?
- 6:20Does
- 6:20it
- 6:20create
- 6:21freedom
- 6:21or
- 6:21fear?
- 6:22Does
- 6:22it
- 6:22does
- 6:22it
- 6:23serve
- 6:23the
- 6:23community
- 6:23or
- 6:23just
- 6:24the
- 6:24leaders?
- 6:25And
- 6:25then
- 6:26share
- 6:26your
- 6:26insights
- 6:26with
- 6:27someone
- 6:27you
- 6:27trust.
- 6:29We're
- 6:29going
- 6:29to
- 6:29have
- 6:29a
- 6:29prayer
- 6:30here
- 6:30in
- 6:30just
- 6:30a
- 6:30moment.
- 6:30Just
- 6:31want
- 6:31to
- 6:31remind
- 6:31you
- 6:31that
- 6:32we
- 6:32have
- 6:32a
- 6:32great
- 6:32resource
- 6:33for
- 6:33you.
- 6:33It's
- 6:34called
- 6:34the
- 6:34Daily
- 6:34Bible
- 6:35Refresh.
- 6:36You
- 6:36can
- 6:36find
- 6:36it
- 6:37at
- 6:37our
- 6:37website.
- 6:38It
- 6:38is
- 6:38called
- 6:39the
- 6:39ABC123
- 6:41Bible
- 6:41Study
- 6:42Method
- 6:42and
- 6:42there
- 6:42you
- 6:42find
- 6:43it
- 6:44at
- 6:44our
- 6:44website,
- 6:45which
- 6:45is
- 6:45voiceofgoddaily.com
- 6:48let's
- 6:48pray.
- 6:49Oh
- 6:49God,
- 6:49you
- 6:50are
- 6:50the
- 6:50source
- 6:50of
- 6:50truth.
- 6:51Give
- 6:51us
- 6:51wisdom
- 6:51to
- 6:51recognize
- 6:52authentic
- 6:53leadership
- 6:53and
- 6:53courage
- 6:54to
- 6:55challenge
- 6:55exploitation
- 6:57and
- 6:57help
- 6:57us
- 6:57create
- 6:58communities
- 6:58where
- 6:59power
- 7:00serves
- 7:00love,
- 7:01not
- 7:02control.
- 7:03Thank
- 7:03you
- 7:04for
- 7:04those
- 7:04who
- 7:04model
- 7:05genuine
- 7:05spiritual
- 7:06guidance
- 7:06and
- 7:07guide
- 7:07us
- 7:07to
- 7:07being
- 7:07truth
- 7:08tellers
- 7:08who
- 7:08liberate
- 7:09rather
- 7:10than
- 7:10dominate.
- 7:11May
- 7:12we
- 7:12be
- 7:12agents
- 7:13of
- 7:13your
- 7:13liberating
- 7:14love
- 7:14in
- 7:14a
- 7:14world
- 7:15hungry
- 7:16for
- 7:16authenticity.
- 7:18Amen.
- 7:22My
- 7:23friend,
- 7:23I
- 7:23am
- 7:24delighted
- 7:24you
- 7:25chose
- 7:25to
- 7:25join
- 7:26me
- 7:26for
- 7:26today's
- 7:27reading.
- 7:27The
- 7:28Daily
- 7:28Bible
- 7:29Refresh
- 7:29is
- 7:30completely
- 7:31listener
- 7:32supported.
- 7:33Your
- 7:33gift
- 7:34goes
- 7:34a
- 7:34long
- 7:35way
- 7:35to
- 7:35getting
- 7:35the
- 7:35audible
- 7:36word
- 7:36of
- 7:36God
- 7:37from
- 7:37a
- 7:38progressive
- 7:38perspective
- 7:39into
- 7:402
- 7:40million
- 7:40years,
- 7:40a
- 7:41million
- 7:41people
- 7:42by
- 7:422028.
- 7:44I
- 7:44would
- 7:44be
- 7:44so
- 7:44grateful
- 7:45if
- 7:45you
- 7:45would
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