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A Discriminating Faith
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Season 6
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Episode 21
Obviously there are those who are INSIDE our circle and those who are OUTSIDE, right? And those who are OUTSIDE are wrong, horrible, unholy, evil people who should be rejected and shunned, right?
Well... That may, in fact, be the exact OPPOSITE of what we are taught by Jesus, by the early church, and by scripture. I wonder why it is that we Christians have become known for our anger and condemnation instead of our love?
This week: The first part of Acts 11 leads us through a different approach to people who seem, to us, to be outside our circle.