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What if love looks like walking away sooner than you think? We open with a candid look at how race, class, and tribe still slice through the church, then set a firmer anchor: Christ calls one people without distinction. From there, the conversation turns to a thorny pastoral moment online—after countless rounds with a persistent critic, is it faithfulness to reengage or wisdom to step back? We ask where discernment meets courage, and why trying harder isn’t the same as bearing fruit.

Together we face a bracing claim from Job: sometimes God withholds understanding. That truth doesn’t license apathy; it frees us from the illusion that better arguments guarantee changed hearts. We explore a practical path: try once, try twice, maybe a third time if unsure, then shake the dust and pray. Not because truth is weak, but because love is patient enough to stop pushing and start interceding. Along the way we revisit Paul’s talk of the “foolishness” of preaching, the roles of planting, watering, and harvesting, and how prayer becomes the work that outlasts our words.

We then zoom out to the tools in our hands. Social media isn’t a fad; it’s the modern printing press with two-way power. That can terrify or it can energize, depending on how we steward it. We share why we keep our messages crisp and focused, how brevity sharpens thought, and how distributing conversations across dozens of platforms can carry the gospel farther without diluting it. Finally, we wrestle honestly with Job 17:5 across translations—flattery, betrayal, and the cost of harming a friend under holy-sounding words—owning our uncertainty while holding fast to what is clear.

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