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S2E8 | Christ-like Conflict Resolution

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Beyond the Church – S2E8: Christ-like Conflict Resolution

Hot Topic: What is missing when a child in a Christian home goes down a bad path?

Conflict is inevitable. Being Christ-like in it is optional.

In this episode of Beyond-the-Church, Pam Clark, Kerry A. Clark, and Jessica Anderson get real about what conflict actually is, how it shows up in everyday relationships (marriage, family, work, friendships), and what it looks like to handle it in a way that reflects Christ—not just our feelings.

From text messages read "with the argument voice," to silent treatment, to unspoken tension in close relationships, we explore how communication, emotion, and maturity shape our conflicts—and how Scripture gives us a better way.

In this episode, we talk about:

  1. What is conflict, really? Why it's more than just yelling—and how it can be unspoken, emotional, or even just a tone.

  2. Christ-like conflict resolution: Using Matthew 18:15–17 as a step-by-step guide to handle offenses privately, humbly, and with restoration in mind.

  3. When emotions take over: How acting from emotion alone can become selfish and un-Christ-like, and how Jesus modeled selfless responses even in tense moments.

  4. The 4 cycles of relationships: Infatuation → Realization → Conflict → Resolution, and why the goal of resolution is to return to love, not just to "win."

  5. Why some people avoid conflict altogether: What happens when we refuse to address it—and how it quietly steals peace, closeness, and health from relationships.

Hot Topic: What is missing when a child in a Christian home goes down a bad path?We wrestle with a tough but honest question:

If a child was raised in a "Christian home," how do they still end up on what looks like a bad path?

We talk about:

  1. Why "bad" is often relative and part of a bigger growth journey

  2. The difference between church-going and truly following Christ at home

  3. How consistency, discipleship, open conversations, and real-life faith matter more than labels

  4. Why we must bring Jesus into everything (friends, choices, dating, parties, even "taboo" topics), not keep Him in a Sunday box

BTC Action – This Week's ChallengeChoose one relationship where you feel tension or unspoken conflict. Take Step 1: Go to that person privately, with humility and love, and begin an honest conversation with the goal of restoration—not to be right.

Scripture References

  1. Matthew 18:15–17 – Go privately, then with others, then widen the circle if needed
  2. 1 Corinthians 1:10 – Live in harmony; let there be no divisions
  3. (Referenced conceptually) Romans 8 – Nothing can separate us from the love of God

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*Music is licensed and used with permission from Pond5.com. 

Speakers:

Kerry A. Clark

Pamela "Pam" Clark

Jessica Anderson

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