We trade stories and laughs before getting serious about why Revelation’s language feels so blunt and why that bluntness can be a gift. We wrestle with defensiveness, conviction, and accountability, landing on a simple truth we need to hear: God corrects us to rescue us, not to shame us.
• shouting out AJ Hempkins for leading the Area 51 Bible study at school
• sitting with the tension between Western culture and biblical language
• hearing Jesus’ warning to Pergamum about harmful doctrine
• separating empty criticism from loving correction
• learning why we get defensive when corrected
• seeing friendship and marriage as iron sharpens iron
• naming personal holiness drift and the role of the Holy Spirit
• choosing real church accountability that protects families and the body
