If this Hurts, Let's Talk! EP 4

Episode 4: If This Hurt, Let’s Talk

A Pastoral Word to the Wounded, the Confused, and the Teachable

Series: You Cannot Love Jesus and Slander Catholics and Jews

If this series stung, it might not be because you were attacked. It might be because you were convicted. And conviction is not condemnation. Conviction is the King repairing what our words damaged.

In this Wednesday deep study, Dr. Shawn M. Greener walks you through the Bible’s covenant repair pattern, confession, correction, restitution, and re formation. This is not a vague call to “be nicer.” This is Torah level justice applied to modern Christian speech. In the Bible’s Ancient Near Eastern world, false witness is not just bad manners. It is community level injustice. It harms reputation, breaks trust, and endangers the vulnerable.

You will learn a practical verification tool you can use immediately, the Gate Test:

Who said this?

What is the evidence?

What is the full context?

What is my motive for sharing it?

You will also see Zacchaeus as the New Covenant model of measurable repentance that restores what was stolen and rebuilds trust. Because a follower of the Way does not only say, “I’m sorry.” A follower of the Way says, “I’m going to make it right.”

Primary Bible texts, side by side in the Lexham English Bible (LEB) and the Complete Jewish Study Bible (CJSB):

Deuteronomy 19:15–21

Numbers 5:5–7

Leviticus 5:14–6:7

Zechariah 8:16–17

Luke 19:1–10

Acts 17:11

Proverbs 18:17

Matthew 11:28–30

James 3:7–10

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What is one act of repair you will do this week, and what is one verification standard you will adopt before you share anything again?

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