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Today’s episode is about a difficult topic. I have often struggled to engage well in groups. I have enjoyed working with brilliant colleagues over the years. Collaboration and fostering collective inputs is a strength of mine. Borrowing from the strengths of a diverse team can result in incredible synergy.

Working in Groups

But working in groups can be challenging. It can be challenging to stand for truth in the midst of conflict. We aren’t born with conflict resolution skills. They have to be developed and fine-tuned.

What do we do when conflict arises? What is our approach when a group goes off course? Groups don’t deal with conflict well in my experience.  There is peer pressure, lowest common denominator thinking, and a tendency to go with the flow. These are not accretive to discerning, wise decision-making.

Standing for Truth

Matthew 18 and other sections of Scripture provide instructions for us as we address some of the tensions caused by sin in the church. I believe we often treat this passage and these situations too casually. We allow manmade rules and procedures to have precedence over these important biblical truths.

Walking toward tension in an effort to be obedient to Scripture can be uncomfortable. But this is an important principle for us to settle in our minds well in advance of actually having to address these struggles. People pleasing and trouble avoidance can be dilutive to this biblically designed process. I offer some helpful tools for doing this in this weighty, practical episode of Relentless Truth.

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“Working in a group can make standing for truth in the midst of conflict difficult.  Today, we will discuss some Scripture that will provide instruction on conflict resolution.” John Warren