Together with Drew Hunter
Together
Wednesday, December 13, 2023 - 18 minutes
How many friends do you have? My Facebook page says over 3000. But those aren’t really friends. I’ve never wanted fewer friendships, at least fewer REAL friendships. But that’s difficult in today’s world. And yet we were made for friendship.
The theme of friendship and relationship is all through the Bible. We read of how friendships were strengthened, and sometimes, how they were weakened. Jesus even called himself a “friend of sinners.” But for some reason, this friendship idea seems like a foreign concept in our world.
We have lots of connecting and “networking,” but are those relationships just transactions in our fast-paced society.
Drew Hunter has some insight and answers on this issue in today’s podcast.
Drew Hunter is on staff at Zionsville Fellowship in Indiana – http://www.zionsvillefellowship.org
He can be found on Twitter at https://twitter.com/DrewFHunter
Grab your copy of Jack Eason's latest book TOGETHER: Abandoning Loneliness for the Power of Community at https://www.jackeason.org/books/#loneliness
Statistics show that, despite our connected world--and partly because of it--we are lonelier than ever. Social media tricks us into thinking that we are engaged in genuine friendships, except we never quite get beyond that feeling of being outside someone else's life and looking in every so often at what they choose to show the world. Instead of intimacy we get little more than what amounts to digital small talk. But there is a solution.
With plenty of good humor and practical advice, Jack Eason invites you to discover the benefits of doing life together with other brothers and sisters in Christ. Grounding his message in Scripture, Eason helps you
- learn the obstacles to real community
- reimagine what real friendship looks like
- discover a place of true belonging
- and more
If you're tired of feeling lonely, this encouraging and community-building book is just what you need.
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