'10 things you can't say while following Jesus', part 1
- What does 'there are no atheists in foxholes' mean, and why shouldn't Christians say it?
- Should Christians say 'love the sinner, hate the sin'?
- Is it true that God never gives us more than we can handle?
A host brings an article listing things Christians should stop saying and tests three: (1) 'There are no atheists in foxholes' — the hosts say it is untrue and offers false comfort, citing Dan Hudson's experience as a hospice chaplain that 'people die like they lived'. (2) 'Love the sinner, hate the sin' — debated at length; one host argues it is a concession for angry people and the only controllable part is loving the person, Mike, named in the audio, defends the phrase as usable when used correctly, and another admits he used it as a cop-out when he could not explain the reasoning. (3) 'God never gives us more than we can handle' — rejected as a self-sufficiency platitude; the hosts argue God gives more than we can handle so we run to Him, joking about telling the martyred disciples and Polycarp to hang tight, and trace the phrase to a misuse of the 1 Corinthians 10:13 passage about temptation and 'a way out'.
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