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Dad Tired

Q & A with Chris 004

Dad Tired

Jerrad Lopes

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

51.4K Ratings

🗓️ 25 October 2024

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Chris Hilken addresses profound questions about forgiveness, sexuality, communion, and the afterlife. He emphasizes the importance of understanding God's grace in the context of self-forgiveness, explores the complexities of sexual identity and its implications for faith, discusses the symbolic nature of communion in Christianity, and clarifies misconceptions about the visibility of loved ones in heaven. Through thoughtful insights and theological perspectives, Chris provides a compassionate and nuanced approach to these significant topics.


Chapters

00:00 Understanding Forgiveness: A Journey Within

03:37 Exploring Sexuality: Nature vs. Nurture

14:06 The Symbolism of Communion: A Theological Perspective

18:54 The Afterlife: Can Loved Ones See Us?


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0:00.0

are there going to be gay people in heaven.

0:02.0

It totally depends what you mean by gay people. Welcome back to another episode of Q&A with Chris as always Chris has not seen or heard any of the questions that I'm about to throw at him.

0:26.4

If you have a question that you would like us to toss his way, go to Dad Tire.com,

0:29.6

forward slash question, and he will do his best to tackle these questions. It's been really fun. We've had questions to come in from all over the world.

0:37.0

People are really enjoying this segment. So thank you, Chris, for doing this. Without further ado, man, we'll just jump right in. Let's do it.

0:45.0

This person said, I know that God forgives me, but I'm having a really hard time forgiving myself.

0:51.0

How do I go about doing that?

0:53.0

Ooh, good question.

0:55.0

I think the language that God gives us in scripture between a father and the son is really helpful.

1:01.0

So permit me to assume that you're a father

1:04.1

if you're listening to this.

1:05.4

We actually found out recently

1:06.4

there's a lot of non-fathers

1:08.0

and like college age students listening.

1:10.7

So welcome if that's one of you.

1:12.3

But here's what I think is helpful in recognizing how totally you have been forgiven by God.

1:19.0

If you can perceive that, the language to be helpful for, if you can recognize what it would mean for your

1:25.6

son to walk up to you and to ask for forgiveness and how totally and completely

1:29.3

you would truly forgive them. Translating that to self. Sometimes we're not able to do that's where

1:35.8

like if I'm counseling with someone and maybe they're a high school or like a

1:39.7

college-age dude and there's a girl they're interested in but they're just not good for them.

1:45.6

I always ask what would you give if your best friend someone you loved were in the same

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