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Deconstruction and Progressive Christianity
Deconstruction and Progressive Christianity · Foundational

Helping Someone Who Is Walking Away

Helping someone who is walking away from the faith means staying calm, listening until you understand what is really happening, keeping both the friendship and the truth, knowing when to stay near and when to separate, and trusting God with the outcome.

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What you'll learn
1

How to respond in the first days without panic, pressure, or gossip

2

How to find out whether you are facing a wound, a question, a sin, or a drift

3

How to keep the friendship and the truth, with neither false comfort nor a false verdict

4

When to stay near a struggling friend, and when Scripture calls us to separate from a false teacher

5

How parents can love an adult prodigal and trust God with the outcome

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