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This week's episode is titled recovering our san how the fear of god conquers the fear that divides us. We're going to explore what happens when psalm 27, verse one is not a deep reality for us. And we're going to discuss some of the ways we fear each other right now,. With a focus on fears with different people groups with regard to politics, race, sex, gender and national identity.

Psalm 27:1 says, “The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear?” In this episode, the WHI hosts explore what happens when this verse is not a reality for us. Trapped in a blame game that goes back to the garden, we fear each other—not the Lord. We confuse the kingdom of Christ with Caesar’s Rome and begin to use, exploit, and oppose the “other,” rather than seeing people made in God’s image. But when we live in the fear of the Lord, we in turn love our neighbors, worshipping together in anticipation of the feast around the Lord’s table with the diverse community for whom Christ died—people from every tribe, tongue, and nation.

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