Buckle your seatbelts, friends. This episode gets a bit bumpy.

Maybe your family—like ours—has people with different political beliefs in it. When I (Laurie) chose to co-host this episode with my dad, I didn’t realize a major theme would be loving each other through differing political beliefs.

The major gift of this surprise theme was that by the end, we were all nodding in agreement with each other—unified in the gospel.

And oh yeah… the matchless Os Guinness may have been our guest, but he acted like a brilliant mediator guiding my dad and I (and our divided world?) toward grace for each other and a reliance on “true truth.”

Maybe you can relate to this conversation?

P.S. This was recorded before the mob at the capital, but the heart of it is still very much applicable.

//: Highlights

• “People don’t realize the wonder of the gospel! So I give you the little phrase, 'Contrast is the mother of clarity.’ Every time you see what the alternatives [to the gospel] lead to, you come back with wonder, love, and praise at the difference the good news of Jesus makes.” -Os Guinness
• “Remember how Elijah made people convinced that Jehovah was the real God was the miracle of the fire coming down. We can show miracles today, too….For…followers of Christ to love each other, despite their differences, is a powerful message to our very split world.” -Randy Heckman
• “Hopelessness and despair are always pagan. The gospel always ends in a sense of hope.” -Os Guinness
• “Have faith in God. Have no fear.” -Os Guinness

//: Do the Next Thing

• Check out more of Dr. Guinness on his website!