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Sexual and Gender Identity with Grace and Truth (Part 2 of 2)
Breaking Bread Podcast
08/10/20 • 22 min
Conviction of truth. Compassion for people. Context for our society. And comfort in Christ. These are our goals. Join Ted Witzig Jr. as he speaks to the important topic of gender and sexual identity with grace and truth.

Sexual and Gender Identity with Grace and Truth (Part 1 of 2)
Breaking Bread Podcast
07/27/20 • 22 min
Conviction of truth. Compassion for people. Context for our society. And comfort in Christ. These are our goals. Join Ted Witzig Jr. as he speaks to the important topic of gender and sexual identity with grace and truth.
Conviction of Truth
- Mark 10:6-9
- Gender is a divine creation.
- Marriage between a man and a woman is a divine institution.
- Fidelity is the divine intention.
Compassion for People
- See people as Christ sees them. Love them.
- We are created in God’s image.
- We are loved by God.
- We have undying souls.
- We are in need of salvation.
Context for our Society
- Common Cultural Script
- I feel attracted to my same sex.
- Attraction is a central identifier to who I am as a person.
- Happiness is found in fulfillment of my identity.
- I must live out my same sex attraction to flourish as a person.
- People do not choose their sexual attraction. Attraction is complex.
- Changing sexual attraction is not simple. Sometimes it happens. Sometimes it does not.
Comfort in Christ
- Jesus attracted people who had brokenness.
- The repair that Jesus offers is much deeper than sexual orientation.
- Jesus offers us an alternative script and it is good news for all of us.
- I feel attracted to my same sex. This is just one example of brokenness in my life.
- Sexual attraction is not the central identifier of my life. Rather, my identity in Christ is who I am at the core.
- Happiness is found in fulfillment of my identity in Christ.
- Human flourishing happens when I am conformed to Christ’s likeness. Thus, I do not need to act on sinful sexual urges.
- Jesus offers the good news of conversion to anyone who wants it. A transformation occurs when we were once slaves to our brokenness and become new creatures with new minds set free to live according to Christ’s example.

Empathy
Breaking Bread Podcast
07/13/20 • 22 min
Empathy is a gift we give to others. It is a gift for many reasons, not the least of which, is the selflessness required. In this episode of Breaking Bread, Amber Miller flushes out empathy. She helps us walk the fine line of looking within ourselves and accessing the God given skill set to turn outward and connect with another person.
- Empathy is feeling with people.
- Empathy is not fixing people’s hurt.
- Empathy is recognizing, acknowledging, and connecting with another person’s emotion.
- Empathy is not talking.
- Empathy requires selflessness by not making the interaction about us.
- Empathy does not require a shared experience.
- Empathy requires vulnerability on the part of the giver and the receiver.
- Empathy does not require complete understanding of another person’s experience.
- Empathy is built by listening to another’s perspective.
- Empathy is eroded by minimizing another’s experience.
- Empathy is built by prayer.
- Empathy is eroded by ignorance.
- Empathy flourishes when the hurting person gives the helping person grace to try.
- Empathy withers when the hurting person lords their hurt over another.
- Empathy flourishes when the helping person gives the hurting person grace to share.
- Empathy withers when the helping person lords their perspective over the hurting person.
- Empathy is perfectly exampled in Christ, who experienced humanity fully and is now our advocate before the father.

Connection In Marriage (Part 2 of 2)
Breaking Bread Podcast
06/29/20 • 11 min
Connection in marriage is possible. In this episode of Breaking Bread, Kaleb Beyer shares with us three keys in connecting with our spouse. Accessibility, responsiveness and engagement go a long way in moving us in the right direction - toward each other.

Connection in Marriage (Part 1 or 2)
Breaking Bread Podcast
06/15/20 • 15 min
Marriage is far more than a living arrangement. It is a living relationship which meets a core need we each have for connection. In this episode of Breaking Bread, Kaleb Beyer exposes this core need and coaches us on how to achieve it.
- Connection in marriage models the connection God desires with us - one in which life flows between us. Christ is the vine and we are the branches.
- Every spouse desires connection. Connection answers “yes” to the questions, “Do I matter to you? Are you there for me?”
- Withdrawal is a poor but common response to loss of connection. It in fact drives further disconnection. Withdrawal is when a person pulls away from their spouse in silence and inattention.
- Aggression is a poor but common response to loss of connection. It, in fact, drives further disconnection. Aggression is when a person pursues their spouse with angst and negative accusation.
- Underneath our withdrawal and aggression is hurt. Hurt is the pain that comes from lack of connection. At the surface disagreement between the spouses is apparent, yet spouses actually agree on this one need – connection.
- Self-reflection is key to navigating disconnection. Learning why we respond in certain ways and assuring our spouse that though our reactions are imperfect, connection is desired.
- Sitting with difficult emotions is key to navigating disconnection. Learning how to face unpleasant emotions and make sense of them with our spouses is necessary.
Connection is made by being available, responsive and engaged with your spouse.

3 Small Things for Improving Your Marriage, Part 3
Breaking Bread Podcast
06/01/20 • 19 min
Conflict happens. Some conflict can be avoided. All conflict needs resolve. Sometimes little things make big differences. In this episode of Breaking Bread, Kaleb Beyer relays three small things that exist in happy marriages.
3 Small Things
Be Purposeful
- Highly happy couples find that when they can’t resolve conflict before bedtime, they choose to sleep on it. If anger remains in the morning, they don’t let it go unresolved; they deal with it.
Be Present
- Highly happy couples treat one another with intentional kindness; they joke and they challenge, but they try to never do it in ways their mate would perceive as disrespectful or hurtful.
Be Positive
- When highly happy couples inevitably experience hurt feelings and conflict, they eventually reconnect by mutually sharing a private signal that says “We’re okay.”
Taken from “The Surprising Secrets of Highly Happy Marriages: The Little Things That Make a Big Difference” by Shaunti Feldhahn

Unknown Expectations
Breaking Bread Podcast
05/18/20 • 18 min
Uncertainty, unpredictability, unreliability, riskiness, chanciness, unsureness, changeability - 2020. It’s one thing to have expectations gone unmet. It’s another thing to be so uncertain that expectations can’t even be set. Those are the days we are in. And yet, there is an advantage these days afford. In this episode of Breaking Bread, Arlan Miller helps us see those advantages.
- We learn flexibility. A lot is out of our control.
- We learn childlikeness. God is our Father.
- We learn dependence. God is our supplier.
- We learn to be responsible in those things we know.
- We learn to shift our trust from those things uncertain to the one who is – God.

Walking With Kids Through Their Loss
Breaking Bread Podcast
05/04/20 • 25 min
It is easy to overlook the losses our kids are enduring these days. In this episode of Breaking Bread, Craig Stickling highlights what many of our kids are experiencing as their lives have been put on hold during these days of COVID-19. Fortunately, parents are equipped with a few helpful tools to minister to their losses.
Some tools for the toolset:
- Acknowledge their loss. Don’t down-play it.
- Kids have had limited experience. Bring perspective.
- Connect with their loss. Resist shifting the focus to yourself.
- They will be fearful. Help them express it.
- They will be frustrated. Help them channel it.
- They will be scattered. Help them focus.
- They will be absorbed in the present. Help them see the future.

Lament: Bringing our Emotional Pain to God
Breaking Bread Podcast
04/20/20 • 25 min
What do we do with emotional pain when we can’t make it better? (Hint: David, Hannah, Jerimiah, Job, Habakkuk and Jesus all did it.) In fact, the example is so abundant in the Scriptures you can’t miss it. In this episode of Breaking Bread, Ted Witzig Jr. will answer this question and make it very accessible to all who endure pain.
- Lament is a prayer in pain that leads to trust.
- Lament includes four steps:
- Turn to God
- Make a complaint
- Make your request
- Move forward in trust
- Lament connects the experience of our pain with the reality of God’s promises.
- Some people are afraid to lament because it often deals with raw emotions and difficult questions. However, lament is actually an act of faith as we turn toward God in our pain.
- God has given lament to the individual who is suffering.
- God has given lament to the community who is suffering with an individual.

Success
Breaking Bread Podcast
08/21/20 • 22 min
At some level, we all want to be successful. Yet success can have ill-effects. On this episode of Breaking Bread, Brian Sutter and Fred Witzig tackle this topic of success. Approaching the topic from a historical, clinical and biblical perspective helps provide insight into this “success” we all want.
Show Notes:
How healthy is my success?
- Success should promote humility.
- Success should not promote arrogance.
- Success should promote thanksgiving.
- Success should not promote entitlement.
- Success should promote a dependence on God.
- Success should not promote an independence from God.
- Success should promote a healthy mind.
- Success should not promote out of balance.
- Success should promote good relationships.
- Success should not promote negligence.
- Success should promote a healthy view of God.
- Success should not promote misconceptions of God.
- Success should promote a high view of people.
- Success should not promote a condescending view of people.
- Success should promote joy.
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FAQ
How many episodes does Breaking Bread Podcast have?
Breaking Bread Podcast currently has 197 episodes available.
What topics does Breaking Bread Podcast cover?
The podcast is about Health & Fitness, Kids & Family, Mental Health, Counseling, Podcasts, Apostolic and Christian.
What is the most popular episode on Breaking Bread Podcast?
The episode title 'Sexual and Gender Identity with Grace and Truth (Part 2 of 2)' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Breaking Bread Podcast?
The average episode length on Breaking Bread Podcast is 20 minutes.
How often are episodes of Breaking Bread Podcast released?
Episodes of Breaking Bread Podcast are typically released every 14 days.
When was the first episode of Breaking Bread Podcast?
The first episode of Breaking Bread Podcast was released on Oct 29, 2015.
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