120: Answering the Question, "Was Jesus Nice?" with Blake Guichet

Blake Guichet is a wife, girl mom, writer, and host of The Crappy Christian Podcast. She recently took to Instagram to address the topics of Jesus, niceness, and kindness. As soon as I heard what she had to say on those issues, I knew I had to have her on the show! So, today, we are answering the question, "Was Jesus Nice?" and diving into the implications of the answer to that question on our everyday lives as Christ's ambassadors! We hope you'll walk away from this episode feeling better equipped to interact with others the way Christ would.     What We Chat about in Today’s Episode: ~Answering the questions "Was Jesus Nice?" and "Are we as believers called to be nice?" ~The difference between being kind and being nice ~Jesus' example of speaking hard truths in love, from a heart of kindness, but not always from a place of niceness ~Jesus' interactions with the Pharisees ~The difference between peacemaking and peacekeeping, and what we are called to as believers; the biblical definition of peace versus the culture's definition of peace ~Relational currency and getting to the place of being able to have hard conversations with people ~Calling out vs. calling up ~The importance of truth in love and the problem with missing either one of these important characteristics ~The difference between a biblical definition of kindness and a cultural one ~How speaking truth leads to peace ~Being willing to go to bat for the gospel ~Different personalities and how they are each uniquely equipped to build the kingdom in different ways ~Strong, aggressive terminology used throughout Scripture telling us to contend for the faith, give a defense, be strong in the face of spiritual warfare, and be equipped to stand firm ~Practical first steps for those who don't know where to start when it comes to being truly loving and kind as opposed to merely nice ~The importance of not becoming Jesus jerks or Bible bullies ~And more! For full shownotes, head to hargraveshomeandhearth.com/podcast