We Lift Up

Love Your Neighbor (Even When They're Nothing Like You)


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"Love your neighbor" sounds simple until your neighbor is someone you profoundly disagree with. In Week 2 of our Love Series, Rev. TJ Frederick tackles what it means to love people beyond your bubble—across political lines, cultural differences, and theological divides.

In this episode, we cover: The parable of the Good Samaritan and why it's more radical than we think, loving your neighbor in a politically divided America, and community care vs. individual charity: what actually helps.

This episode is for you if you:

  • Struggle to love people who see the world differently than you do
  • Want to move beyond performative allyship to actual relationship
  • Feel overwhelmed by the world's problems and don't know where to start
  • Are tired of culture war Christianity that treats people like enemies
  • Believe love is supposed to be practical, not just theoretical
  • Want to build the kind of community Jesus actually talked about

This is Week 2 of our Love Series. Last week, we talked about loving yourself. This week, we're expanding the circle. Because love that stays internal isn't love—it's just self-improvement.

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We Lift UpBy Rev. TJ Frederick