The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

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John David Walt opens with the consecration prayer and reads Romans 14:10–12. He says Paul has narrowed the church's quarrel over meat, wine and the Sabbath to its real issue, which is judgment and contempt. He ties this to psychologist John Gottman's four "horsemen" that predict divorce: criticism, defensiveness, contempt and stonewalling. Paul's remedy is an examination of conscience before God first, because we will each give an account to him. JD says that if he were a marriage counselor, he would have each spouse do this for a week or two before working on the relationship together. His prayer and journal prompts ask for a spirit of repentance and humility. Afterward he warns that self-righteousness is an unreasonable need to be right. He says humility means being honest and willing to be broken, and that childish ways often come from old wounds that need healing.

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