Have you ever kept a toxic person around thinking they would change? Or that it would be the best way to love them as a Christian?

Today we are talking about the hard truths about how we should actually WALK AWAY from people.

Now y'all might remember one of our earliest episodes of the HOD podcast we welcomed the amazing Gary Thomas onto the show to talk about infatuation and the myth of the soulmate. That interview was straight up FIRE!

And now today we are thrilled to have Gary Thomas back to talk about his new book, When to Walk Away: Finding Freedom From Toxic People. Gary Thomas is an incredible author and speaker and is well known for his ability to challenge and encourage the spiritual depth of those he comes in counter with. For anyone single or dating, we highly recommend the book, The Sacred Search. And then after today you will also want to go pick up his new book, When to Walk Away.

Gary has a Master of Arts in systematic theology as well as an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree. He serves on the teaching team at Second Baptist church in Houston, TX and is an adjunct faculty member at Western Seminary in Portland. His books and ministry focus on spiritual formation: how we can integrate Scripture, church history, and the time-tested wisdom of the Christian classics into our modern experience of faith.

Today, Gary and Kait talk practically about toxic people. There is this belief amidst Christians that we constantly have to keep toxic people around in order to best LOVE them, but today Gary really brings us the biblical truth about that and talks specifically about the various different kinds of toxic people and HOW to walk away from them.
Some themes of today’s episode:
-How and WHY we should walk away from toxic people.
-The 3 main types of toxic people.
-How walking away from toxic people actually is serving God
-The balance between loving a person and setting clear boundaries
-How to really know if the person is truly toxic or can grow
Get ready to be enlightened, convicted, and learn a whole lot! And don’t forget to pick up Gary’s new book which you can get here: http://bit.ly/whentowalkaway
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