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Love Your Neighbor As Yourself

Season 3, Ep. 42
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In this Christmas-season episode of Conversations in the Barn, Rachel reflects on James 2 and the difference between healthy preferences and sinful favoritism. Through personal stories, practical examples, and insights from the Wesleyan tradition, she explores what it means to love our neighbors as ourselves in a world that often ranks and divides people.


This episode dives into:

• When preference becomes favoritism

• How God’s value system flips ours upside down

• The call to practical holiness

• Why you can’t give what you haven’t received

• Making room for others—just like Jesus did at Christmas


Whether you're wrestling with relationship tensions, trying to love difficult people, or simply wanting to grow spiritually, this episode offers grace-filled, grounded encouragement.


Join us—and if you're local, come celebrate Christmas Eve at Black Hills Cowboy Church at 3 or 4:30 PM!

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