Welcome to Conflict

About this episode

This episode discusses the impact of small personal conflicts, using the story of Mordecai and Haman from the book of Esther as a backdrop.

# 3 in a series in the book of Esther Theme: Small personal conflicts can cause big public problems. Mordecai’s personal conflict with Haman. Haman’s background. (1) Haman’s position. (1-2) Mordecai’s problem with Haman. (2-4) Haman’s public campaign against Mordecai. He generalized and exaggerated the issue. (5-6, 10) He plotted the destruction of all the Jews. (7-15) The lessons to remember. Personal conflicts rarely, if ever, remain totally personal. It often is difficult to assess our own personal conflicts. Perseverance and faith in God are the believer’s guide to viewing and handling conflicts.

People in this episode

Host: Lyle Wahl

Topics covered

• conflict
• Esther
• personal issues
• public problems
• faith
• perseverance

Keywords

• conflict
• Mordecai
• Haman
• Esther
• faith
• perseverance
• public problems
• personal conflicts

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Jews

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