Your Friends Are Forming You (More Than You Think)

Your Friends Are Forming You (More Than You Think)

May 17, 2026 · 42 min

About this episode

This sermon explores how friendships shape us and the challenges of true connection.

Most of us think we choose our friends. We don't think much about what our friends are choosing for us. In this sermon, we wrestle with the hidden ways friendship shapes us, why so many adult friendships feel thin or transactional, and why it's so hard to truly know and be known. Along the way, we explore Proverbs, David & Jonathan, the psychology of imitation, the "false self," and the terrifying vulnerability required for true friendship. The harder question isn't what kind of friends...

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