Acts 15 Insight to Process Conflict
From Pat's View: Inspirational stories by Patricia Holland Sharing Inspirational Stories For Everyday Life
June 8, 2026 · 7 min
About this episode
This episode discusses how the teachings in Acts 15 provide a strategy for navigating conflict in both church and life.
Can the Word of God and the Spirit of God help us in times of conflict? Conflict happens! In big churches. In little churches. And in life. We see wisdom operating in Acts 15 as people navigated through conflict. It is a beautiful strategy that can help believers navigate through conflict as well. Would you prefer to listen to this teaching? [] Acts 15: 1 Then some men came down from Judea and were teaching the brothers, "Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved." The conflict came as a direct result of the success of Paul and Barnabas' missionary journey. Many Gentiles believed on Jesus, but these teachers believed it was Jesus PLUS circumcision. Paul was convinced and taught boldly, that there is no PLUS in the "How to be saved"; only JESUS! Galatians 5:6 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. What matters is faith expressing itself through love. But what we see next is a powerful, POWERFUL Biblical Pattern that teaches us how to deal with conflict. Acts 15 shows two major situations: A doctrinal conflict (the Jerusalem Council) A relational conflict (Paul and Barnabas) Both reveal a process that's…
People in this episode
Host: Patricia Holland
Topics covered
- conflict resolution
- Acts 15
- Christian teachings
- doctrinal conflict
- relational conflict
- faith and love
Keywords
- conflict
- Acts 15
- Paul
- Barnabas
- Christianity
- faith
- love
- doctrinal conflict
- relational conflict
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Jerusalem Council, Judea, Galatians
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