Should We Cut the Toxic People Out of Our Lives?

Responding to Kaitlyn Tiffany's recent article in The Atlantic about toxic people title 'That's It. You're Dead to Me.' What is a toxic person? Are we all toxic? Is there ever a place for distancing ourselves from people? How should this happen within the church? Nate Morgan Locke, Glen Scrivener and Paul Feesey from Speak Life discuss. Read the article: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/... -------------------------------------------LINKS-------------------------------------------- Listen to this conversation via The Speak Life Podcast (Episode SLP423) iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast... Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6RTY21m... Other platforms: https://speaklifepodcast.buzzsprout.c... Speak Life is a UK based charity that resources the church to reach the world. Learn more about us here: https://speaklife.org.uk/ ----------------------------------------CONNECT----------------------------------------- Join our internship programme here: https://speaklife.org.uk/foundry/ Subscribe to Speak Life and get our regular videos: http://tiny.cc/ecjbgz Social Media facebook.com/speakLifeuk/ twitter.com/speaklifeuk/ instagram.com/speaklifeuk/ tiktok.com/@speaklifeuk -------------------------------------TIMESTAMPS------------------------------------- 0:00 Intro 1:27 The article 3:25 When did we start referring to people as 'toxic'? 5:47 Commonly asked questions on Google about toxic people 7:41 The role of social media 13:07 Am I the toxic one? 15:26 Right times to cut people off 22:07 What are healthy relationships? 26:29 Is it conflict or abuse? 28:12 God hasn't cut the toxic people out of his life 30:43 Original sin (or universal toxicity) 33:52 How can we be anti-toxic? 38:48 Not blowing things out of proportion 42:07 Outro