EP 58 Barnabas and Paul: When Mentoring Gets Complicated

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Someone vouched for Paul when nobody else would. The believers in Jerusalem were frightened of him, and with good reason. Barnabas stood up and said, in effect: I know what you’ve heard. Trust me on this one.

That one act of belief shaped the early church.

Carson, Ingrid and Chuck walk through the friendship across Acts 9, 11 and 15 — the vouching, the partnership in Antioch, and the falling-out over John Mark. Their story isn’t tidy. Mentoring rarely is.

Along the way: how to spot potential in a mentee, how to encourage and hold to account at the same time, and what to do when conflict shows up.

Who in your life could use a Barnabas right now?