{"id":95184,"date":"2026-04-19T22:32:42","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T03:32:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=95184"},"modified":"2026-04-19T22:32:42","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T03:32:42","slug":"how-to-have-compassion-and-conviction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/how-to-have-compassion-and-conviction\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Have Compassion and Conviction"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How to Have Compassion AND Conviction? (As a Christian)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/W1DVfUej2ts?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\nby Steve Wolfgang<br \/>\nvia <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@watchinlight\"><em>InLight Media<\/em><\/a>\n<p>Many Christians feel the tension between standing firm in biblical truth and showing genuine compassion to those who disagree. But what if that tension is actually by design?<\/p>\n<p>In this video, Steve Wolfgang discusses what the Bible actually teaches about holding conviction and compassion together, and why abandoning either one doesn&#8217;t reflect the full character of Christ (Jesus himself modeled both righteous conviction and deep compassion). Key ideas explored:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>How do you love someone <b>and <\/b>disagree with them?<\/li>\n<li>Not letting your relationships erode your convictions.<\/li>\n<li>What this balance actually looks like in practice.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This isn&#8217;t about being harsh. It&#8217;s about being whole. A Christianity that is all warmth and no truth is sentimentality &#8211; not the gospel.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Steve Wolfgang via InLight Media Many Christians feel the tension between standing firm in biblical truth and showing genuine compassion to those who disagree. But what if that tension is actually by design? In this video, Steve Wolfgang discusses what the Bible actually teaches about holding conviction and compassion together, and why abandoning either&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1488],"tags":[952,1090,1200],"class_list":["post-95184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-video","tag-compassion","tag-conviction","tag-disagreements"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":62911,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/lacking-compassion\/","url_meta":{"origin":95184,"position":0},"title":"Lacking Compassion","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"September 23, 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"by Jeffrey W. Hamilton Download Audio I.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Compassion is the deep awareness of the suffering of another and the desire to relieve the suffering. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0A.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Jesus illustrated compassion \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a01.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Matthew 14:14 - it was compassion that led Jesus to heal the sick \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a02.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Matthew 20:30-34 - the healing of two blind men \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a03.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Mark 1:40-41\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Sermon&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Sermon","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/sermon\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":81096,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/you-didnt-show-compassion\/","url_meta":{"origin":95184,"position":1},"title":"You didn&#8217;t show compassion","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"December 6, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: Hello, The post titled \"I grew up in a family that didn't love or want me. How do I learn to love?\" is not compassionate. Many verses are thrown out there, but I don't see the truth being spoken in love. You are lambasting a broken man. At best,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Answer&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":95339,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/gods-description-of-himself\/","url_meta":{"origin":95184,"position":2},"title":"God&#8217;s Description of Himself","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"April 30, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"by Zeke Flores \"Then Yahweh passed by in front of him and proclaimed, 'Yahweh, Yahweh God, compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in lovingkindness and truth'\" (Exodus 34:6). This is God describing Himself. Not Moses describing God, nor Israel describing God. 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