Discussion Questions
1. What is your default response when conflict arises in a close relationship — fight, flee, or freeze? Where did you learn that pattern, and how is it serving you?
2. Matthew 18:15 gives a clear, specific process for addressing interpersonal conflict. How does this differ from how most people — including most Christians — actually handle relational tension?
3. Ephesians 4:26 says "do not let the sun go down on your anger." What does this look like realistically in close relationships? Is this always possible — and what does it require of us?
4. What would it look like for this group to be a community that models healthy conflict navigation and genuine forgiveness — not a community that pretends conflict doesn't exist, but one that works through it with grace?