
Unresolved Conflict
Avoiders
Exploders
Peaceful
“Conflict is inevitable. Combat is optional.”
“If your brother sins, go and show him his fault in private; if he listens to you, you have won your brother.”— Matthew 18:15
You can’t heal what you won’t name.
Name It:
“Avoiding conflict doesn’t keep the peace — it kills it slowly.”
“Brethren, even if anyone is caught in any trespass, you who are spiritual, restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; each one looking to yourself, so that you too will not be tempted. Bear one another’s burdens, and thereby fulfill the law of Christ.”— Galatians 6:1-2
Restoration is greater than retaliation.
The goal of conflict isn’t to win — it’s to restore.
Conflict is like a ladder — every rung you climb makes it harder to come back down.
“The earlier you deal with conflict, the easier it is to heal it.”
Restoration matters more than retaliation.
“Jesus didn’t come to win an argument; He came to win us back.”