The document discusses the nature of friendship, particularly Christian friendship. It provides quotes that define a friend as someone who knows you fully but loves you unconditionally, who will support you no matter what and tell you the truth even when it's difficult to hear. Jesus calls his disciples friends and says there is no greater love than to lay down one's life for a friend. The document explores what makes an effective friend, including trust, loyalty, and not judging others.

1. BEST FRIENDS
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DIFFERENT FOUNDATIONS
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2. CRITICAL FRIEND?
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3. ‘FRIEND WHO
HAS EARNED
THE RIGHT TO
CRITIQUE.’
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4. WHO I AM COMMITTED TO AND WHO
KNOWS I AM COMMITTED TO THEM
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5. “Christian practices are such that a Christian
normative vision is part and parcel of what these
practices are… Practices are essentially beliefshaped and beliefs are essentially practice-shaping”
Miroslav Volf
Theology for a Way of Life
DISTINCTIVELY CHRISTIAN
Church School Governance
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6. James 2:23
Revised Standard Version Catholic
Edition
… and the scripture was fulfilled which says,
“Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him
as righteousness”; and he was called the friend of
God.
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A true friend is
someone who
thinks that you are a
good egg even
though he knows
that you are slightly
cracked.
Bernard Meltzer
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“A FRIEND IS SOMEONE WHO KNOWS ALL ABOUT
YOU AND LOVES YOU JUST THE SAME”
Elbert Hubbard, American editor, publisher and writer, 1856-1915
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10. “ My command is this: love each other as I have
loved you. Greater love has no one than this: to
lay down one’s life for one’s friends. You are my
friends if you do what I command. I no longer
call you servants, because a servant does not
know his master’s business. Instead, I have called
you friends, for everything that I learned from my
Father I have made known to you.”
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–Jesus: John 15.12-15
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11. 5 MARKS OF AN
‘EFFECTIVE FRIEND’
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Will support you no matter what
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You can trust and who won’t judge you
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Who won’t put you down or deliberately hurt your feelings
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Who shows loyalty and has respect for you
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Willing to tell you the truth, even when it’s hard
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12. NCCE Liverpool Hope University
Governor Training Programme
BEST FRIENDS
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