82. There Are 3 Kinds of Friends. Here’s the One You Need.

There are three kinds of friends. Two can be valuable, but the third can actually help you become the person God created you to be.

Beginning with Psalm 122 and the simple words “Let us go,” John Ortberg explores why friendship is so essential to human flourishing and why it seems increasingly difficult to find.

Drawing on Aristotle's three kinds of friendship, John looks at useful friends, pleasant friends, and spiritual friends: people with whom we can be honest, vulnerable, challenged, encouraged, and pointed toward God.

So take inventory today:

Do you have that kind of friend?

And perhaps more importantly:

Are you becoming one?

In this episode: Psalm 122 • friendship • loneliness • Aristotle • spiritual friendship • community

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00:00 I Rejoiced When They Said “Let Us Go”

00:44 The Joy of Doing Life Together

01:04 “Let Us Go”

01:23 I'm Always the One Reaching Out

01:49 The Three Kinds of Friends

02:09 Jesus's Greatest Miracle? 😂

02:38 Why Friendship Gets Harder With Age

03:00 America's Friendship Paradox

03:34 The Anti-Social Century

03:59 Even College Students Are Lonely

04:27 We're Spending Less Time Together

04:59 An MIT Student Who Eats Alone

05:22 Thou Shalt Goof Off 😂

05:31 When Clubs Become Jobs

06:02 Aristotle's Three Kinds of Friendship

06:32 #1: Useful Friends

07:25 #2: Pleasant Friends

07:54 #3: Spiritual Friends

08:14 Flatterers vs. True Friends

08:38 Who Helps You Become Your Best Self?

09:25 A City Closely Connected

09:56 Who's in Your Tribe?

10:24 What Shalom Really Means

10:56 People Have Always Been Lonely

11:31 Value Your Friends

11:58 Call Someone. Thank Someone.

12:20 Let Your Loneliness Lead You to God