What Happens when Your Family Rejects Your Faith

What Happens when Your Family Rejects Your Faith

Author: Gateway Center for Israel July 29, 2026 Duration: 39:27

"If you walk out those doors, you're not coming back home." She walked out anyway, and that was only the beginning.

On Covenant and Conflict, Trysten Tice tells David how a secular Jewish teenager from South Florida ended up asked to leave home for believing in Jesus, and what it cost her to keep going. She traces the years of persecution, the questions across the kitchen table, and the slow way her own family's hearts began to turn.

What we cover in this episode:

• Growing up culturally Reform Jewish, with faith as identity rather than belief

• The church service where she wept and couldn't explain why

• Praying "if Jesus is the truth, answer me" and watching her desires change

• Being told to leave home, and the friends who took her in

• Canceling her own baptism to honor her mother, then baptized in the Jordan River


Chapters

00:00 From Jewish to Following Jesus

01:55 Growing Up Jewish Without Knowing God

04:20 The Church Service That Changed Everything

09:41 How Reading the Bible Changed My Life

13:54 Kicked Out for Following Jesus

20:25 Baptized in the Jordan River

26:39 How My Entire Family Found Jesus



Hosted by Nic Lesmeister and David Blease, Covenant & Conflict is a production of the Gateway Center for Israel. This podcast engages directly with the tensions between timeless scriptural foundations and the pressing questions of our time. Conversations with various experts navigate complex terrain-from social ethics to geopolitical currents-always anchored in a covenantal framework. The aim isn't to sidestep difficulty but to enter into it thoughtfully, demonstrating how a rooted perspective can inform rather than inflame our dialogues. You'll hear nuanced explorations that resist easy answers, prioritizing depth and understanding over rhetorical point-scoring. It’s for those who suspect that ancient wisdom has urgent, practical things to say about modern conflicts and who appreciate dialogue that seeks clarity amidst complexity. Tune in for episodes that challenge assumptions and encourage a more considered engagement with the world, all through a lens that takes both text and context seriously. The result is a consistently thoughtful audio experience that stands apart in the realms of faith and culture.
Author: Language: English Episodes: 50

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