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A Chicagoland megachurch pastor has sued a Christian media personality and two former church-members-turned-potential-whistleblowers for defamation. According to Harvest Bible Chapel pastor James McDonald, former Moody Radio host Julie Roys and bloggers Ryan Mahoney and Scott Bryant published and helped publicize false and damaging financial information about the congregation. But should Christians so at odds actually be taking each other to court? In many cases, no, says\xa0Ken Sande, the founder of Peacemaker Ministries and the current president of Relational Wisdom 360. \u201cTypically, conflict between Christians involves some foundation of sin,\u201d said Sande.\xa0\u201cLawyers can dress that up in legal terms, but what it really comes down to in 99 percent of the cases is sin. Keeping one\u2019s word. Slandering. False representation. Bitterness. Anger. Unforgiveness. Those are all spiritual issues that the church has jurisdiction over and a judge can\u2019t touch.\u201d Sande joined associate digital media producer Morgan Lee and editor in chief Mark Galli to discuss conflict resolution\u2014or lack thereof\u2014when it comes to Christians, the power of seeing people confess sin to one another, and how these processes play out in a #MeToo era.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices