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by Brian Watts on March 31, 2019
We continue our study of the Ninth Commandment. A command like all the others that has far-reaching consequences. A deep and pervasive call to check the tongue and to guard our mouths. A reminder that all evil of hell is contained in the ability of the tongue.
by Brian Watts on March 17, 2019
The Apostle Paul presents a helpful summary of the aspects that could be considered as bad talk in 2 Corinthians 12:20. I want to use that list as the basis from which we will attempt this exposition. Hear him state these clearly: “For I fear that perhaps when I come that perhaps there may be quarrelling, jealousy, anger, hostility, slander, gossip, conceit, and disorder.”
by Brian Watts on March 10, 2019
In the fifth century Augustine of Hippo wisely commented that no physician can heal the wounds of the tongue. The tongue inflicts greater wounds than the sword. Cruel words can kill. The scorpion carries his poison in his tail, the slanderer carries his poison in his tongue.