People can tame all kinds of animals and birds and reptiles and fish, but no one can tame the tongue. It is an uncontrollable evil, full of deadly poison. James 3:7-8
It was late on a June afternoon when we pulled off Interstate 94 into a rest area in eastern Montana. Erin, my three-year-old daughter, needed to use the rest room. My mother, Erin's grandma, took Erin by the hand and walked up the paved ...
Tongue in Check Telling the truth means keeping the story straight. Steven Gertz
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"Gossip is the most deadly microbe. It has neither legs nor wings," says Morris Mandel in The Jewish Press. "It is composed entirely of tales, and most of them have stings."
James certainly understood the sting of gossip when he described the tongue. People are only too willing to defame others and in our eagerness to hear the story, we sometimes fail to get the truth.Â
What makes an "excellent" church? Here are four important yardsticks:
1. How well do we communicate? In a healthy church, people give the right information at the right time to the right people, and decisions are made in an open and orderly manner. Members don't do business furtively in the church parking lot after worship. Pastors aren't talked about behind their backs. Feedback is allowed—even ...
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