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Category Archives: The Tongue
The 10 Times Israel Tested God
Most people have heard about the ten plagues with which God struck Egypt to break Pharaoh’s will and cause him to release the Israelites from their enslavement (Exodus chapters 7 through 12). Far less known are the ten times the … Continue reading
Posted in Adversity, Attitude, Complaining, Faith, The Tongue, Trials, Trusting In God
Tagged 10 times Israel tested God, DO all things without complaining, How can we tempt God?, how God responded to Israel's complaints, Numbers 14:20-23, Philippians 2:14, tempting God, testing God, the Israelites complaining
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A Different Way of Responding to False Accusations
How do you respond when someone accuses you falsely? I must confess that my first reaction is to rise to my defense, jump right back at the person, and go for the jugular with my comeback. For me, responding in … Continue reading
Speak Up or Shut Up?
The Bible is a big, rich, diverse, and complex book, one that can be used to prove virtually anything if you try. This is one of the primary reasons why Christian denominations find it impossible to get together 100% on … Continue reading
Posted in Balance, Choices, Communication, God's Timing, God's Will, Influence, The Holy Spirit, The Tongue, Witnessing
Tagged be swift to hear slow to speak, in the multitude of words sin is not lacking, let your yes be yes and your no no, speak up or shut up?, the Spirit will give you the words to say
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The Elderly Woman
My previous post was the first of a two-part series on the Bible’s description of the ideal elderly man and woman. This description is found in Titus 2:1-5, and with that first post I covered the passage’s description of the … Continue reading
Posted in Adultery, Aging, Character, Children, Desires, Family, God's Word, Headship, Love, Marriage, Motherhood, Parenting, Priorities, Rebellion, Service, Sex, Sin, Submission, Teaching, The Tongue, Wives
Tagged blaspheming the word of God, description of the elderly woman, how to age well, how to finish well, older women teaching younger women, submission is not inferiority, the older generation, the roles of the husband and the wife, Titus 2:1-5, what should women teach each other?, wife submitting to husband
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Incident On a School Bus
During some of my college years, I had a part-time job driving a school bus for elementary and middle school students. Since I hadn’t been a kid myself for a while, that job served to remind me just how cruel … Continue reading
Job’s Wife & Her Fire
The book of Job consists of 1,070 verses and 42 chapters. Chapters 1 and 2 feature conversations between God and Satan. Chapters 3 through 37 feature conversations between Job and Eliphaz, Job and Bildad, and Job and Zophar. Those were … Continue reading
Posted in Communication, Marriage, The Tongue
Tagged a word fitly spoken, conversations in the book of Job, death and life are in the power of the tongue, Job's wife, keep watch over the door of my lips, set a guard over my mouth, the fire of the tongue, the tongue is a world of iniquity
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A Simple Test For Standards
You’ve probably noticed that Christians have wildly different standards when it comes to matters of personal holiness. Sometimes these differences stem from nothing more than the generation gap. Other times they are created by the varying diversities of local cultures. … Continue reading
Posted in Choices, Christian Liberty, Conscience, Dress and Appearance, Entertainment, Faith, God's Will, Guilt, Personal Holiness, Rebellion, Sin, The Tongue
Tagged Christian standards, guilt, Personal Holiness, Romans 14:14, Romans 14:23, should I wear this?, sinning against your conscience, violating one's conscience
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