Words
Words Jesus teaches that our words reveal the state of our hearts—a truth worth considering in light of the noticeable decline in public discourse. Offensive language has become widespread, despite the fact that every word will be judged. The contrast between using...
Valiant for the Truth
“And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the Lord” (Jer. 9:3). In the chapter where our text is found, the prophet, Jeremiah, very...
Cleansing
In the sixth chapter of Isaiah, the record gives revelation of changing times in Jerusalem. In the year Uzziah the king died, Isaiah envisioned the Lord sitting on a throne with seraphim giving highest praise to Him. Praise with the cry “holy, holy, holy is the Lord...
Words That Please Everyone?
We are living in an age when anything we say might offend someone. A sheriff in Wisconsin recently encouraged his staff not to refer to those in jail as “inmates.” Instead they should be called “residents” or “those within our care.” The CDC also recommended recently...