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“Whoever guards his mouth and tongue keeps his soul from troubles.” (Proverb 21:23) We live in an age in which it seems that gossip is celebrated. There are shows on television that exist solely so the “talking heads” in front of the cameras can yammer on incessantly about other people. It happens on FaceBook and in person all around us. I’ve noticed that adolescents constantly talk about other adolescents for one main reason: they want to push the focus off themselves and on

When God provokes a person to speak against the worldly traditions of men that add to, take away from or even attempt to displace the principles in God's word.....that person is NOT attacking the people who do them. He is merely addressing the extra-Biblical or anti-Biblical PRACTICES they promote which, in some way, ALWAYS hurt people. When these things are brought to their awareness, those who practice such things (and we ALL do and some time and to some degree) have the ch

For 14 years I taught a weekly internet Bible study. During one of them a good friend of mine said something interesting that I believe is true: “You know why I think God tests our faith? It’s not so He can see where we stand; He already knows. It’s so we can see where we stand.” When I originally wrote this piece I was in the midst of a financial (and patience) trial. We had a Jeep and it had been out of commission for almost a month due to a transmission problem it experien

The best stories are the true ones. The most compelling of the best stories always seems to be true ones that we are privileged to witness with our own eyes. I would like to share a story about something I saw this past weekend. “Now concerning the ministering to the saints, it is superfluous for me to write to you; for I know your willingness, about which I boast of you to the Macedonians, that Achaia was ready a year ago; and your zeal has stirred up the majority. Yet I hav