Slander
When To Cut Someone Off
When do you say enough is enough? When do you cut a person out of your life? When do you decide that a bridge needs to burn to the ground? “Do not be deceived: “Bad company ruins good morals.” The psalmist identifies with our struggle when he wrote, “For it is not an enemy who taunts me— then I could bear it; it is not an adversary who deals insolently with me— then I could hide from him. But it is you, a…
From Division to Unity
Gossip and slander can quietly infiltrate the life of a church community, causing discord and division. Most of the time I hear these issues dismissed as harmless venting or sharing a concern, but they carry significant spiritual consequences with the speaker and the hearer. Gossip usually involves sharing information about someone that we don’t know as true and often lacking the consent of the person being discussed. Slander, on the other hand, is making false statements that can damage someone’s…