Posts Tagged ‘Gossip’
What Does It Mean to Be a Busybody?
Three verses in the New Testament refer to a busybody—2 Thessalonians 3:11, 1 Timothy 5:13, and 1 Peter 4:15. The following briefly explores the meaning of busybody in each verse. 2 Thessalonians 3:11 For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies. “Busybodies” in this verse…
Read MoreWho’s Making Your Kool-Aid?
Some of this blog’s readers have known me for many years, but I’m quite sure you didn’t know this: I was once a secret agent for the Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA). You see, FEMA developed a program called the ‘Clergy Response Team’ (CRT) to enlist ministers in calming the populace in the event of…
Read MoreDo Everything Without Complaining
The first five days of Creation Week in Genesis chapter one have a cadence marked by the words “And God said”: “And God said, ‘Let there be light’” (verse 3) “And God said, ‘Let there be a vault between the waters’” (verse 6) “And God said, ‘Let the water under the sky be gathered to…
Read MoreGod, Gossip and Internet Discussion Boards
by Don Johnson Scandals come and scandals go, but internet rumour mongers abide forever. Or so it seems. If you were a vigilant Googler (is that a word?), you could probably find a scandal a day, at least, among the many religious groups in America alone, not to mention around the world. We aren’t encouraging…
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