The Power of Words

The Ethics of Christian Speech

Words have power! The power to encourage, to hurt, to build-up, to tear down, to offend, to comfort, to correct, and to terrify.

No wonder that the Bible has a lot to say about speech, not the least in James 3:1-12:

Not many of you should become teachers, my fellow believers, because you know that we who teach will be judged more strictly. 2 We all stumbl…