Hey guys, I've just finished my Brie and wine. I'm going to settle in now and get some rest. I love you guys, I hope you know that. I also hope that you understand that I'd like to see a revival of Christian civility and grace. I think we've lost something with our bombastic, uncouth, brazen, crassness. It's almost like we wear it as a badge of honor. I personally don't think it's all that honorable.
I Timothy 6:3-4
3If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness;
4He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings,
James 1:26
If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain.
Romans 12:14
Bless them which persecute you: bless, and curse not.
Matthew 18:6 (NIV)
6But if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a large millstone hung around his neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea.
Keep in mind that when you're behind the pulpit, children are listening.