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Re: This Is Why We Get a Bad Rap!!
Michlow, I do believe culture determines what is essentially offensive and obscene in regard to language. Since I also believe that Christians are to have a good reputation and represent Christ in their language and actions, then offensive and obscene words should be avoided on that principle alone, although I could pull in countless scriptures that refer to keeping our speech "clean."
In addition, I believe when we refer to God, no matter what pronoun, title or name we use, it should be with respect, and never used informally or as a curse, so any word that "takes God's name in vain" would be out for me.
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"God, send me anywhere, only go with me. Lay any burden on me, only sustain me. And sever any tie in my heart except the tie that binds my heart to Yours."
--David Livingstone
"To see no being, not God’s or any, but you also go thither,
To see no possession but you may possess it—enjoying all without labor or purchase—
abstracting the feast, yet not abstracting one particle of it;…."
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