Tamed Tongues of the Redeemed-James 3:7-12

Some years ago, Morgan Blake, a sportswriter for the Atlanta Journal, wrote the following satire: "I am more deadly than the screaming shell from the howitzer. I win without killing. I tear down homes, break hearts, and wreck lives. I travel on the wings of the wind. No innocence is strong enough to intimidate me, no purity pure enough to daunt me. I have no regard for truth, no respect for justice, no mercy for the defenseless. My victims are as numerous as the sands of the sea, and often as innocent. I never forget and seldom forgive. My name is Gossip." In last week's exposition at GBC, we saw the strongest statement in Scripture on the danger of the tongue, not only that it is a fire and a world of iniquity, but also that it is set on fire by hell. James has already underscored the dangers of an uncontrolled tongue. He will continue to instruct us on man's inability in himself to tame the tongue and he will rebuke man's inconsistency in both blessing God along with cursing those made in His image. Join us for "Tamed Tongues of the Redeemed" (Jas 3:7-12).