Justin Taylor put together a few recent posts by others about the danger of gossip and how to respond to it: Kent Hughes: Gossip involves saying behind a person’s back what you would never say to his or her face. Flattery means saying to a person’s face what you would never say behind his or …
Westminster Larger Catechism – Lord’s Day 50 Q & A 194 Q What do we pray for in the fifth petition? A In the fifth petition (which is, and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors), acknowledging, that we and all others are guilty both of original and actual sin, and …
Westminster Larger Catechism – Lord’s Day 37 Q & A 149 Q Is any man able perfectly to keep the commandments of God? A No man is able, either of himself, or by any grace received in this life, perfectly to keep the commandments of God; but does daily break them in thought, word, and …
Some Christians believe they’re discerning about where others are at spiritually, when they’re actually judgmental. Simplest way of identifying this tendency is to recall whether the individual ever speaks in concrete terms about their own sin and the areas of their own spiritual life with which they are currently struggling. And not just in a …
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