gossip
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What should you do when someone starts “venting” to you?
If you’re in that situation when someone talking to you starts to “vent” about someone else… it usually starts small about how hard things are at the moment… but in order to explain how they’re feeling, they feel the need… Continue reading
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Is there such a thing as “Godly Venting”?
No. Venting is that thing people (like me) do when something bad or annoying has happened. It usually involves someone else and how they made your life much harder and now all these things are going wrong (read “not like… Continue reading
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Gossip or be content when people misunderstand your decisions. You can only choose one.
Many decisions in Christian leadership are tricky. This is especially so when the information you have to make those decisions includes sin and maturity issues. Why? Because for people to understand the leadership’s decision, they would have to be given… Continue reading
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Should you tell your spouse everything?
Marriages shouldn’t have secrets. You should never promise that you won’t tell your wife/husband. People who reveal private and personal details to you should know that those details could go to your spouse. But “could” is the operative word there.… Continue reading
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Don’t condone accusations
Accusations – in any forum – are always serious. Whether your in a formal minuted meeting, a public forum, an online discussion or a private conversation; accusations are serious forms of gossip. Accusations commonly move from talking about events to… Continue reading
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Defend the weak = stop gossip
Gossip isn’t simply when “other people” talk about you. That’s fine. Rather, gossip is when other people talk about you in damaging ways… when they talk to other people about your intentions, your motives. Or putting it the other way… Continue reading
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many foolish tongues flap about people, sometimes there is talk of past events, but rare are the ones who discuss ideas Continue reading
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