What Men and Women Talk About

Men and women don't necessarily want to discuss the same subjects, according to a recent poll of 1,000 adults by Bruskin Associates.

The leading discussion ...

Ask Someone Who Understands

I would rather be disagreed with by someone who understands me, than to be agreed with by someone who does not understand me.

Words Worth Remembering?

Consider this paradox: Almost everything that is publicly said these days is recorded. Almost nothing of what is said is worth remembering.

Not What You Say, but How

Ninety percent of the friction of daily life is caused by the wrong tone of voice.

Verbal Abuse

The angry word is a blow struck at our brother, a stab at his heart: it seeks to hit, to hurt, and to destroy. A deliberate insult is worse, for we openly ...

Preaching with Fire

Audiences will listen to a very poor voice, as long as there's fire in it.

Words, Words, Words

The Bible tells us that the most vital and yet the most difficult thing to master is our words. It is not so much what goes in one ear and comes out the ...

Sins of Speech

To say what is untrue, what is unkind, or to say it unkindly, constitutes failure in Christian living and Christian witness.

Brutal Honesty

The man who is brutally honest enjoys the brutality quite as much as the honesty. Possibly more.

The Purpose of Discernment

When we discern that people are not going on spiritually and allow the discernment to turn to criticism, we block our way to God. God never gives us discernment ...