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.

Research on Communication

"Great Sermon, Pastor, I Didn't Understand a Word!"

J. Scott Armstrong, associate professor of marketing at the University of Pennsylvania, ...

The Language Tax

At the first-ever professional baseball game, the umpire was fined six cents for swearing.

Sloganized Christianity

As long ago as the colonial period in our history, Alexis de Tocqueville observed the tendency among Americans to be "the slaves of slogans." ...

Humorous Hand Grenades

Hurling humor like hand grenades is a popular sport. We think it's acceptable to pull the pin on our anger as long as we toss it in a casing of humor. ...

Against Speaking in Anger

Speak when you're angry--and you'll make the best speech you'll ever regret.

Sins of Speech

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

Too Much Talk

There is danger ... in doing too many interviews. Too much talk can make you fat-headed: You get the idea that everything you say is worth being recorded ...

Prayer from the Heart

In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without heart.