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Tag Archives: Honesty
So Fletcher Reede and Cal Lightman Walk Into a Bar
I wonder what it would be like if we believed that it was impossible for us to really conceal the truth – not only from God, but also from one another. More
Comm Testing, Sales, and Customer Service
Good communication has to do with more than sending little packets of information through the air and assuming they made it to their destination intact just because we know what we sent.More
Reasonable Limitations on Honesty
Honesty is about more than just what we do say. Vulnerability is comprised also of the things we do not say because we do not need to say them – things that go without saying.More
On the Nature of What Passes for Good Manners
America is divided on seemingly every question of truth and morality. As a result, what is meant by being polite or rude can be relied on to differ as well. More
Episode 300
As I have with the 100th and 200th episode, so also now with the 300th – let’s recap the most popular content, and explore what has resonated and why I think it has more than the rest.More
Why We Beat Around the Bush and How to Stop
In our current social and political circumstance, direct communication feels harder than ever. People are too easily offended. The truth is not rightly understood or prioritized. More
Holding Back
The Lord is helping me to realize that curbing my own unnecessary and inappropriate irritation necessitates doing all I can about what is actually my part in all this. More
Rightly Dividing the Word of Truth
By God’s grace, we can study to show ourselves approved workmen who need not be ashamed. We can be more intentional in our speech and conduct. We can do good instead of evil, and speak truth instead of falsehoodsMore
The Biblical Case For Free Speech
What is freedom of speech, and is there a biblical principle supporting what we commonly refer to as our right to free speech? Unless we are dumb in the literal sense, we have the ability. We also have the responsibility. Yet freedom is not without reasonable constraint or consequence. And all things being permissible does…More