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There is a little mischief in the village about Miss A or Mr. B, and Mrs. Tittle-tattle is up as early as possible, and calls on Mrs. Scandal, and says, “Have you heard the sad news? I hope it is not true.” “No, I have not heard it.” “Well, don’t mention it to anybody else. I hope it is not correct,…

Galatians 6:1 does not mean that we are to spy out our brother’s faults. There is a story of John Wesley going several times to a certain town where he thought that there was a band of earnest Christian people. But he was met by a brother who told him how dead they all were, what little life there was…

Audrey Hepburn said, “You can tell more about a person by what he says about others than you can by what others say about him.” We should work to continually hold one another in honor. -- Jim L. Wilson and Rodger Russell http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/culturepicturegalleries/11580796/Audrey-Hepburn-19-of-her-most-inspirational-quotes.html?frame=3290425…

One of the less noble results of internet technology is the prevalence of gossip on the net. Anonymous gossip sites have hit college campuses especially hard. Comment sites, many run by students, allow other students to make accusations than many times turn out to be salacious gossip. Students who are…

CONFLICT Fights and quarrels are deeply rooted in our human nature. Every now and then, I stick my head into the preschool room and watch our little one's play during Sunday School. One minute, two children will be sitting next to one another, content with their toys. The next, one of them will be trying…

SLANDER DefCon, a left-wing special interest group, recently took out an ad in the New York Times with the headline: "These Religious Leaders Have a Serious Gambling Problem," Among others, the ad pictures Dr. James Dobson of Focus on the Family. Appearing on the O'Reilly Facor, Dobson said, "This is…

GOSSIP Barbara Walters said, “Show me someone who never gossips, and I’ll show you someone who isn’t interested in people.” —Reader’s Digest, August 2003, p. 61 Illustration by Jim L. Wilson An interesting perspective. I’d finish the sentence differently, I’d say, “and I’ll show you someone who really…

Purity In Speech What is the first vacation you remember taking with your family? For me, it was a trip to Yellowstone National Park in Montana. The sights were breathtaking and the water was crystal clear. Dad taught us how to kneel beside the clear stream, cup our hand to drink the clear water. We…