Bible Love Notes: The F-Word and Wholesome Christian Speech: "The casual use of bad language is a sign of the coarsening of our culture." Katie Couric Television personality Katie Cou...
"The casual use of bad language is a sign of the coarsening of our culture." Katie Couric
Television personality Katie Couric talks about the day the piped-in music at her gym included the F-word in the lyrics. Shocked, she looked around; but no one else blinked an eye.
“The more our culture uses curse words, the less shocking it is when we hear them. Because they're no longer shocking, people use them more and more.”*
In Eastern Europe, we've sometimes had conversations with people who've laced every sentence with profanity. They aren't being rude, but they’ve learned their English from American movies and assume we all talk that way.
And many Christians, especially younger ones, think nothing of dropping a curse word or two into a conversation. They aren’t aware that God wants to be Lord of our speech.
"Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths…Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk or coarse joking" (Ephesians 4:29; 5:4).
Here are a few other passages that command we use godly speech:
Colossians 3:8; Colossians 4:6; Matthew 15:11
And lest we think God isn't really that concerned with our words:
Matthew 12:35-36: "A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in him, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in him. But I tell you that everyone will have to give account on the day of judgment for every empty word they have spoken."
*Women's Day: Katie Couric on Cursing in Public
Note: There are some ridiculous fake stories about the origin of the F-Word. Don't be taken in by them. If you do a quick fact-check, you'll find they are attempts to downplay the vulgarity of the word. Unlike the cuss words that originally meant donkey or female dog, this word has been profane from the beginning. Nor is the f-word an acronym. This article gives an accurate picture of the word, explaining that it not only has sexual connotations, it has violent sexual connotations:
Christian Daily: What the F-Word Actually Means.
The F-Word and Wholesome Christian Speech
"The casual use of bad language is a sign of the coarsening of our culture." Katie Couric
Television personality Katie Couric talks about the day the piped-in music at her gym included the F-word in the lyrics. Shocked, she looked around; but no one else blinked an eye.
“The more our culture uses curse words, the less shocking it is when we hear them. Because they're no longer shocking, people use them more and more.”*
And many Christians, especially younger ones, think nothing of dropping a curse word or two into a conversation. They aren’t aware that God wants to be Lord of our speech.
"Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths…Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk or coarse joking" (Ephesians 4:29; 5:4).
Here are a few other passages that command we use godly speech:
Colossians 3:8; Colossians 4:6; Matthew 15:11
And lest we think God isn't really that concerned with our words:
Matthew 12:35-36: "A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in him, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in him. But I tell you that everyone will have to give account on the day of judgment for every empty word they have spoken."
*Women's Day: Katie Couric on Cursing in Public
Note: There are some ridiculous fake stories about the origin of the F-Word. Don't be taken in by them. If you do a quick fact-check, you'll find they are attempts to downplay the vulgarity of the word. Unlike the cuss words that originally meant donkey or female dog, this word has been profane from the beginning. Nor is the f-word an acronym. This article gives an accurate picture of the word, explaining that it not only has sexual connotations, it has violent sexual connotations:
Christian Daily: What the F-Word Actually Means.
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