Hi again,
Abi F. had a question about speaking in tongues. I have been thinking over her question quite a bit...my views are totally in agreement with Wayne Grudem's Systematic Theology, and, while citing his work, I did not want to plagiarize.
I have come to a decision. I am going to ask that, if you have any questions, you read the Systematic Theology chapters on spiritual gifts. It's excellent. I couldn't phrase or explain this touchy yet crucial issue better than Wayne Grudem does, no matter how hard I tried.
:)
God bless!
Ruth
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Bad words: join me?
Hi all,
I'm making a commitment from this point forward not to say any words that are not ladylike. Now, those of you who know me may be wondering what I mean....after all, I don't have a bad mouth. I don't say, type, or use in conversation in any way d*mn, f***, cr*p, sh*t, or cr*d (and I'm putting little stars in when I type them). I certainly don't take God's name in vain, and to avoid coming even close to that I have also eliminated jeez, gosh, and gee from my vocabulary. I know "heck" stands for "hell," so I don't use either. I've only said "that sucks" twice (I've saved that one for extreme occasions), and I've only said "dang" a handful of times (definitely not more than fifteen times in my whole life). I thought I was "really good."
Well, I'm pretty sure God isn't pleased by that language. First of all, we take these worn-out words that don't require much thought to speak to each other ("that sucks" instead of "I'm so sorry, you must be really hurt"). Second, using these words without thought tend to loosen up our tongue and make it easier to say things without thinking. Third, we need to actually know what we're saying. Many of my friends say "it sucks," and I had no idea what it meant. When I decided to look it up on Google (I saw someone spell it with a * and was curious as to why it would be considered a bad word), I was shocked (and I'll let you look that one up yourself if you're curious). That is a really perverse phrase, one that a young lady SHOULD NOT be saying!! I'm horrified at the two times I did say it, and I will never say it again.
So, dear friends....will you join me? I'm abstaining from any overused slang words that express frustration (those are the ones that usually start out as "bad words" and get watered down to "harmless slang"). This includes the list above, plus s*cks and dang, darn, stinks, rats, man (how'd you feel if guys used "woman" to make something more emphatic?), etc. Even though darn, stinks, and rats don't really have bad meanings (as far as I know), by using them I can become lazy in my speech and let down my guard to other "harmless" words.
Of course, one more note....don't judge people who use these words. I'm saying that, in my opinion, it isn't ladylike to use these words, but I'm not judging any of my friends who choose to use them. I realize that our current culture makes it difficult to draw a line between good and bad. My friends who use dang, s*cks, cr*d, cr*p, heck, and other "milder" swear words but abstain from the "worse" words are also trying to draw a line and fight the same battle I am fighting; the same goes for friends with looser or tighter standards. Respect people as people and let them make their own decisions.
:) :)
God bless!
Ruth
I'm making a commitment from this point forward not to say any words that are not ladylike. Now, those of you who know me may be wondering what I mean....after all, I don't have a bad mouth. I don't say, type, or use in conversation in any way d*mn, f***, cr*p, sh*t, or cr*d (and I'm putting little stars in when I type them). I certainly don't take God's name in vain, and to avoid coming even close to that I have also eliminated jeez, gosh, and gee from my vocabulary. I know "heck" stands for "hell," so I don't use either. I've only said "that sucks" twice (I've saved that one for extreme occasions), and I've only said "dang" a handful of times (definitely not more than fifteen times in my whole life). I thought I was "really good."
Well, I'm pretty sure God isn't pleased by that language. First of all, we take these worn-out words that don't require much thought to speak to each other ("that sucks" instead of "I'm so sorry, you must be really hurt"). Second, using these words without thought tend to loosen up our tongue and make it easier to say things without thinking. Third, we need to actually know what we're saying. Many of my friends say "it sucks," and I had no idea what it meant. When I decided to look it up on Google (I saw someone spell it with a * and was curious as to why it would be considered a bad word), I was shocked (and I'll let you look that one up yourself if you're curious). That is a really perverse phrase, one that a young lady SHOULD NOT be saying!! I'm horrified at the two times I did say it, and I will never say it again.
So, dear friends....will you join me? I'm abstaining from any overused slang words that express frustration (those are the ones that usually start out as "bad words" and get watered down to "harmless slang"). This includes the list above, plus s*cks and dang, darn, stinks, rats, man (how'd you feel if guys used "woman" to make something more emphatic?), etc. Even though darn, stinks, and rats don't really have bad meanings (as far as I know), by using them I can become lazy in my speech and let down my guard to other "harmless" words.
Of course, one more note....don't judge people who use these words. I'm saying that, in my opinion, it isn't ladylike to use these words, but I'm not judging any of my friends who choose to use them. I realize that our current culture makes it difficult to draw a line between good and bad. My friends who use dang, s*cks, cr*d, cr*p, heck, and other "milder" swear words but abstain from the "worse" words are also trying to draw a line and fight the same battle I am fighting; the same goes for friends with looser or tighter standards. Respect people as people and let them make their own decisions.
:) :)
God bless!
Ruth
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