How do you talk about other people? Have you ever been slanderous, assumed the worst in someone, been a gossip or misrepresented someone's position? Of course you have, we all have. But did you know that scripture actually commands us to avoid such talk? In this special episode of crosswise, Jessi flies solo while Ciara recovers in the hospital from pregnancy complications, and takes a deep dive into the Ninth Commandment, which is so much richer than what we all know as "thou shalt not lie."
This is a must listen if you have ever wondered how to handle misrepresentations against you or others, how to take on conspiracy theories on the internet, and how social media can be a compelling place to fall into the sin of bearing false witness against others.
Westminster Larger Catechism, Questions 143-154 https://reformedforum.org/podcasts/larger-catechism-questions-141-150/
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn "Live Not By Lies" https://www.orthodoxytoday.org/articles/SolhenitsynLies.php
Pastor James Coates - Sermon on Romans 13
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dh6nXD4Rtg0
