James 3:6-9

It's really hard to do, isn't it! Alan Smith talks about how hard it is to keep our mouth shut using a humorous story about a police trooper and an English professor.

"Dear Beloved, Learn to wait and think before you speak. Give the Holy Spirit an opportunity to guide your conversation instead of being thrust into....."

Because God’s promises are unbreakable, our hope is unshakable. Max Lucado reminds us that we are made to resemble God and we must believe and Lauren Daigle reminds us we must listen to what God says about us and believe.

How is your speech like a lighted cigarette? Heartlight's first article was about how we use our speech.

Aren't we way past too far? Shock jocks have tried to out do each other in shocking, crude, and obscene remarks on radio, TV, and interviews and they have crossed the line and we are the only ones who can do something about it.

What could make Halloween any more horrifying than it already is? An awful Halloween ten years ago reminds us how important it is to value children for who they are!

So is our human nature really all that bad? Russ Lawson reminds us that our human nature was created by God and that we can use it to choose wisely, to choose God.

What do these words mean and whose words do we trust? Phil Ware weaves in the 7 sayings of Jesus on the cross with the sense of forgiveness and mission that should be ours in the cross and resurrection of Jesus.