The late gossip columnist Earl Wilson used to say, "Gossip is hearing something you like about someone you don't." If we find such pleasure in hearing something damaging or diminishing about another person, are we more like Cain than we want to be?
Obviously it is murder to take another person's life, but what is it to take another person's reputation or self-esteem?
Jesus made it clear that murder is a matter of the heart. (Matthew 5: 21-22)
Brian Russel
Adult Bible Studies
Uniform Series
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