“I swear on the grave of my mother.” S31e68 Mt5:33

About this episode

The episode explores the significance of oaths and their relation to truthfulness in communication.

Why do we sometimes attach oaths to our words? Why might we be tempted to add an oath, for example, "I swear on the grave of my mother?" Why would something I say, merit the calling upon the support of the burial plot of someone dear to me? This is such a strange thing: that adding an OATH somehow increases the likelihood of a statement being TRUE. The fact that there are oaths at all tells us one thing: that often, our words aren't true. Join me for 6 minutes to see what Jesus ha...

People in this episode

Host: Michael Smith

Topics covered

• oaths
• truthfulness
• faith
• spirituality
• Christian teachings

Keywords

• oaths
• truth
• Jesus
• faith
• Christianity
• spirituality
• words

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