Gossip: The Acceptable Sin | Mailbag

About this episode

Scott and Chris discuss the nature of gossip, its impact, and how to guard against it in this Mailbag episode.

“What is gossip? … What isn't gossip? … What is gossip’s impact? … How can we guard our hearts against gossiping?” Join Scott and Chris as they answer these questions on this Mailbag episode of Thinking With Your Bible! Learn how to identify your motives behind gossiping and love others well with your words. Key Points: Gossip isn’t relaying factual information about someone else when it’s non-harmful or for their benefit.There are various ways the Bible identifies gossip an...

People in this episode

Hosts: Scott, Chris

Topics covered

• gossip
• communication
• Christianity
• relationships
• spirituality

Keywords

• gossip
• acceptable sin
• impact of gossip
• guarding hearts
• Christian communication

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