"Just say a simple, 'Yes, I will,' or 'No, I won't.' Anything beyond this is from the evil one."
— Matthew 5:37

Have you ever let your mouth get on overload? Have you ever said more than you should have or promised more than you could deliver? Of course you have, and so have I. Jesus knew that was the nature of man, so He taught and warned His disciples about making broad and rash statements, while trying to back them up by pious talk or, more literally, a...

"Congress shall make no law. . . abridging the freedom of speech . . ."  (First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution)

Remember the playground taunt, "Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me"? Well, not so. Words matter, and sometimes they hurt so much that people have committed suicide, or psychologically have been scarred for life, especially in this day of social media.

It seems, however, in this age of hateful rhetoric that alm...