is like saying there’s a difference between “creative bookkeeping” and “embezzlement.”
Christ Alone Wyoming
Proclaiming the Truth of Christ-Centered Theology
is like saying there’s a difference between “creative bookkeeping” and “embezzlement.”
Christ Alone Wyoming 
Much of the “double-speak” in today’s exploitative society can be frustrating. A large corporation which fires dozens of employees is said to be “downsizing.” Innocent bystanders injured in a war are called “civilian casualties.” A self-serving flatterer is called a “smooth talker.” Such duplicitous language has even crept into the church, as those who try to undermine the vision of their spiritual leaders, and disrupt the unity of a body of believers, call themselves “change agents.”
David, in his day, called upon the Lord, to end this type of vain speech. “They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak. The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things:” (Psalm 12:2-3).
God has given us a great gift in being able to communicate through language. Our prayer should be that our “communication” is not really “manipulation” in disguise.
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