
Simply Yes or No: What Does Matthew 5:37 Mean?
What does Matthew 5:37 mean? To simply say “Yes” or “No” means our word should be gold. We say what we mean and stick by it. No loopholes.
What does Matthew 5:37 mean? To simply say “Yes” or “No” means our word should be gold. We say what we mean and stick by it. No loopholes.
This post was first published in September 2017. -ed. The world has enshrined tolerance as perhaps the greatest of all virtues. This new zeitgeist suppresses all who would call anything wrong or sinful. Exclusive truth claims appear to be headed for rapid extinction in this new world order. As Christians who worship “theway,thetruth andthelife” (John
This series was first published in April 2016. -ed. It has always saddened me over the years as I’ve watched church leaders bring reproach on the church of Jesus Christ. What’s perhaps most shocking to me is how frequently Christian leaders sin grossly, then step back into leadership almost as soon as the publicity dies
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Simply let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes,’ and your ‘No,’ ‘No.’ Anything more comes from the evil one (Matthew 5:37). Jesus taught his disciples that it was not necessary to take oaths when they communicated …
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