In a blog post on Desiring God this weekend, Pastor Cole Deike shares the ways we can “gossip like Jesus” instead of letting our tongues loose.
“For the apostle Paul, gossip is a type of demonic imputation. In his stunning letter written to the church in Philippi, he encourages the church towards unity with this remarkable command for humility: ‘In humility count others more significant than yourselves’ (Philippians 2:3).”
“The word ‘count’ in this text,” Deike expounds, “has a rich biblical history and an
entire universe of meaning tightly-coiled within it: circle, highlight, and underline it. For instance, Paul uses the same root word when he says...
