Yesterday morning, as I was getting ready for the day, I was listening to our local news station.  And, they played a commentary by Michael Josephson (Founder of the Josephson  Institute of Ethics), called “Character Counts.”  The topic of yesteray’s commentary was, appropriately for this time of year, on gratitude.  At the end of a story on his wife’s change …

We live in a sugar-coated society (church!) of people who want to have their ears tickled, rather than hearing, and dealing with their lives – and their sin – in light of the Truth of Scripture.  Unfortunately, this seems to include everything from friendships to pastoral teaching and counseling.   Ephesians 4:15 tells us that we are to “speak the …