old Anglo Saxon word God sib a relative Original Meaning of Gossip Current Definition of Gossip Idle Tattler News Monger Ground less Rumor Chatter II Corinthians 1220 ID: 655526
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GOSSIPSlide2
SiblingSlide3
“
Godsib”
(old Anglo Saxon word)
God + sib (a relative)Slide4
Original Meaning
of GossipSlide5
Current Definition
of Gossip
Idle Tattler
News Monger
Ground less Rumor
ChatterSlide6
II Corinthians 12:20
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For I am afraid that when I come I may not find you as I want you to be, and you may not find me as you want me to be. I fear that there may be discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, slander, gossip, arrogance and disorder.Slide7
Proverbs 16:28
A perverse person stirs up conflict, and gossip separates close friends.Slide8
Psalms 34:13
keep your tongue from evil
and your lips from telling lies.Slide9
James 3:1-2
Not many of you should
become teachers, my
fellow believers, because
you know that we who teach will be judged more strictly.
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We all stumble in many ways. Anyone who is never at fault in what they say is perfect, able to keep their whole body in check.Slide10
James 3:3
When we put bits into the mouths of horses to make
them obey us, we
can turn the
whole animal Slide11
Let no unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up.
Ephesians 4:29 NIVSlide12
James 3:4
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Or take ships as an example. Although they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are steered by a
very small rudder
wherever the pilot
wants to go.Slide13
James 3:5
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Likewise, the tongue is a small part of the body, but it makes
great boasts. Consider
what a great forest is
set on fire by a small
spark.Slide14
James 3:6
The tongue also is
a fire, a world of
evil among the
parts of the body.
It corrupts the
whole body, sets the whole course of one’s life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.Slide15
James 3:7
All kinds of animals, birds, reptiles and sea creatures are being tamed and have been tamed by mankind,Slide16
James 3:8
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but no human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.Slide17
James 3:9
With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father, and with it we curse human beings, who have been made in God’s likeness.Slide18
James 3:11
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Can clean water and dirty water both flow from the same spring?Slide19
James 3:12
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My brothers and sisters, can a fig tree bear olives, or a grapevine bear figs? Neither can a salt spring produce fresh waterSlide20
James 1: 19
My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry,Slide21
Sticks and Stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me.
March 1862
African Methodist Episcopal Church
“Old Adage”Slide22
Proverbs 26:20-22
Without wood a fire goes out;
without a gossip a quarrel dies down.
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As charcoal to embers and as wood to fire,
so is a quarrelsome person for kindling strife.
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The words of a gossip are like choice morsels;
they go down to the inmost parts.Slide23
No Wood
No Fire
No Whispering
No QuarrelingSlide24
I Timothy 5:13
Besides, they get into the habit of being idle and going about from house to house. And not only do they become idlers, but also busybodies who talk nonsense, saying things they ought not to.Slide25Slide26Slide27Slide28Slide29
How to Avoid Gossip
Avoid GossipersSlide30
Avoiding Gossip
Change the subjectSlide31
If you can’t say anything nice, don’t say anything at all.Slide32
Avoiding Gossip
If not part of
Problem or Solution
Stay Out.Slide33
Avoiding Gossip
If you have a habit of gossiping
Ask God to change your heart…Slide34
“
it is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt…” Abraham LincolnSlide35
Avoiding Gossip
If you are a victim of gossip
—try to confront those responsible.Slide36
Avoiding Gossip
Evans Approach
I won’t believe that about them unless they tell me themselves.Slide37
Eleanor Roosevelt Quote:
“Great minds discuss ideas
Average minds discuss events
Small minds discuss people.”Slide38
Let no unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up.
Ephesians 4:29 NIVSlide39
Table
Sharing
What do we talk about with others
GREAT–Ideas AVERAGE–Events SMALL-People
Do you avoid people who share what
you said in confidence?