Wednesday, September 18, 2013
Language
I just finished listening to an audio book, a novel I got from Christian audio. It was an interesting story but for some reason the author used a lot of strong language when his characters were speaking. Was that necessary? I know he wanted to be realistic but is it necessary to use the language to be realistic? There is a trend today for even some preachers to use that kind of language in the pulpit. Really now, who are you trying to impress? Keith Price showed us that you don't have to be like the audience to speak to the audience. He spoke to over 175 teen agers at our former church and he did not pretend to be anything other that who he was, a 70 year old preacher. He was effective and they listened to him.
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Can you define what you mean by "strong language"? Do you mean cussing and swearing ... or tone ... or use of language in a dramatic fashion for emphasis ... or something else?
Inappropriate language, using damn, hell but also other words that border on cuss words. When we understand hell we would shutter at the thought of telling someone to go to hell or using hell as a description. We must certainly don't want to see anyone damned let alone damn someone.
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