Mom and dad insisted that if you don’t have anything good to say then don’t say anything. They smartly knew how irritated comments ever so easily lead to gossip and slander. Intentional disciples – that is, mature Christians – savor the joyful delights of meeting everyone along their way.
If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand (Mark 3:24). Envy is an especially ugly sin. Every person has right to their good name so long as they have not acted unworthily in a public and notorious manner and relinquished it. The most frequent cause of defamation, detraction and slander is envy....
