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So does the Bible actually address the subject of profanity?

It's time for the Line of Fire with your host, Biblical Scholar and Cultural Commentator Dr. Michael Brown,

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and now here's your host dr. Michael Brown you know if I was to use profanity

here on the air God forbid if I was to use profanity well we have a seven-second

delay and it would get bleaked out in other words was to use profanity, well, we have a seven second delay and it would get bleeped out.

In other words, we know what profanity is.

At least certain words we agree on.

If you're watching to network TV at seven in the evening or at three in the afternoon, you're not going to see profanity on. If someone was being interviewed and it came on, it would be bleeped out.

So certain words, we agree. These words are considered profane. Certain places call it cussing,

other places, call it cursing, other places, call it swearing. But we agree at least on certain words.

The question is,

does the Bible address that? When it talks about the kind of speech we should have, does it

actually address that? Welcome to the broadcast, friends. Michael Brown, delighted to be with you.

We're going to have a great time opening up the scriptures and talking about some larger cultural

issues as well, because the fact is, there are more important issues, more important fish to fry, bigger fish to fry.

But it is something that comes up, and it has to do with standards in general.

It has to do with our walks with the Lord.

It has to do with our witness to the world.

It has to do with whether we are

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