A social media has become an inferno of insults and anger, and sometimes even professing

Christians ad to the rage without thinking about the foolishness of spewing verbal abuses.

We need to do better.

And this leads to today's question from a young man, a listener to the podcast who writes

us this.

Hello, Pastor John, thank you for taking my question.

My father is a pastor who spends a lot of his time engaging with people on social media,

often using demeaning and insulting language in the process.

This can range anywhere from calling people liars for saying things he disagrees with to

straight up calling them stupid.

He seems to excuse his behavior with the mindset that it's not insulting if it's the truth,

but it still makes me very uncomfortable to see this behavior from him, both as my dad

and as my pastor.

In my view, it directly goes against scriptures called for us to not revile in return for

speed or two, 23, but to bless.

And for our speech to be always gracious, seasoned with salt, clushions for six.

I am a young Christian and I know that my knowledge of spiritual matters is often lacking,

but it's been burning my conscience to think that my dad might be engaging in sinful behavior

online.

I greatly would like to know your take on the matter, Pastor John, what would you have

to say?

Let me try to make a few comments that our young friend can consider in the formation

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