Happy Friday, everyone on the podcast we've looked at grumbling, and we've looked at complaining

several times actually.

But what about venting?

Or is venting just a nice word for complaining?

This question has been asked by several listeners recently.

Here are two examples of those questions.

One is from Allison, Pastor Jen Hello.

My friend and I have long discussed if there's a difference between complaining and

venting.

Our desire is to be mindful of our heart's reaction to tough situations.

How do we as believers express frustrations to those closest to us to bear one another's

burdens without falling into misery loves company?

Is there a difference between complaining and venting?

Or are we kidding ourselves?

Another listener named Sina, S-I-N-A Sina writes this to Pastor John Thank you and Thigh

Utone for this podcast.

It's an incredible blessing in my life.

My question is this, is venting the same thing as grumbling?

Philippians 214 commands us to do all things without grumbling or disputing.

Does this apply to venting as well?

I am in a stressful graduate school environment and complaining is the norm among students.

Over the years I have distinguished between complaining versus venting.

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