"My dear brothers, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry." (James 1:19) Name calling, venting, sound-biting, and Bulverizism (Bulverism is a name for a logical fallacy that "assumes that your opponent is wrong, and explain his error"). Today in politics and regular discussion, silly dialogue is the name of the game. Do you really want your President talking about the size of his hands (and other parts) in a national debate? It is cesspool time in American politics. Even our preaching in church has fallen prey to consumer driven dialogue. It seems Christian audiences around our country rarely listen to whole arguments in order to try to gain insight and understand the speaker’s real intent; but rather people are looking to feel something good, and even worst than that, we want to be offended. Who cares about the point of the discussion, it is the journey that matters. Social media has become nothing more than an emotional blabber-fest, we are not wanting to get anywhere, we just want to have our voice heard. We have become a society of Proverbs 18:2 kinds of people, “A fool finds no pleasure in understanding but delights in airing his own opinion.” Today I want my point to be simple, it is a Saturday after all and people don’t like to think too deeply on the weekend. Three pieces of advice:
Let a listening revolution start with you. Try it out today, listen before you leap!
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