There's No Room For ANY Foul Language in Christianity!

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Let's face it that the Christian life isn't easy. There's going to be ridicule. There's going to be put downs. What's so often forgotten by Christians is that they should worry more if they're not persecuted for the wrong reasons than if they got persecuted for the right reasons. They should worry more if the world suddenly embraces them too much. While Christians aren't called to be as offensive as possible but if their good works don't offend the world then something is downright wrong. It's very easy to get mad when you keep doing good but all people do is to return it in hatred. It's very easy to use foul language of any sort because of that.

It's a problem to criticize some Roman Catholic apologists for their lack of professionalism when you've got some Christians apologists doing more or less the same kind of lack of professionalism. It can be shameful when you've got a Roman Catholic apologist who uses biblical methods to proclaim unbiblical truth while the Christian apologist resolves to unbiblical methods to proclaim the biblical truth. This is really a problem when the actions of the world end up rebuking Christians for their wrongdoings. It's a problem that some Christians lose their cool and start yelling and cussing even if the person they're having a discussion with wasn't doing anything wrong except preach the wrong doctrine. To show no pity or love for people lost in sin will only make the situation worse.

That's the whole problem with using foul language in missions. Christians are supposed to show their changed lives not their arrogance. It's good to know much about the Scriptures but here's the problem. You can have all the knowledge in the world but if you have no real love for people then that amounts to nothing. All the recognition for knowledge is useless if you only dwell on hate. God gave everyone not just a brain or a heart but both to function properly. The heart was made for feeling and the brain was made for thinking. To have feeling without thinking or thinking without feeling makes one illogical. Many people make stupid decisions because the use one but ignore the other.

It's also very typical to justify one's use of foul language because the other person was being mean or was hurling insults. But what does the Bible say about dealing with mean people? Matthew 5:44 and Luke 6:27-35 commands Christians to love those who hate them. Using foul language will only degrade the Christian testimony and showing any signs of a rough personality against others is not called for. It will only further put the Christian into the level of the unsaved person. To fight back with foul language will only give the other person justification. The reason why that happens is because you did this and I'll do it to you will only result to ever-growing cycle of hatred.


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