Trinity Baptist Church

Please read the following excerpt from an article by Tim Challies.   You can read his entire article here.

• The issue of profanity in the church is one that continually surprises me….  One thing that I find is often missing in discussions on profanity is the connection between the heart and the tongue. We need to realize that the tongue is not an isolated instrument in the body. The tongue or the mouth speaks for the heart. Said otherwise, what proceeds from the mouth is a sure indication of what is in the heart. If a mouth pours forth filth, it is a sure indication that there is also a filthy heart. If a tongue spews forth rebellion, there is rebellion in the heart. If the tongue pours out praise, there is godly joy in the heart.

If it is true that the tongue reveals the heart, and it is, then all we have to do is listen to ourselves talk and we can descern much about where we stand with God.