Do you remember the song, “I heard it through the grape-vine?”  I don’t think it was in the hymnal, but I thought you may have heard it, anyway.  The grape-vine, which is a catch-term for the behind the scenes gossip, is hard to resist, isn’t it?

I have found that when opinions collide, most people think they are right in theirs.  I certainly think everybody is entitled to their opinion, and there is both a right and wrong place and manner in which it can be stated.

The Bible is very plain spoken that when someone has a grievance against another person, the first action should be to attempt to deal with it with that person.  To say it more bluntly, it is to go tell that person and not somebody else.

Really, what matters is that we do things in a way that God can bless them.  He can’t possibly bless the grape-vine method, because it is a violation of His word.  The grape-vine is hard to resist, but God’s people can do it, because we can do all things through Christ who strengthens us.