{"id":33677,"date":"2022-09-10T20:58:21","date_gmt":"2022-09-11T01:58:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/the-power-of-words\/"},"modified":"2022-09-10T20:58:21","modified_gmt":"2022-09-11T01:58:21","slug":"the-power-of-words","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/the-power-of-words\/","title":{"rendered":"The Power of Words"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a recent column in <em>The Washington Post<\/em>, Michael Gerson makes reference to \u201cthe moral vocabulary of a previous era.\u201d He refers to phrases such as \u201ca consciousness of sin\u201d and \u201ca real determination to reach holiness.\u201d Then he observes: \u201cWhen said in public, terms such as \u2018sin\u2019 and \u2018holiness\u2019 have the power to shock, like the choicer curse words once did.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reading that is a reminder to me of how much power is inherent in the words of our faith, words that we too often cast aside in our hunger for relevance and contemporaneity. Hard words such as <em>sin<\/em>, <em>judgment<\/em>, <em>submission<\/em>. Healing words such as <em>redemption<\/em>, <em>grace<\/em>, <em>salvation<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m not suggesting we litter our speech with complex theological jargon, tossed out without explanation. However, I am reminded the words of Scripture carry within them a power that goes beyond my feeble communication skills\u2014and, sorry, yours as well.<\/p>\n<p>As we preach, let\u2019s trust in the power of those rich biblical words, the ideas they represent, and the God who inspired them.<\/p>\n<p>Blessings!<br \/> Michael Duduit<br \/> mduduit@salempublishing.com<br \/> www.michaelduduit.com<\/p>\n<div style='clear:both'><\/div>\n<div class='the_champ_sharing_container the_champ_horizontal_sharing' data-super-socializer-href=\"https:\/\/www.preaching.com\/articles\/the-power-of-words\/\">\n<div class='the_champ_sharing_title' style=\"font-weight:bold\">Share This On:<\/div>\n<div class=\"the_champ_sharing_ul\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style='clear:both'><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a recent column in The Washington Post, Michael Gerson makes reference to \u201cthe moral vocabulary of a previous era.\u201d He refers to phrases such as \u201ca consciousness of sin\u201d and \u201ca real determination to reach holiness.\u201d Then he observes: \u201cWhen said in public, terms such as \u2018sin\u2019 and \u2018holiness\u2019 have the power to shock, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/the-power-of-words\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Power of Words&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33677","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33677"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33677\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}