What is Gossip?

True or False:

The word “gossip” is not found in most translations of the Bible. Gossip is defined as, “Idle talk or rumor, esp. about the personal or private affairs of others” (RHCD). The closest thing to a biblical definition of gossip would be the following:

“…they get into the habit of being idle and going about from house to house. And not only do they become idlers, but also gossips and busybodies, saying things they ought not to.(1 Tim. 5: 13, NIV).
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Summer Quiz

When I was a child my Mother would give us a phrase she believed to be Biblical and we would have to search the scriptures of her most Holy Bible to see if truth or not? We only had one Bible then. That was the Family Bible. Now, most of us in our homes have many as well as online Bibles. Therefore, we should find truth fast. Yes, very fast in all areas of our life.

OK, let’s try it. Here’s my phrase!
“When I talk the “o serpent bites.”

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St. David’s Episcopal Church in Creswell, NC

Recently, Sara took me to visit a historic church site, St. David’s Episcopal Church in Creswell, NC. I love to visit meaningful historical places and view the landscape and architecture as well as try to find out something about the history. There’s just something special about taking a walk into the past and then connect it to the now. Walking over the grounds and reading some of the tombstones, I thought of how many life stories lie beneath the grave markers of the oldest Episcopal church in the area.
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