Speaking with grace

“Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time. Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.” (Col. 4:5) Speech is as mundane an activity as any. We speak continuously throughout the day without thinking about it for a second. It is instinctive and automatic in many cases. And yet the Word of God places great emphasis on the moral nature of our speech and on how the people of God ought to use this good gift which...