Leaf through the New Testament, and you’ll find verbal attacks on Jesus, his apostles, and his church on nearly every page. And as public discourse falls to new lows in the digital age, God has not left us without a guide for how to respond to the pain when we are persecuted with words. “Death and life are in the power of the tongue” (Proverbs 18:21). God made a world in which words are powerful. Words can hurt, even when directed from an unknown profile online. The spirit of the old adage “words will never harm me” is not the sentiment of the Scriptures.
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