Simple Speech - The Elephant in the Room

The tongue is a restless evil full of deadly poison. With the tongue we praise our lord and father, and with it we curse human beings who have been made in god's likeness. Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing, or cussing. For james, learning to control our tongue is like trying to tame a wild beast inside our body. Can both fresh water and salt water flow from the same spring? My brothers and sisters, notice how he is riffing on jesus teaching from luke six here. All that to say, simplicity of speech is as much about not talking like jesus as it is about talking like JESUS. We all stumble