Wednesday, June 29, 2011

30 Sins of the Tongue

by: Richard Baxter

  • Blasphemy.

  • Teaching false doctrine.

  • False application of true doctrine.

  • Deriding of serious godliness.

  • Forbidding Christian ministers to preach the Gospel.

  • Profane swearing

  • Perjury.

  • Lying.

  • Hypocritical representation of self.

  • Proud boasting.

  • Unseasonable speaking of common things when holy things should be preferred.

  • Tempting others to sin.

  • Idle talk and a multitude of useless words.

  • Handling the word of God in a carnal, playful manner: and not with a style that is grave and serious, agreeable to the weight and majesty of the truth.

  • Imprudent, rash and slovenly handling of holy things.

  • Reviling and dishonoring of superiors.

  • Imperious contempt of inferiors.

  • Foolish talk and jesting.

  • Filthy speaking.

  • Cursing of others.

  • Slandering.

  • Backbiting.

  • Speaking evil of another.

  • Stirring up discord.

  • Cheating others by defrauding neighbors in bargaining for their own gain.

  • Falsely accusing the innocent.

  • Passing an unrighteous sentence.

  • Flattering and deluding men about the state of their souls.

  • Jeering, mocking,deriding or scorning others.

  • Idolatry or false worship.