Sunday concludes our series from the book of James with a sermon titled, “Silence is Golden.” The text is James 3:1-12. Here’s a preview:

Early church leaders taught that when we speak, we should do so only from silence. A person who hasn’t been quiet and still, will only speak from a noisy and busy heart. If a heart is noisy and busy, how and when is God able to give His wisdom? If we speak without such wisdom, we let loose an undisciplined, unfettered tongue that James calls “a restless evil full of deadly poison.” There was even a rule of thumb: if words are used to defend self or offend others, they don’t have their birth in stillness. Words that are used to restore and heal can only come from silence and then “much can be said without much being spoken.”