by Stephan van Kampen | 13 Oct 2025 | Articles, Christian Living
“Set a guard, O Lord, over my mouth; keep watch over the door of my lips.” (Psalm 141:3) Understanding the universal struggle with speech control and recognising its importance for spiritual maturity naturally leads to a crucial question: How do we practically work...
by Stephan van Kampen | 10 Oct 2025 | Articles, Christian Living
“If we put bits into the mouths of horses so that they obey us, we guide their whole bodies as well. Look at the ships also: though they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are guided by a very small rudder wherever the will of the pilot directs. So also...
by Stephan van Kampen | 8 Oct 2025 | Articles, Christian Living
“If anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle his whole body” (James 3:2). Having established that we all stumble in many ways, James doesn’t leave us wallowing in our weakness. Instead, he presents us with a remarkable...
by Stephan van Kampen | 6 Oct 2025 | Articles, Christian Living
James 3 offers a sobering examination of the power of human speech and our universal struggle to control it. James begins his teaching with a stark reality that every believer must face: We all stumble in many ways, and nowhere is this more evident than in our speech...
by Andrew Zekveld | 16 May 2025 | Articles
In a world where language is often wielded as a weapon, Ephesians 4:29 calls Christians to a radically different approach to speech: “Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace...
