Taming the Tongue: How the Gospel Transforms Our Talk

It's been estimated that the average human being utters between 10,000 and 20,000 words per day. Consider that fact in light of Solomons words in Proverbs 10:19: “When words are many, transgression is not lacking, but whoever restrains his lips is prudent,” and you have 10,000 to 20,000 opportunities to sin. We are fallen people, and we utter fallen words. But we serve a communicating God. In Taming the Tongue: How the Gospel Transforms Our Talk, Jeff Robinson reminds us how in the gospel the Lord gives us a remedy for our troubled talk.

"Jeff Robinson points us to what it means to be like Jesus, and Christ-likeness is revealed by the way we talk. Robinson's book is steeped in Scripture, full of illuminating examples, and both deeply convicting and also wonderfully encouraging."
-- Thomas Schreiner, Professor of New Testament interpretation and Associate Dean for Scripture and Interpretation at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, KY

"This book hit home with me, perhaps because some of my greatest regrets have come from ways I've misused words―confidences I didn't keep, criticism I was too eager to offer, bragging to make myself seem important, dominating the conversation when I should have listened. This brief but wisdom-filled book is great to read prayerfully on your own, but even better to use to discuss with a small group."
-- Nancy Guthrie, Bible teacher and author of I'm Praying for You: 40 Days of Praying the Bible for Someone Who Is Suffering

"Jeff Robinson offers a compelling treatment of the power of our words to destroy and to heal.If we claim to be his followers, people will judge Jesus by our words and how we speak them. This book contains memorable illustrations, but its greatest strength is its unapologetic appeal to the only words that will last forever: God's."
--Randy Alcorn, founder and director of Eternal Perspective Ministries (EPM) and author of Heaven