Church Covenant - Paragraph 4 B & 5 - Controlling the Tongue & Cultivating Courtesy

Chapter timestamps:
Note: Times are estimated

0:00 Introduction to final Church Covenant study
0:31 Reading through the Church Covenant
2:45 Tonight's Focus: Sympathy, Courtesy, Reconciliation
3:49 James 3: Taming the Tongue
4:42 Face-to-Face vs Text Communication
5:07 Importance of Controlled Speech
6:02 The Tongue as an Unruly Evil
8:12 Ephesians 4:29 - Edifying Speech
9:05 Personal Testimony on Speech Struggles
11:13 Cultivating Christian Sympathy and Courtesy
12:44 Personal Story: Failure in Speech on Basketball Court
14:01 Hardest Test First: The Tongue
16:05 Evaluating Speech for Edification
17:28 Matthew 15:18 – Speech Reveals the Heart
17:59 Matthew 12:37 and Proverbs 21:23
18:44 Moving into "Slow to Take Offense"
21:26 The Power of Tone and Attitude
21:36 1 Corinthians 14:20 - Be Mature in Understanding
22:04 Proverbs on Anger and Reconciliation
24:07 Charity Covering Sin
25:13 Christ's Command to Forgive Repeatedly
26:06 Handling Offenses and Reconciliation Among Brethren
27:28 Gentle Ribbing vs Tearing Down
28:48 Speed of Reconciliation
30:11 Paragraph 5: Faithful Church Membership
31:34 Closing and Questions