Bonhoeffer on Biting Your Tongue

You know what it feels like to be hurt by someone's words. And you know what it feels like to say something aimed at injuring another person. In this video, Dr. Matt O'Reilly introduces us to the spiritual discipline of biting your tongue. Drawing on Dietrich Bonhoeffer, we discover that healthy Christian community depends on NOT saying everything that comes into your thoughts.

Matt O'Reilly is pastor of Hope Hull United Methodist Church near Montgomery, AL, a fellow of the Center for Pastor Theologians, and an adjunct member of the faculties of Houston Baptist University and Wesley Biblical Seminary. He is the author of two forthcoming books - Paul and the Resurrection of the People of God (SBL Press) and The Letters to the Thessalonians (Seedbed).

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