Krissa Lox
Active Member
A major frustration I've been frequently encountering is that it's very hard to figure out how to effectively communicate with people who have no inherent sense of dignity.
Intuitively, I feel like dignity is an important aspect of living for Christ, but I can only think of places where the Bible makes indirect inferences to it (like when Paul says don't publicly speak in tongues if it's just going to confuse people rather than accomplishing something worthwhile) instead of more explicit instruction that would be helpful in explaining the concept to others who struggle with the consequences of falling short in this area.
Maybe it's something that comes as a byproduct of maturity or prayer life or other spiritual pursuits rather than being something we can work on directly, but it seems like it's becoming a problem to not have some sort of clear scriptural basis to converse about it with others who don't seem to be succeeding at learning it on their own.
Are there places the Bible covers this subject that I'm missing or ways other Christians have found to meaningfully address it, or are we really supposed to be just letting immature people keep ignorantly walking off of avoidable cliffs in hopes they'll learn more sense from their hard impact with the ground?
Intuitively, I feel like dignity is an important aspect of living for Christ, but I can only think of places where the Bible makes indirect inferences to it (like when Paul says don't publicly speak in tongues if it's just going to confuse people rather than accomplishing something worthwhile) instead of more explicit instruction that would be helpful in explaining the concept to others who struggle with the consequences of falling short in this area.
Maybe it's something that comes as a byproduct of maturity or prayer life or other spiritual pursuits rather than being something we can work on directly, but it seems like it's becoming a problem to not have some sort of clear scriptural basis to converse about it with others who don't seem to be succeeding at learning it on their own.
Are there places the Bible covers this subject that I'm missing or ways other Christians have found to meaningfully address it, or are we really supposed to be just letting immature people keep ignorantly walking off of avoidable cliffs in hopes they'll learn more sense from their hard impact with the ground?