Avoiding Gossip

There is a secular source, the National Enquirer, that claims that a famous male televangelist and a famous female televangelist are having an affair and provided pictures as proof. Some Christian blogs have used that source to print the story and even scanned the photos. Even if that story is true is our calling as believers to spread such salaciousness and gossip? That kind of publicizing of such disgraceful behavior only encourages unhealthy voyeurism within the Christian community. And to use such filthy news sources as the National Enquire is reprehensible.

The cause of Christ is hindered when professing believers commit sins like adultery, and the same cause of Christ is hindered when professing believers feel obligated to market the sins of others.