Soft Answers

July 23, 2008

By Ken Horn

“A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger” (Proverbs 15:1, NKJV).

I’ve tried it both ways and, believe me, the Bible’s way is the right way.

Here’s a confession. I have never been criticized more than since I have been here, at Today’s Pentecostal Evangel. When you publish a magazine every week, there are a lot of things people can disagree with. Sometimes they are right, sometimes they’re not.

I have found it much better to answer softly than to become defensive. Though people may still disagree with me, we do not become enemies. No two Christians should ever be enemies.

We have two options as I see it: agree, or disagree agreeably.

“A soft answer turns away wrath” is a great Scripture to live by.

— Ken Horn is the editor of Today’s Pentecostal Evangel and blogs at Snapshots (khorn.agblogger.org).