"In his book, "The Peacemaker," Ken Sande writes, "To gossip means to betray a confidence or to discuss unfavorable facts about another person with someone who is not part of the problem or its solution. Even if the information you discuss is true, gossip is always sinful and a sign of spiritual immaturity." John Piper notes, "The [New Testament] Greek word translated 'gossip' means whisper or whisperer. In other words, the focus is not on the falsehood of the word but on the fact that it needs to be surreptitious. It is not open and candid and forthright. It has darkness about it. It does not operate in the light of love. It is not aiming at healing. It strokes the ego's desire to be seen as right without playing by the rules of love.""

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