I find those who nit pick words and like to criticize Christians who use language for effect, often do so because it disturbs their refined Casper-Milk-Toast version of Christianity that never ventures beyond the white picket fence around their church to confront anything.

They criticize the words of others who are only trying to communicate effectively in today’s real world, while they themselves speak only a holier-then-thou self-approved Christian ghetto language called Christianize.

Some Christians think we are to confront the world with wet noodles.
Words of warfare are most effective if you are not unduly bound by Christianize ghetto language restrictions. That does not mean we are free to be vulgar but we should not mince our words either when it is appropriate Just as Jesus, Paul and many of our forefathers did not.

Combating the ‘nicer-than-Jesus’ crowd

Neither Christ nor Paul felt the need to communicate in academic categories or with sanitized language. So why do we? And more to the point, why do some of you expect me to?It is apparent Christians need to apply a different standard to our way of engaging the culture if we are going to be effective. “Making nice” certainly hasn’t gotten us very far. And not only that, but if we are going to be consistent we will discover that engaging the culture often doesn’t fit within the neat and tidy categories into which many of today’s Christians like to package the totality of their religion – and this includes the use of language.

In the warp and woof of cultural debate, it is especially important that we remain true to biblical paradigms when confronting a wayward and rebellious culture. And if that means reminding people that their idols are going to lead them straight into the pit of hell, including church people who prize their tax exemption more than faithfulness to God, so be it. I say yet again, “To hell with the dole.”