Dealing with a Critical Spirit: Christian Judgment, Discernment & Exhortation by Bessie Wilson

"Discernment is given not to criticize"Discernment is given not to criticize, but to intercede." – Oswald Chambers

Discernment is important for Christians—we need to be able to see error when it creeps into the books we read, the podcasts we listen to, the sermons we hear, or just our conversations with friends. But what happens when our capacity for thinking critically gets out of hand?

The ability to be critical is a valuable skill, but, like all tools, what matters is how you use it. Exercising spiritual discernment should spur us on to encourage, exhort, and pray for others. Learn from pastor's wife Bessie Wilson how we can keep a critical spirit from going off the rails and instead put this God-given faculty to good use in our lives and the lives of those around us., but to intercede." – Oswald Chambers