The Narrow Path Ministries

The host who asks about the food is not being dishonest; at worst maybe a little insecure. Their cooking skills are on display for all their guests, and maybe they're afraid about this minor detail or that. If someone asks, "How is your food?", I don't see any way around such a direct question other...

I love my mother very much but she's not so delicate that she can't bear to hear the truth. Perhaps all those squirming people could learn a lesson from her. How many godly people in the Bible told the truth, causing people to do a lot more than squirm? Here is a broader way of looking at the quest...

Did Jesus ever tell a lie in order not to hurt someone's feelings? It seems to me that He always told it like it is. Events documented in the Bible are typically hard truths, told to sinners who needed to be made aware of their sin. We're not given much in the way of 1st century Judaean hospitality...

...or when your wife asks, "Do these pants make me look fat?" ;-) That's certainly a good example. The purpose is to reassure someone who is in a moment of insecurity, not to be a waistline critic. is my citation of Matthew 12 applicable? It seems to me that being brutally honest in these diplomati...

Hello everyone, this is my first post on these boards. I enjoy listening to The Narrow Path while at work; I listen to mp3's, so I am usually about a week behind the current day's episode. I apologize if this issue has been addressed further on the air in the last week. I want to talk about the ethi...