The Christian Use of Our Ears and Tongue Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath. —James 1:19 The acquisition of knowledge seems to be the great desire of the majority of people. There is, however, a kind of knowledge which cannot be acquired through our own efforts, but only through the action and impartation of God. Knowing God and His plan for man presupposes receiving God into one’s heart and establishing communion with Him. Of this new birth