"I told you dirty jokes until you smiled."

The title, some will recognize, is from Billy Joel's song, "You may be right." This morning our pastor preached out of Paul's letter to the church in Ephesus. Though it was not the focus of our pastor's preaching, this verse momentarily jumped out at me. "Let there be no filthiness nor foolish talk nor crude joking, which are out of place... (Ephesians 3:4, ESV)"

This was 2000 years ago, and people, including "church people," were in the habit of cursing, using bad language in humor or in anger, and telling dirty jokes. Just like now. Then and now... we need redemption.