On September 2, 1666, a small fire broke out in the shop of a London baker in the dead of night. Just days later, 13,200 homes were completely gone. [1] What shocked everyone most was the tremendous speed at which the fire spread. How potent then when James compares our tongues to a flame, describing the deadly potential we wield in our very mouths: “And the tongue is a fire…
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