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Troubling Religious Cliches
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The Lord God has given me the tongue of a teacher, that I may know how to sustain the weary with a word. (v.4)
Clichés are over-used sayings that sometimes contain common sense wisdom. The depression era standard, “Use it up, wear it out, make it do or go without,” the World War II aphorism “Loose lips sink ships,” Franklin Roosevelt’s famous declaration, “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself,” and the 1960s civil rights cry, “We shall overcome,” are uplifting and meaningful, despite repeated use.
Clichés are over-used sayings that sometimes contain common sense wisdom. The depression era standard, “Use it up, wear it out, make it do or go without,” the World War II aphorism “Loose lips sink ships,” Franklin Roosevelt’s famous declaration, “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself,” and the 1960s civil rights cry, “We shall overcome,” are uplifting and meaningful, despite repeated use.
