What makes a voice trustworthy—and why can confidence alone be misleading? This sermon explores “righteous speech” as more than tone or delivery, arguing that truthful words are formed through the disciplined work of discernment.

Drawing from Paul’s prayer in Philippians, this message connects the physiology of speech with the spiritual practice of separating what is true from what is merely acceptable. Righteous speech, the sermon suggests, comes from a life that has already done the interior work of clarity, courage, and conviction. Part of the Koinonia: The Five Marks of Friendship series, preached by Amos Disasa