Cussing Preachers?

Cussing preachers?

So I’ve heard lately some preachers using cuss words while preaching and it sure gets attention from us lawful Christians when we hear it. I’m uneasy about it but I’ll admit the couple of preachers I’ve heard do it were preaching solid biblical sermons. I don’t condone it but while translating Philippians 3 I came across a word that Paul uses only once in his writing and it has a root related to the word for evil or darkness…Skubala. It’s often translated “refuse” or “dung” but as I learn more about Greek roots I realize in context…”i consider all things loss because of the surpassing greatness of the knowledge of Jesus Christ my Lord, because of whom I’ve suffered the loss of all things and consider them **dung** in order that I might gain Christ” I see a stronger and less sanitary meaning.
The strength and intentionality of this word strikes the reader in the same way that our “bad word” for poop would if we were trying to make the same point. I’m not implying that this word was considered culturally inappropriate like the sh-word in our language but it carried a stronger meaning than “crap” or “dung.” There is one translation that says “I consider it all turds” in order to avoid the reality of the English equivalent. It actually means animal waste with a dark or evil connotation in the root. There is not a word of more worthlessness used in all the New Testament.
I did a quick internet search after realizing this and doing my own word study and found out that many Greek scholars see it the same way. Using culturally inappropriate language while delivering the Word of God is shameful and I do not think it is okay or permissible, but I’m not trying to be a Pharisee about it either. It seems Paul used as strong of a word once in his writing and the lesson we can take away from it is that all things compared to Christ, are complete and utter doggy doodoo.

A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver. Proverbs 25:11