Our text this Sunday morning is James 4:11-12, part 2. Having talked about the dangers of slander, (speaking evil about someone), last week we talked about that not only is it wrong; but how easy it is to fall into it. In this passage James is talking about speaking evil about a fellow believer (others),…
Our text this Sunday morning is James 4:11-12, part 1. In this passage James is talking about speaking evil about a fellow believer (others), or judging others and thus looking down on them. We live in a society that does this type of evil speaking regularly. The world also justifies doing it, making excuses for…
Our text this Sunday morning is James 4:7-10, part 2. We are talking about principles to, or toward, salvation and sanctification. Here is the rest of James test, a spiritual test, which is his list of sharp, terse commands. Basically he’s saying THIS: a person who truly comes to Christ, or knows Christ, will have…
Our text is James 4:7-10. This sermon and the next are talking about principles to, or toward, salvation and sanctification. Here we have another of James tests, a spiritual test, which is a list he gives of sharp, terse commands. Basically saying THIS: a person who truly comes to Christ will have these! 10 principles,…
Our text once again for this Sunday morning is James 4:4-6. We’ll especially focus on the verses we didn’t get to last week (verses 5-6). James, in this passage, is giving a plan for victory in these verses. Victory for what James has been talking about: the tongue in chapter 3, fighting that we talked…
Our text for this Sunday morning is James 4:4-6. Plans, we all make plans in every area of our lives. But how do you plan spiritually? James, in this passage, gives a plan for victory in these verses. Victory for what? What James has been talking about: the tongue in chapter 3, fighting, that we…
What is wisdom? Isn’t wisdom what everyone wants? To be wise in every area of their life? How would we define wisdom? Is there a difference in Godly wisdom and what the world calls wisdom? These are just some of the answers that James gives here in the text that we are using this Sunday,…
This Sunday we continue our series in James, and will be looking again at chapter 3 verses 1-12. This is part 3 on this passage. There has been so much that James says on the tongue that I wanted to be sure we took the time to deal with all of it in depth. In…
This Sunday we continue our series in James and will be looking at chapter 3 verses 1-12. This is part 2 on this passage. In this passage James continues to talk about the infamous and much problematic tongue. James says to be very careful about it, and then gives warnings why the tongue can be…
This Sunday we continue our series in James and will be looking at chapter 3 verses 1-12. In this passage James now begins to talk about the infamous and much problematic tongue. James says to be very careful about it, and then gives warnings why the tongue can be such a problem for us toward…