“Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, ⎮ And sorry I could not travel both ⎮ And be one traveler, long I stood ⎮ And looked down one as far as I could ⎮ To where it bent in the undergrowth; ⎮ Then took the other, as just as fair, ⎮ And having perhaps the better claim, ⎮ Because it was grassy …
Who among you is wise and understanding?
This is the question posed to Christians. Go ahead and answer it in your head and heart. Are you wise and understanding? If you are an arrogant person, a know-it-all, a person who has been around for a while and seen many things, you might b…
I remember as a kid, that there was a saying that we used to say. It’s pretty common, I hear my kids say it now, and I’m sure many of you said it in your youth as well. “Sticks and stones can break my bones, but words can never hurt me.” We used to say that when someone was saying something …
“Suppose a person claims to have faith but doesn’t act on their faith. My brothers and sisters, can this kind of faith save them?”
That’s a hard question, isn’t it? But, since it’s coming from the book of James, it really shouldn’t surprise us, because James likes to ask hard q…
This is one of my favorite bands. If you know who this is, don’t say anything, but if you don’t know who this is, what might you be thinking about me right now? Maybe something like, “Really, Pastor?” Or maybe, “Is that okay? That doesn’t look like a very good band…” At worst maybe, “It’s wr…
I was reminded this week about a really powerful Bible verse from Ephesians. It’s a rebuke that Paul wrote to the church in Ephesus because they were allowing themselves to be distracted by the circumstances they were in, and being misled by false teachers concerning how Christians should ac…
Every good thing. Those words are bitter sweet in the midst of trials. When we’re in the thick of difficult situations of any kind, it almost feels like a personal attack to be reminded that God desires to use that difficult situation to bring about every good thing. It’s often difficult to …
Imagine this scene with me, if you will. Jehoshaphat, one of the kings of Judah who did mostly good, was standing before the gathered people of Judah and Jerusalem, in the new temple courtyard. He is no doubt dismayed, in fact, we’re even told that he was afraid…but he turned his attention t…
The book of James. This is quite possibly one of the most challenging books in the entire Bible. It’s not challenging like the book of Revelations, which is challenging because of the timeline of the book and the fact that it deals with things that haven’t happened yet. Rather, James is chal…
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