Sermon: September 23, 2018 How to Grow Spiritually So far in this series we’ve considered what James has to say about how to endure trials and how to face temptation. Now we consider another “how to” topic: how to grow …
Sermon: September 23, 2018 How to Grow Spiritually So far in this series we’ve considered what James has to say about how to endure trials and how to face temptation. Now we consider another “how to” topic: how to grow …
Sermon: September 16, 2108 How to Face Temptation Last week we considered what James had to say about enduring trials. This week we consider what he has to say about facing temptation. Trials and temptations are very similar. In fact, …
Sermon: September 9, 2018 A Word on the Book of James We will be studying the book of James this fall. I am looking forward to preaching through this very practical book. James is a short book containing just 108 …
We come now to the last characteristic of the fruit of the Spirit: self-control. Like the rest of the fruit of the Spirit, self-control is not “natural.” We would much perfer self-indulgence rather than self-control. It takes little imagination …
Guest Blogger: Pastor Dave Phillips Revelation 5:1-8 (ESV) Then I saw in the right hand of him who was seated on the throne a scroll written within and on the back, sealed with seven seals. 2 And I saw a mighty …
There is a little cemetery in downtown Baltimore that sits on the corner of Route 1 and Green Mount Avenue. The cemetery contains the graves of many notable philanthropists and business leaders along with at least 17 Civil War Generals, …
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Galatians 5:22-23 In our study of the fruit the Spirit, I’ve made the case that this fruit is a picture of a transformed life. …
As we are being transformed into the image of Christ, we are moved in two different directions. The Holy Spirit within us causes us both to die to sin and to live for him. We see dual call expressed in numerous passages …
Patience is a much needed commodity in the fast paced world in which we now live. Our world has sped up. Thanks to tremendous developments in technology we now have the world at our finger tips. There has been …
