How Jesus Exposes Our Hearts After a humble entry into Jerusalem seated on the back of a lowly donkey, Jesus now appears much more fierce in this next passage. He comes across a fig tree and curses it. He goes …
How Jesus Exposes Our Hearts After a humble entry into Jerusalem seated on the back of a lowly donkey, Jesus now appears much more fierce in this next passage. He comes across a fig tree and curses it. He goes …
What Kind of King? Earlier in Mark’s gospel a group of frightened fishermen sat in a little boat in the middle of the Sea of Galilee overwhelmed at what they had just witnessed. Moments earlier they were caught in a …
4 Lessons on Prayer The passage begins with James telling us how not to approach God — do not swear, either by heaven or earth or by any other oath (v.12). With the rest of the letter he shows us how …
Be Patient We heard last week a warning to the rich who willfully oppress others and now James moves to comfort those who have been oppressed. We see his pastor’s heart as he not only goes after the wolves but …
Money Problems As we enter the last chapter of the letter, we see that James addresses a specific group of people: the rich. Come now, you rich, weep and howl for the miseries that are coming upon you (v.1). Now …
What True Humility Looks Like I am including in our study this week the last verse from the passage last week. Humble yourselves before the Lord and he will exalt you (v.10). In this next section James is going to show us …
The Real Reason We Quarrel Conflict is an inevitable aspect of life in a broken world. We can’t get away from it. It’s on the evening news, it’s in our community, it’s in our homes, it’s in our lives. …
True and False Wisdom James begins with a penetrating question, Who is wise and understanding among you? (v.13) The answer to this question is not as obvious as it might first appear. How would you answer this question? Are you wise …
Taming the Tongue “Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me.” We’ve all heard this little nursery rhyme and perhaps have even believed it was true — until we began to experience the long-lasting hurt …