In 1912 the Titanic was launched in Liverpool, England. It was proudly announced by the ship builders and owners that this vessel was “unsinkable.” So haughty was the rhetoric surrounding the Titanic’s safety and structural integrity that it caused great anxiety in the heart of one God-fearing woman. After reading the shipbuilders’ claims, Mrs. Hart […]
Do you like to be honored, valued, and respected? I know I do. I believe every human being has a desire to be honored. But how do we achieve, gain, or earn that honor? Proverbs 18:12 gives us a clue. “Before destruction, the heart of man is haughty, and before honor is humility.” In this […]
What is it that you really want in life? Are you getting it? Are you sure that what you want is really the best for you? Have you thought about the end result of some of your desires? If you’re unsure of the answers to these questions, or just curious about them, join Pastor J. […]
In our previous message from chapter 3, titled “The Monster Tongue,” we arrived at this conclusion: no human being, by cunning, logic, persuasion, or self-discipline can control this little member of our bodies. I likened the tongue to the demoniac whom Jesus met among the tombs. This man was often bound with chains by his […]
Today we continue in our study of the book of James from chapter three and verses seven through twelve. This section is not a pleasant one. In fact, if you isolate it from the rest of the chapter, it’s downright depressing! Yet it’s written for our instruction and we dare not ignore it.
As we continue our study in the book of James, chapter three deals with the way we use our tongue; the words we speak. Some of you are probably thinking, “Oh no, must you really talk about that?” Yes, I must. You see, that’s one of the benefits of expository preaching, a systematic teaching of […]
The miracle of the Incarnation is so amazing – Emmanuel – God with us! That God would veil Himself in human flesh defies human logic. The powerful condescending to the powerless? That’s not how the world works! But that’s how God works. We know, our lives have been transformed because Christ was born! On today’s […]
In the English language, we have a form of speech called an idiom. Idioms use words or phrases that have no logical connection to the subject we’re talking about. But they make sense to us because we understand how they’re used. There’s one particular idiom I’m thinking about in relation to our study today from […]
Have you ever made a judgment about someone, only to find out later that you didn’t have all the facts? To my embarrassment, I have. Like many of us, the famous preacher, John Wesley, made that mistake one time. He accused a man of being miserly when he didn’t really know the man’s situation. Join […]
Wild pheasants are canny birds. When they’re being hunted, they sometimes sit so tight in cover that the hunter walks right by them just a few steps away. It might take more than one trip through the field to flush them out. As humans, we have faults that we like to keep hidden too. One […]
