We’ve come to the final message of our study from the book of James. It’s been an intensely practical study, giving us a lot to work on as we live out a “Faith That Works.” I remind you again, that nowhere in this epistle does James suggest that w...
Discouragement; it’s not something we like to talk about or experience. But all of us face discouragement in our lives at one time or another. There seem to be an infinite number of things that can go wrong for us. Those we thought were our friends may ...
Payday! The word has a welcome sound, doesn’t it? Most likely, every worker, in every culture and country around the world knows that word in their native language. The toil, the sweat, the exercise of brawn or brains, finally produces a reward. Now, yo...
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 ...
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...
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 abo...
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 wh...
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 in...
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 e...
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 particul...
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 d...
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...
