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  • Are You a Respecter of Persons? James 2: 1 & 8
    Posted on Monday, December 7th, 2015 | Tagged: acceptance, bragging, exclusion, James 2, pride, status

    “My brethren, do not hold your faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ with an attitude of personal favoritism” James 2:1. ” If, however, you are fulfilling the [ i ]royal law according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well” James 2:8. I attended a church which hired an interim pastor from a successful congregation in a …[ read more ]

  • How Pure Is Your Religion? James 1:27
    Posted on Monday, November 30th, 2015 | Tagged: Black Lives Matter, compassion, James 1: 27, pure religion, Syria

    “27 Pure and undefiled religion in the sight of our God and Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself unstained by the world” James 1:27 My grandson, David, is a typical ten year old. He lives in a world of Minecraft and Clash of Clans. His family spends many a night curled up on the sofa watching their favorite …[ read more ]

  • Be Doers of the Word: Look in the Mirror–James 1:22-25
    Posted on Monday, November 23rd, 2015 | Tagged: doing, James 1:22-25, obedience

    English: The Big South Fork of the Cumberland River in the Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area in Scott, Fentress, and Pickett Counties of Tennessee and McCreary County, Kentucky, USA. (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) 22 But prove yourselves doers of the word, and not merely hearers who delude them- selves. 23 For if anyone is a hearer …[ read more ]

  • Giving Birth To Sin: James 1:14-15
    Posted on Monday, November 16th, 2015 | Tagged: Isis, James 1:14-15, Paris, sin

    “14 but each person is tempted when they are dragged away by their own evil desire and enticed. 15 Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death” (James 1:14-15). With the world, I grieve over the latest actions by ISIS–more than 120 people killed in Paris .  Shortly before …[ read more ]

  • Faith: How to Get It: PAPS
    Posted on Monday, November 9th, 2015 | Tagged: Book of James, doubt, faith, Ivan Panin

      English: The apostle James in the Stavelot Bible. Initial to the Epistle of James. Folio 197 verso. (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) 6 But when you ask, you must believe and not doubt, because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. 7 That person should not expect to receive anything …[ read more ]

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      “How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives. What we do with this hour and with that one, is what we are doing.” ― Annie Dillard, The Writing Life It's the new year, and of course, you've made resolutions. Do you want to exercise more? Cook healthy meals? Write a book? Have you resolved that this is the year you'd accomplish this? Nearly all of us have already broken our resolves. Why? Because we do what we want to do. Wait, our resolves are our desire, or so we think. Not if you're not doing… ...[ full story ]

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