Everyone makes plans in life for the future. But, as Christians, do we always plan wisely? Not always. Sometimes we fail to wait on God and rush ahead without first considering his will and guidance. James supplies us with some wise principles regarding the kind of heart attitude we must have if we will plan…
James wrote to early Jewish Christians who were suffering persecution at the hands of wealthy and powerful leaders of the Jewish religion—violent opponents of Christianity. To these distressed brothers and sisters, James offered sound spiritual counsel about having the kind of patient faith that endures trials. He pointed to three examples of endurance: the hard-working farmer, the…
This sermon addresses a deadly sin that no one likes to admit—but from which no one is exempt: lust. Lust is the distorted desire for one’s own sexual pleasure. Sexual desire, in the right context—namely, within marriage—is good and healthy. God designed humans at creation to have wholesome desires toward the opposite sex. The problem…