Sermons

I am engaged to be married to Jesus Christ and He is jealously watching over me and He says don't get involved in the world. Selfishness, prayerlessness, worldliness—these are the causes of wars among God's people. James 4:1-5. Where do wars and fights come from among you? Do they not come from …

Whenever a person is using wisdom that's from above, there's always a fruitfulness to it. The fruit comes with satisfaction, without partiality, without hypocrisy. Not wavering, not on one side one day and the other side the other day.  It rejoices our hearts, Father, to have the privilege of …

Just as the bit controls the horse, just as the rudder, in spite of the wind, controls the ship, so the Holy Spirit of God can control your tongue, and your tongue, my tongue, has the power to direct, and we can lead others into eternal life. James is giving to us a series of warnings to help us …

James tells us that if we are able to control the tongue, then we are able to control the whole body. That’s interesting. A person who can control his speech is exercising wonderful discipline.  Gracious Father in heaven, thank You for the wonderful gift of speech. Oh Lord, so often our …

James is challenging us to examine our faith. Do we have a faith handed down from our religious forebearers? Do we have a credal faith we can recite all the words? Is there anything in my life, is there anything in your life that would make anybody believe we are truly born again?  Let's pray …

Let's be very careful not to show favoritism, not to divide the church, not to live by standards and values that are worldly. Let's love one another. That's the royal law, and the royal law enables you to live like a king. What are the consequences of favoritism? James is warning us about being …

Self-deception is dangerous. It can kill you. There are people today, they have pains in their chest, but oh well, it's just gas pains, nothing to worry about, and then there's going to be a heart attack. Or they hear a noise in the motor of the automobile and say, well, it's nothing too bad, then …

The glory of God was in the person of Jesus Christ and yet He was despised and rejected of men, and if Jesus, as He was when He was here on earth, walked into our churches today, the ushers would probably say, "Well, sit back here in the back seat someplace and don't bother too many people." And …

Well, a truly religious person is a controlled person and a concerned person and a clean person. Let's be truly religious people who are practicing our faith in love And now let's lift our hearts in prayer. Father, we come to Your Word and we realize that we must obey what we hear, because if we …

It boils down to this: when the child of God looks into the Word of God and sees the Son of God, he is transformed by the Spirit of God into the image of God for the glory of God. That encourages me. And now let’s pray together as we open the Word of God. Gracious Father in heaven, we give thanks …