Our passage today is hard-hitting and stands in stark contrast to the easy-believism so prevalent in our culture today. Grab your Bibles and turn to James 4:1-12. These words follow the warning against worldly wisdom. Here’s what we’re going to learn: God gives grace to the humble, not the haughty. Please follow along as I…
Words have started revolutions, riots, revivals and reformations. Join me as I pray the words of Psalm 19:14, Psalm 141:3 and some of our passage in James 3:1-12 back to the Lord: “Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, O LORD, my rock and my…
Title: James 2:1-13 Summary: If you want God’s favor, don’t treat people with favoritism. In sports no one likes it when officials are awful or when judges don’t dispense justice. We get riled up when the wrong call is made because we want things to be fair.This morning as we dive into the second chapter…
“The Temptation within” Today as we continue our study of James. We will continue to connect the dots that James lays out for legit Christian living. We began this series with the pressure test. If you will remember we looked at trials and troubles as pressure in our lives. And we saw how God uses…
Today’s sermon is entitled simply, “The Cross!” Before Jesus the cross was despised, a symbol of the worse kind of cruelty and horrific barbarity imaginable. Its sole purpose was to execute offenders in the most hideous and protracted means, producing the greatest amount of pain and agony over an extended time. Many a criminal hung…
Sorry, but the video recording of this message is not available. Last time with brother Alan we looked at our Lord’s struggle in Gethsemane. We said it was in Gethsemane that Jesus overcame the reluctance of His flesh to submit to the trial and task of the cross. Having spent time in prayer with…
Jesus ate the Passover meal with His disciples, but immediately after that, His disciples argued over which of them is the greatest. Jesus stops them and lets them know who will truly be the greatest in the kingdom. He also tells them of the reward they will get for their faithfulness to Him.(v.14)When the hour…
How do tragic world events affect the Christian? Jesus gives 3 principles, Do not fear, Watch, and Testify.One question I have been continuously asked since the whole corvid thing came about is, ‘Do you think this is the beginning of the end?’ As we watch in shock the terrible events unfold before our eyes, who…
today we’ll be in luke chapter 21 and we’ll be studying verses one through four but first i want to share a little story dr john brodis uh he’s a pastor and was the president of the southern baptist um as the ushers were about to start uh start the offering he actually left…
LUKE 20:9-26. In response to the questioning of His authority by the scribes and Pharisees after His cleansing of the Temple, Jesus tells a parable. This parable summaries the whole of biblical history including the gospel. God sends servant after servant but the tenants refuse to hand over the fruit of the vineyard. Finally the…
