“My brothers, if one of you should wander from the truth and someone should bring him back, remember that whoever turns a sinner from the error of his way will save him from death and cover over a multitude of sins.” James 5:19-20 Those final verses in James have haunted me now for a few…
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Book Study: James, Part V
“My brothers, as believers in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ, don’t show favoritism. Suppose a man comes into your meeting wearing a gold ring and fine clothes, and a poor man in shabby clothes also comes in. If you show special attention to the man wearing fine clothes and say, ‘Here’s a good seat for…
Service: It Doesn’t Just Happen!
“But if serving the Lord seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your forefathers served beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.” Joshua 24:5 What…
Go out and do good!
“Anyone then, who knows the good he ought to do but does not do it, sins.” James 4:17 Earlier this week, a memory from early college came to mind. I was walking into a classroom building and found another student kneeling on the floor of the hall. She was stuffing things into a bookbag with…
Encouragement Encounters: Presence, Part 1
Are you feeling closer to God this week? In a few moments you will know why I am asking! Let’s begin with a familiar story, Luke 10: 38-40. “As Jesus and His disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him. She had a sister called…