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“Don’t Do It!”
James 4:11-12

6 May, 2018
06 May 2018


Throughout our study of James’ letter we’ve been reminded over and over again of the powerfully destructive potential of our tongues. From the opening chapter of his letter James has pointed out the many ways our speech can bring harm to others. James has addressed the topic of our anger vented towards others in James 1:19-20 and discriminating and judging others in James 2:1-13. In James 3, he unleashed a barrage of examples of the evil use of our tongues. If none of what James has said about the tongue has grabbed your attention then I’m confident that what he wrote in James 3:6 will. James wrote, Read more →

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The Way Out…
James 4:7-10

22 April, 2018
22 Apr 2018


We began our study of James 4 a few weeks ago by being confronted by James. He wrote, “What causes fights and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from your desires that battle within you?” (James 4:1 NIVO) These are not questions to help James gain information that he is lacking. These are rhetorical questions to make the point James desires to teach to his readers. The friction, dissention, and fragmentation of our relationships are caused by the desires that originate from within each and every one of us. Read more →

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