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A Fellowship that makes our joy complete

Buy  my books   " Joy in the Journey "  and  " Song in the Night" on Amazon now 20% goes to missions               Experiencing sound quality issues?  Please Click here   A Fellowship that makes our joy complete   1 John 1 In our continuing study of the non-Pauline epistles, we have already explored the letters of Jude and James. Today, we turn to the letters of John. Out of the twenty-seven books in the New Testament, fourteen are attributed to Paul, while the remaining books come from various other writers. John, as many of us know, was one of the disciples of Jesus Christ. He authored the Gospel according to John and later wrote several letters to the churches in the regions where he ministered. Unlike many other disciples, John lived a long life. He was eventually exiled to the island of Patmos, where, according to tradition, he died. My wife and I had t...
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A Caring Faith that Endures

Buy  my books   " Joy in the Journey "  and  " Song in the Night" on Amazon now 20% goes to missions               Experiencing sound quality issues?  Please Click here   A Caring Faith that Endures         James 5 We continue our study of Scripture, focusing particularly on the non-Pauline letters—the letters in the Bible not written by the Apostle Paul. Paul wrote about fourteen letters (includes Hebrews), but there are several others, eight of them, written by different authors, often called the non-Pauline epistles. In recent weeks, we have been studying the letters of Jude and James. Today, we come to the conclusion of the book of James, a letter that offers practical wisdom for Christian living. Many refer to it as the “Proverbs of the New Testament” because of its down-to-earth guidance and moral insight. Throughout this book, Jame...

Desires that cause divisions

Buy  my books   " Joy in the Journey "  and  " Song in the Night" on Amazon now 20% goes to missions               Experiencing sound quality issues?  Please Click here   Desires that cause divisions         James 4:1–12 We continue with the study of the epistles, or the letters of the apostles, and we are in the letter of James, from which we just read the fourth chapter. We finished the first three chapters in previous Sundays, and now we are coming to the close of the book of James. It’s just five chapters, so we’ll finish it next week. James gives us practical wisdom to live—not advice, but practical wisdom—to live out our lives on a Christian path. In the beginning, we talked about how faith without works is dead. That’s his basic theme: we must show our faith through our works. Then we discussed how our actions display our witness t...

The Power of Words

Buy  my books   " Joy in the Journey "  and  " Song in the Night" on Amazon now 20% goes to missions               Experiencing sound quality issues?  Please Click here   The Power of Words         James 3:1–12 Our scripture today continues with the book of James, chapter 3:1–12. This passage talks a great deal about one organ in our body. James spends almost an entire chapter discussing the tongue, because the words we speak are very important—they make us who we are. He uses some very interesting examples and metaphors to explain this, along with some sharp and challenging words about our tongues and the words we use.    As you remember, James heard stories about problems in the church, and one of those problems was the way people spoke to one another. So, he decided to turn the focus of his letter toward practical ways of liv...

Dead Faith and Dynamic Faith

Buy  my books   " Joy in the Journey "  and  " Song in the Night" on Amazon now 20% goes to missions               Experiencing sound quality issues?  Please Click here   Dead Faith and Dynamic Faith    James 2          യാക്കോബ്  2                             The book of James that we started a couple of weeks ago has now brought us into the second chapter. As I told you before, the authors of the books of James and Jude—two brothers—were the half-brothers of Jesus. That’s what historians say. There is another James and Jude who were disciples, but they were the sons of a different father, so they are not the same people who wrote these books. The book of James is a very practical book. It is often called the Proverbs of the New Testament becaus...