The dangerous trend is the rush to judgment without the facts. We react. We react quickly. We react repetitively. Our minds are being trained to view and respond, view and respond at such a fast rate that our accuracy is drastically diminished. How many different social media posts do you think your eyes scan in… Continue Reading
Category Archives: James
Opposition: Satan vs God
When we talk about facing spiritual opposition in life the “go to” person to blame is typically Satan. His name, after all, does mean an opponent or one who opposes so it makes sense that he is going to stand in our way from time to time. One reason he may be our “go to”… Continue Reading
James 1: Which Kind of Person Will You Be?
James starts his letter characterizing two types of people (click here to read James 1). The guy experiences trouble and out of that experience develops a mature faith. The second guy James describes doubts God. He is foolish and his life ends up being blown around like the waves, going here and there but never… Continue Reading
Summaries of the New Testament Books
To follow up on this post summarizing the books of the Old Testament, here is the list for the New Testament. Here is this list in pdf. These are just quick helps to help people get a feel for these books and see how they connect with each other. Bible Study Helps – New Testament… Continue Reading
Books of the Bible and Application to 20 Somethings
In teaching 20s & 30s on a regular basis I am finding the need to be relevant more and more important. It is not that relevance didn’t used to be important. It just seems theology disconnected from real life application tends to fall on deaf ears a lot quicker in young adults than in my… Continue Reading
“Falling into Sin” – A Phrase We Need to Drop
I hear it all the time. It sounds so passive. I did it again…I fell into sin. It’s like a “woops” or an “uh oh.” I was walking along just doing the best I could and the next thing I knew I was flat on my back looking up at the sky…I slipped. I fell… Continue Reading
James Study Guide in pdf
For any who are interested or who would like some Bible material to work through on a daily basis here is a quick and easy study on James. It is one page per day for 15 days to make for a quick and easy study that gets at the heart of what James is talking… Continue Reading
A Bible Study Most People Can Stick With
We talk a lot about studying the Bible but how frequently do we give people accessible options to make it a habit? There are 80 posts on this blog that deal with studying the Bible in some way, shape or form. We have classes on all the proper “how to’s”…how to read a psalm or… Continue Reading
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