When we gather together as a congregation, we are like the disciples sitting around the table with Jesus partaking of the bread and cup. We are sitting among sacred things. Here, among the sacred, we must not be profane by speaking evil against one another. May God give us eyes to see the realities of […]
This week Justin and Scott discuss James 4:1-10, and how we are to live as Christians as we battle selfish ambition and the temptation to drift from God as the Prodigal Son did in Luke 15.
Jesus is serious about joy, in heaven and on earth. He says there is great joy when sinful people return to God down the road of repentance. James restates Jesus’ call to joy. He starts by exposing our joylessness in relation to people and to God, and then he shows its cause. He calls us […]
This week Justin and Scott discuss the danger of self-hyphenated sins, and how they can cause destruction all around us. They also talk about the crisis in Mozambique. To learn more and give aid, visit www.gobgr.org.
Our words reflect the prevailing wisdom of our hearts. There is a wisdom from above that changes our hearts and gives us the power to use our words of good. This wisdom belongs to God and comes to us in Christ. A heart at peace with God through faith in Christ expresses itself in words […]
This week Justin and Scott discuss ways we can better rely on the Holy Spirit to control our tongues.