But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast and be false to the truth. This is not the wisdom that comes down from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic. For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every vile practice. James 3:14-16 A few months back I launched this new website called … [Read more...] about Choosing the Greater Things
James
Tongues for Praise
With it (the tongue) we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse people who are made in the likeness of God. From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so. Does a spring pour forth from the same opening both fresh and salt water? Can a fig tree, my brothers, bear olives, or a grapevine produce figs? Neither can a salt pond … [Read more...] about Tongues for Praise
The Tongue is a Fire
So also the tongue is a small member, yet it boasts of great things. How great a forest is set ablaze by such a small fire! And the tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, staining the whole body, setting on fire the entire course of life, and set on fire by hell. James 3:5–6 (ESV) The tongue is a fire! Yesterday, we heard some … [Read more...] about The Tongue is a Fire
The Power of the Tongue
It is said that sticks and stones can break my bones, but words can’t hurt me. It might be said, but it is not true. Words have the power to hurt deeply like no physical wound ever could. Words have set the world on fire. Most wars started with propaganda fueled by words. The power of words can be used for great good. It was words spoken by the mouth of God that brought the … [Read more...] about The Power of the Tongue
Faith Works (Part 2)
This is the second post on Faith Works. Click here to read the previous post. I remember singing in Sunday School the song “They’ll Know We are Christians.” The chorus went like this: And they’ll know we are Christians by our love, by our love, Yes, they’ll know we are Christians by our love. The point is clear. Your actions identify who you are. The life you live shows … [Read more...] about Faith Works (Part 2)