As we learned in chapter 1 of James, a mature person in Christ will be patient in times of testing, but a key characteristic also exhibited is practicing of truth. Sometimes we lose the whole concept of practicing truth, and may times just go with the flow or follow our emotions. Chapter 2 of James…
We don’t like to be made fun of, we really don’t like jokes played on us. It embarrasses us and makes us seem not as bright as we think we are. But the reality is that if we faced the facts, no one has played more jokes on us and tricked us than ourselves. At…
We have all dealt with today’s topic. Many of us have had so much experience in it that we should be really good at dealing with it. Yet other times, how we have dealt with it has just become a part of who were are, or at least that is what we believe. We are…
Perhaps you have seen the saying that reads: “When life gives you lemons, make lemonade!” It is easier to smile at that statement than to practice it, but the basic philosophy is sound. In fact, it is biblical. Throughout the Bible are people who turned defeat into victory and trial into triumph, tests into testimonies.…
Movement and travel are all things that we have experienced and it does depict life. Even as we walk up on a lizard, squirrel, bird or frog, the first thing we do is see if it moves. If it moves that means it is alive. How a living thing moves and why they move about…
Our world is experiencing a new normal call COVID – 19. People are having a difficult time adjusting to social distancing, wearing a face mask, or PPE. We miss our social gathers, dining in and just getting together on a regular basis. We have seen massive job layoffs and people working from home. Universities have…
During these recent weeks all of us have had a time to realize we do have a personal life. Prior to the personal impacts of the Coronavirus, we were busy, we were consumed. We had more things going on than we could handle or even want to do, and then we come to a screeching…
Without a doubt, in the past several weeks we have all been impacted by lifetime season of concern and reaction to an unseen effect on humanity around the world. The respiratory virus that is globally impacting all mankind, with no bias is troubling, to say the least. There have been reports of loved ones not…
A common question we may hear around the church is “how’s your walk?”. We also hear about everything being in the light, with the idea that we have no secrets, that everything is known. But an interesting situation happens when we combine the two thoughts… 5This is the message we have heard from him and…
Another historical weekend. Men we are making history. Our world is crazy and we cannot help to see it now more than ever. In these troubling times it seems like it gets crazier and crazier, when we do not think it can get anymore further from reality, we take another deep breath. At first we…