Worldliness (Part One)
“Where do wars and fights come from among you? Do they not come from your desires for pleasure that war in your members? You lust and do not have. You murder and covet and cannot obtain. You fight and war. Yet you do not have…
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Righteousness and Peace
“Now the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace” (James 3:18). Send article as PDF
Wisdom From Above (Part Two)
“But the wisdom that is from above is…full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy” (James 3:17). Send article as PDF
Wisdom From Above (Part One)
“But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield…” (James 3:17). Send article as PDF
Envy and Selfish Ambition
“But if you have bitter envy and self-seeking in your hearts, do not boast and lie against the truth. This wisdom does not descend from above, but is earthly, sensual, demonic. For where envy and self-seeking exist, confusion and every evil thing are there” (James…
Significant Traits of Wisdom
“Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show by good conduct that his works are done in the meekness of wisdom” (James 3:13). Send article as PDF
Things Which Ought Not to Be
“My brethren, these things ought not to be so” (James 3:10). Send article as PDF
Consistency
“But no man can tame the tongue. It is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison. With it we bless our God and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in the similitude of God. Out of the same mouth proceed…
Taming the Tongue
“For every kind of beast and bird, of reptile and creature of the sea, is tamed and has been tamed by mankind. But no man can tame the tongue. It is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison” (James 3:7-8). Send article as PDF…
A Great Conversation Worth Having
If I never have to overhear another inane cell phone conversation while standing in a checkout line, I will consider myself an abundantly blessed man. I cannot begin to count the number of times I have wanted to lovingly yet firmly say: “Friend, just because…