We all tend to have our favorites. Favorite pizza, favorite drink, favorite sports team. And while that’s all well and good, James tells us that having favorites among the classes, opting to care about some people while forsaking others, is bad news. Well, not only bad news, but down right ... Read More

James gives it to us pretty straight here. The uneasiness, the unrest, the tortured souls in us all have to do with our meaningless yearnings for earthly desires versus trying to live a life where God is the glorified one, not ourselves.“A friendship with the world makes you an enemy of ... Read More

Now James comes at the rich folk pretty hard out of the gate here. However, his words are targeting those fat cats who got richer off making others poorer. James is spotlighting those who got their wealth kinda like the dudes who run sweatshops and enjoy themselves some child labor. Ill-gotten ... Read More

Just had a random thought. As a kid, I learned that annoying little playground jingle, “Stick and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me” that we talk-sang to the bullies and other kids who hurled insults at us or whatever while trying to squeeze in as much enjoyment ... Read More

Peter, as a whole, throughout pretty much this entire passage, is talking about living godly in an ungodly world. Being cool in a not-so-cool society. And this version of “cool” is defined by not reacting with your first gut instinct to life’s daily curveballs. Like a pro in the majors, ... Read More

"Haughtiness goes before destruction; humility precedes honor." (See Proverbs 18:12) Maybe you've heard it this way: "Pride goes before the fall." (Or "goeth before the fall.") Either way, you fall or get destroyed after you exhibit overt pride. Humbleness, however, showing that you feel "less than or equal to" - ... Read More

"As for you, let that abide in you which you heard from the beginning. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, you also will abide in the Son and in the Father. This is the promise which He Himself made to us: eternal life." (See 1 John ... Read More

"For sin shall not be master over you, for you are not under law but under grace." (See Romans 6:14) Thank God for grace! Have you seen the laws they had to follow in the OT? Cattle for miles was burned up trying to amend for humanity's wicked ways. And ... Read More

"He who testifies to these things says, 'Yes, I am coming quickly.' Amen.Come, Lord Jesus." (See Revelation 22:20) It's true. The end is closer than it's ever been. Certainly closer than it was yesterday or even five minutes ago. The end is always going to be "near" - at least "nearer" than it was ... Read More