“What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone claims to have faith but does not have works? Can such a faith save him?”                                                    James 2:14  One day I was walking through a busy store and another customer excitedly hollered, “They’re winning!” while waving his hand wildly. I tried to smile excitedly as… Read More »

“So, if you do not commit adultery, but you murder, you are a lawbreaker. Speak and act as those who are to be judged by the law of freedom. For judgment is without mercy to the one who has not shown mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.” James 2:11b-13  James reminds us we have a sin… Read More »

“For whoever keeps the entire law, and yet stumbles at one point, is guilty of breaking it all. For He who said, Do not commit adultery, also said, Do not murder. So, if you do not commit adultery, but you murder, you are a lawbreaker.”                     … Read More »

“But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength.”                       Isaiah 40:31a There is a daily battle raging every day within each of us. It is a struggle in our heart and mind: a war over control. In our dance with life we wrestle… Read More »

“Indeed, if you fulfill the royal law prescribed in scripture, Love your neighbor as yourself, you are doing well.”                                                                                      James 2:8 Let’s be honest with ourselves. We know the church in America has lost its influence. We have allowed… Read More »

“Yet you have dishonored the poor. Don’t the rich oppress you and drag you into court? Don’t they blaspheme the good name that was invoked over you?                                                         … Read More »

Listen, my beloved brothers and sisters; did God not choose the poor of this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which He promised to those who love Him?”                                            … Read More »

“Act wisely toward outsiders, making the most of the time. Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you should answer each person.”                                                    … Read More »

“For if someone comes into your meeting wearing a gold ring and dressed in fine clothes, and a poor person dressed in filthy clothes also comes in, if you with favor on the one wearing fine clothes and say, “Sit here in a good place,” and yet you say to the poor person, “Stand over… Read More »

“My brothers and sisters, do not show favoritism as you hold on to the faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ.”                                                                     … Read More »