James 4:1-3 – Great Church Fights!
Great Church Fights!
(James 4:1–3)
Central Idea: The pursuit of pleasure is a source of strife.
Purpose: To challenge believers to pursue peace with each other.
- The pursuit of pleasure produces selfishness (3:2).
- The pursuit of pleasure produces frustration (4:2).
- The pursuit of pleasure produces hostility (4:2).
- The pursuit of pleasure produces poverty (4:2–3).
Is the desire for what we want causing us to fight with those we love? In James 4:1-3 we learn that the pursuit of worldly pleasure produces selfishness, frustration, hostility, and poverty. So how can we minimize such conflict in our relationships today?
In this episode we will learn how to pursue peace with others and resolve conflict in a healthy way.
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- Apr 19, 2024James 4:1-3 – Great Church Fights!
James 4:1-3 – Great Church Fights!Great Church Fights!(James 4:1–3)Central Idea: The pursuit of pleasure is a source of strife.Purpose: To challenge believers to pursue peace with each other.
- The pursuit of pleasure produces selfishness (3:2).
- The pursuit of pleasure produces frustration (4:2).
- The pursuit of pleasure produces hostility (4:2).
- The pursuit of pleasure produces poverty (4:2–3).
Is the desire for what we want causing us to fight with those we love? In James 4:1-3 we learn that the pursuit of worldly pleasure produces selfishness, frustration, hostility, and poverty. So how can we minimize such conflict in our relationships today?In this episode we will learn how to pursue peace with others and resolve conflict in a healthy way.Now available on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Amazon Music. - Apr 11, 2024James 3:13-18 – Wise or Wimpy?
James 3:13-18 – Wise or Wimpy?Wise or Wimpy?(James 3:13–18)Central Idea: People’s actions test wisdom’s way.Purpose: To challenge believers to be peacemakers.James writes in James 3:13, Who among you is wise and understanding? Let him show by his good behavior, his deeds in the gentleness of wisdom. When the boss is unreasonable, when someone insults us, when others put us down or treat us like dirt, how do we respond? In this episode we learn about two kinds of wisdom, worldly wisdom, and heavenly wisdom.
- Worldly wisdom produces pugnacious actions (3:14–16).
- Heavenly wisdom produces peaceful actions (3:17–18).
- Apr 5, 2024James 3:1-12 – Tongue Testing
James 3:1-12 – Tongue TestingTongue Testing(James 3:1-12)Central Idea: To be tongue tested is to be tongue-tied. Purpose: To challenge people to control their tongues.Friends, when we are tongue tested, will we be tongue tied? Our tongues are the most offensive weapon in our arsenals and must be controlled very carefully. We can only do that by the power of Christ operating in our lives, asking Him to help us do it. In this episode you will learn three simple steps that will help you tie your tongue and stop hurtful words before they are spoken or written. Also available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Amazon Music.
- The preeminence of the tongue (3:1-2).
- The power of the tongue (3:3-5a).
- The perversity of the tongue (3:5b-6).
- The production of the tongue (3:7-12).
- Mar 28, 2024James 2:14-26 – Dead Traditionalism
James 2:14-26 – Dead TraditionalismDead Traditionalism (James 2:14-26) Central Idea: A living faith is a working faith. Purpose: To challenge Christians to be what they claim to be.Traditionalism is the dead faith of those now living. Are you a traditionalist? Do you go to church because your parents want you to go to church? Are you a Christian because it is the proper thing to do? Well, that's dead traditionalism. A living faith is a working faith. As we continue our study, James develops that truth in three steps: the need, the argument, and illustrations of a working faith.
- The need for a working faith (2:14-17).
- The argument for a working faith (2:18-20).
- The illustrations of a working faith (2:21-26).
- Mar 22, 2024James 2:8-13 – Personal Discrimination
James 2:8-13 – Personal DiscriminationPersonal Discrimination(James 2:8-13)Central Idea: Personal discrimination denies biblical doctrine.Purpose: To challenge believers to practice social justice.In this episode we learn about three areas where personal discrimination denies God's truth and how we can practice social justice today.
- Personal discrimination denies the doctrine of love (James 2:8).
- Personal discrimination denies the doctrine of sin (James 2:9-11).
- Personal discrimination denies the doctrine of mercy (James 2:12-13).
