Common Sense Conversations

In John 15:2 Jesus talks about what happens to branches that don’t produce fruit. Then He adds that pruning takes places for the branch to produce more fruit. We will look at what both of these mean in our lives today.

As we continue in John 15:1, Jesus shows and models submission to us. This podcast will show through multiple passages of Scripture why submission is a good thing for us as Christ followers.

Jesus declares to His disciples and to us that He is the True Vine. This would have been both familiar and revolutionary to His disciples. So what does it mean for us today when He makes this statement?

In John 15 Jesus tells us that He is the Vine and we are the branches. Today we start this passage and we look at the significance of Jesus stating “I AM”. If you are looking for encouragement in your life, this podcast today is for you.

As we close our study in the Book of James, he will address how we deal with our own sin and how we are to deal with the sin of fellow Christians who are straying in sin.

Prayer, as we see in this passage in James, is more about alignment with God than getting the answers we want. That’s a real hard thing for us to experience sometimes. This podcast will dive into this truth today.

If there is one thing lacking in most worship services and peoples lives today it is prayer. Prayer has become a time of stage transition in most worship services. Prayer is simply asking God for things in our personal lives. But what really is prayer? That’s what we will look at today.

Too often we struggle in our prayer time because we feel that we are supposed to fix things, fix our situation. What we see here in this passage in James is that we aren’t supposed to fix anything, but instead hear from our Father.

Waiting is not something we do well. What does waiting mean in the Christian life? How does the Bible tell us to wait, or be patient? That’s what we will look at in the passage in James chapter 5.

Those with power or status have the ability to use that to help or hurt others. There are too many stories of people who have been hurt by those in power. James is addressing that in this passage today.