Springfield First Church of the Nazarene Podcast

The way we view others, particularly our spouse, is an indication of whether we acknowledge and admire the image of God in humanity and ultimately in our marriages.

No sermon - in response to the devastating 8.9 earthquake and subsequent tsunami in Japan this week, and in solidarity with our church member Kei Matsumoto and her mother Fusae and other family and friends in Japan, we offered urgent and heartfelt pastoral and congregational prayers to the Lord on behalf of the people of Japan.

We address an important issue facing society today in this new series exploring not just the specialness of marriage but also the sacredness of marriage in a culture that continues to devalue the significance and meaning of marriage.

This epistle is concluded by James reminding the church of its missional nature - to be a praying, worshiping, healing, confessing, and restoring community of faith.

James addresses important concerns that the conscientious church should speak to even today - the wealthy who cause suffering and the sufferers who await their wealth.

It has always been the affirmation of the Scriptures that God's will for His people is perfect and that anything contrary to the perfect will of God leaves us lacking and lost.

Perhaps the single greatest quality that can be exhibited by God's called out ones is their humility expressed in a desire to reflect the peace and grace of Christ.

If the church has a message to proclaim, and it most certainly does, it would do the church well to make sure it proclaims the very words that God would have the church speak.

Why is it that the church historically and currently always seems to struggle with a polarization when it comes to faith and works when the apostle James strikes the perfect balance between what the church is to be striving for?

The church is a representation of the kingdom of God where the poor in all actuality are rich and the wealthy are answerable for their riches.