James 5:1-11 – Whole-hearted Devotion  ( James 5:1 ) “Come now you rich people…” 1 Come now, you rich people… First Question: Who are these people? Hint: Has he used the term, “The rich” elsewhere in the letter? Yes! James 2:5-7 5 Listen, my dear brothers and sisters: Didn’t God choose the poor in this…

James 5:1-11 – Whole-hearted Devotion  ( James 5:1 ) “Come now you rich people…” 1 Come now, you rich people… First Question: Who are these people? Hint: Has he used the term, “The rich” elsewhere in the letter? Yes! James 2:5-7 5 Listen, my dear brothers and sisters: Didn’t God choose the poor in this…

4 You adulterous people! Don’t you know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? So whoever wants to be the friend of the world becomes the enemy of God. 5 Or do you think it’s without reason that the Scripture says: The spirit he made to dwell in us envies intensely? 6 But he gives greater…

4 You adulterous people! Don’t you know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? So whoever wants to be the friend of the world becomes the enemy of God. 5 Or do you think it’s without reason that the Scripture says: The spirit he made to dwell in us envies intensely? 6 But he gives greater…

Today is Resurrection Sunday. Here at The Gathering, we say we’re here to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus every week. That’s true. What then makes this special/different? We come together for more than just celebrating the resurrection of Jesus , though nothing less than that. We come here for more…

James, Part 8 – James 2:14-26 Introduction: Some have called this passage in James “the most theologically significant, as well as the most controversial, in the letter of James. It deals with the question of whether belief in Jesus can save you if it’s not accompanied by works . In other words, what…

Opening Illus: The saga of John and Terry John and Terry had been married for several years. Married life was pretty easy the first couple of years, but eventually, what was most endearing to John about Terry had begun to grate on him. Terry, for her part, had grown tired of cleaning up John’s mess every…

Opening Illus: The saga of John and Terry John and Terry had been married for several years. Married life was pretty easy the first couple of years, but eventually, what was most endearing to John about Terry had begun to grate on him. Terry, for her part, had grown tired of cleaning up John’s mess every…

16 Don’t be deceived, my dear brothers and sisters. 17 Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, who does not change like shifting shadows. 18 By his own choice, he gave us birth by the word of truth so that we would be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures. 16…