James 1:1-4 opens a study of the letter on Father's Day: count it all joy, and what trials are actually producing while they last.
The last Sunday of the year lands on James 1 and its instruction to consider trials joy. Pastor Adam works it through endurance, notes how little in modern life teaches…
Pastor Adam defines gossip sharply enough to remove its defences: a coercive social weapon that creates influence for whoever shares it. Ephesians 4:29 supplies a standard higher than merely being…
James says no human being can tame the tongue. Pastor Adam opens the series by asking why Scripture gives words that much weight, tracing “God said” nine times through Genesis…
James 4:8 — draw near to God and he will draw near to you — read alongside Mark 2. The promise is that you are as close to God as…