James 1:5-8 — if any of you lacks wisdom, ask…. read more

James 1:1-4 opens a study of the letter on Father’s… read more

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 it, and sends the congregation into the new year on three words: exist, perceive, endure.

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 true, and James 1:26 supplies the harder line.

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 1 and Jesus himself being called the Word.

James 4:8 — draw near to God and he will… read more