“Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you.” -James 4:8a (NRSV)
Draw near to God? What does it even mean to draw near to God? How can we do it? We’ll look at James’ insights into that and see how they can work in our own lives.
Archive for July, 2007
Read Matthew 16:13-20
“And Jesus answered him, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father in heaven. And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.”
-Matthew 16: [...]
I Corinthians 15: 1-20
“If there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ has not been raised; and if Christ has not been raised, then our proclamation has been in vain and your faith has been in vain…If for this life only we have hoped in Christ, we are, of all people, most to be [...]
Read I Corinthians 13:1-13
“And now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; and the greatest of these is love.”
I Corinthians 13:13
A nasty case of sibling rivalry had broken out in the Corinthian Church as to who were the “most spiritual,” and the women were behaving more like pagan priestesses than Christian converts. The Apostle Paul [...]
The Power of the Spirit to Offend
Published July 1st, 2007 in Podcast and The Power of the Spirit (2007). 0 Comments“They stirred up the people as well as the elders and the scribes; then they suddenly confronted Stephen, seized him, and brought him before the council.” -Acts 6:12 (NRSV)
When God starts working in your life, it’s going to upset someone. Why does that happen? What do we do about it? How can God support me [...]
