So, we are to be slow at speaking and slow to anger, just God is slow to anger and abounding in love and prompt in listening. However, this desire to listen is not meant to be passive. Jesus talked about his followers being “both hearers and doers of his word”, so too does James. A… Continue reading Hearers and doers
Category: Bible Study
Slow to anger
My mum used to remind me when I was little that I had two ears and only one mouth. The moral of this, she argued, was that I should spend twice as much time listening as talking. A look at the text (Read James 1:19-21) James says that we must be quick when it comes… Continue reading Slow to anger
James 1:19-27 Listening and doing
This morning’s sermon…. Slowing the game down Sometimes in a frantic football game you need the player with skill, experience, patience just to put their foot on the ball, pause and slow the game down a bit giving everyone time to get their breath and their bearings. Then they get things moving again with a… Continue reading James 1:19-27 Listening and doing
The people of God
Faithroots Podcast from Revelation 7
Tested
How do we respond when we face trials and testing? This is particularly important when testing involves suffering. We may at times be tempted to give up on seeking to do what is good and right. This was certainly a temptation that the Psalmists faced when they looked around and saw the wicked prospering. We… Continue reading Tested
Worthy is the lamb
Faithroots Podcast: Revelation 5-6
Evaluation
It may surprise us, given Scriptures warning about pride, arrogance and boasting that New Testament authors, including Paul as well as James do argue that there is a place for boasting. The surprising twists concern who can boast and the basis of their boast. A look at the text (Read James 1:9-11) James contrasts the… Continue reading Evaluation
Ask and you will receive
Jesus famously said: 7 “Ask, and it will be given to you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and the door[a] will be opened to you. 8 For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened. It’s that theme from the sermon on the mount which James picks up… Continue reading Ask and you will receive
A strange source of joy
It is easy to be happy and contented when things are going well, when there’s good news and obvious hope. How do we respond however, when things are not going so well? A look at the text (read James 1:2-4) James says that we aren’t only to find happiness in the good times. Instead, we… Continue reading A strange source of joy
Greetings to scattered people
Theresa May in her 2016 party conference speech described her opponents as “citizens of nowhere.”[1] She was arguing that those who saw themselves as citizens of the world, especially those who were using this kind of language to attack Brexit supporters as nationalists lack roots. The speech understandably ruffled a few feathers. The reality of… Continue reading Greetings to scattered people
