Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been categorized as “Study of James”
Sermon Title: Keeping Things In Their Place Worship service date: November 4, 2018 Interim Pastor Thomas Hiltsley Primary Bible verses: James 5:1-7 Key sermon points: Things: Money, time, hobbies, work, and family can sneak out of their proper place and take over our lives. Who or what – really – is in control of our lives? 5 Practical Consideration for …
Sermon Title: Honest Speech Worship service date: October 28, 2018 Interim Pastor Thomas Hiltsley Primary Bible verses: James 5:7-12 Key sermon points: James quotes Jesus and encourages us to single-minded, simple, honest speech. Use plain, honest speech: be strictly truthful in our ordinary speech; avoid exaggeration so often indulged in to create an impression; deliberately shun the half-truth which conceals …
Sermon Title: Two-timing Worship service date: Sept 30, 2018 Interim Pastor Thomas Hiltsley Primary Bible verse: James 4:1-10 Key sermon points: James encourages us to listen, hear, and do the Word of God. Double-mindedness is the cause of personal and relational difficulty. James chapter 4 confronts double-mindedness in the Christian’s distraction with worldliness. Loving the world is to be an …
Sermon Title: The Tongue Worship service date: Sept 16, 2018 Interim Pastor Thomas Hiltsley Primary Bible verse: James 3 Key sermon points: James encourages us to listen, hear, and do the Word. Double-mindedness is cause of damaging conversation. James chapter 3 confronts double-mindedness in the Christian’s communication: Words have power to do good or evil, harm or heal. (Think speech, …
Sermon Title: Wisdom – Guiding Light Worship service date: Sept 23, 2018 Interim Pastor Thomas Hiltsley Primary Bible verse: James 3:13-18 Key sermon points: James encourages us to listen, hear, and do the Word. Double-mindedness is cause of damaging conversation. James chapter 3 confronts double-mindedness in the Christian’s communication. Question: What needs to happen in our hearts so that what …
Sermon Title: Two-Faced Worship service date: Sept 9, 2018 Interim Pastor Thomas Hiltsley Primary Bible verses: James 2:1-11 Key sermon points: James advocates “single-minded” allegiance to Christ and the Christ-life. Double-mindedness is cause of stress, dis-ease for Christian individuals and congregations. James chapter 2 confronts double-mindedness in Christian relationships and calls out: Snobbery about appearance Prejudice on the basis of …