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An awareness of our own sin moderates our response to sin in the lives of others....
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An awareness of our own sin moderates our response to sin in the lives of others....
Keep ReadingAll of our hopes hang on Jesus being not only just but also forgiving....
Keep ReadingAs we step forward into the next year, we know that Jesus will surprise us....
Keep ReadingThe person who hasn’t practiced self-examination will struggle to experience self-control....
Keep ReadingTomorrow will be Yesterday before we know it....
Keep ReadingSelf-examination leads to us to remember the saving sacrifice of Jesus....
Keep ReadingIgnoring the past makes you susceptible in the future....
Keep ReadingGuided by scripture and the Holy Spirit, we can encounter God in these moments of examination....
Keep ReadingLet’s think about Jeremiah’s charge to pray to the Lord for the city....
Keep ReadingEven though we don’t live in densely-populated, urban areas, we live in the midst of systems and structures that extend beyond individuals....
Keep ReadingGod’s people bring God’s blessing to the whole world, even at a cost to themselves....
Keep ReadingSettling down feels like settling. But God has a purpose for us, a reason he placed us where he placed us....
Keep ReadingGod placed them in Babylon; therefore, there’s work for them to do....
Keep ReadingWith these words, James closes his letter....
Keep ReadingThe lost can be found. The trapped can be set free. The wanderers can be brought back....
Keep ReadingWe have to rely on God when we pray big, risky prayers....
Keep ReadingWe need to listen to what James actually says (instead of what we secretly hope he’s saying)....
Keep ReadingJames picks out several different reasons to pray and several different ways to pray....
Keep ReadingThe vast majority of the world’s population lives on less than $10 per day, making us some of the richest people living on the planet today (and in human history)....
Keep ReadingDon’t delay the good you know you need to do today because you’re caught up scheming for tomorrow. ...
Keep ReadingThe Lord is free to exert his will on any and all of our plans....
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