Reflection of Faith

Your attitude about the Equality of Persons

James 2:1-13

The core of the message in James 2 is that our attitude towards others, especially in how we see the differences in people, is directly related to our faith and to the quality of our relationship with God. The divisions we make between people should be the same ones God makes, not the ones our culture makes.

We could be quick to judge that it is our attitude toward the poor that is at stake here,… Continue

A Reason to Be Thankful…..



Romans 1:18-23



In my opinion, the Christian life is signing on to a worldview that does NOT include the Good Ship Lollipop, but the Cross. It is dying to self and letting our Savior live in us and through us. It is choosing the life of an ambassador (2Cor 5:17-21) to a hostile world for a Savior who gave everything for us. When one realizes, truly realizes, what Christ did for us, and truly realizes the DEBT we owe Him, it is not acceptable to go… Continue

Questions:

Read James 1:19-26

1. In verses 19-21, Think of a time you were quick to hear but also quick to get angry. What happened, what would you change?

2. Did your anger produce the fruit of the Holy Spirit?

3. What did it produce?

4. What could you have done differently?

5. In verses 22-24, what does this man look like?

6. Discuss a few examples of this in your experience.

7. How could these things been done differently?

8. Read verses 25-26,… Continue

A Fair Minded Faith

James 1:19-26





Many times, I see Christians who are quick to “avenge” God’s position when it comes to things like a particular political position, a particular cultural phenomenon, etc. They jump all over the perceived perpetrators, Christian or not, as if they, themselves, were God. This is unwise. While we may have our personal opinions, and we may just KNOW that something is right or wrong, we must always walk circumspectly in responding to others… Continue

Trusting God’s Faithfulness: Questions



Read James 1:12-15, 5:11; Mt 10:22; 1Pet3:14; Dan. 12:12; Rev 2:10;3:11; 1Cor. 9:25; 2 Tim. 4:8; 1Pet 5:4;



1. In all of these verses, there is a sense that we can and should persevere no matter what the trial is, and that we should strive to endure by trusting Christ and not what we see. In each of the verses, how or why does it say that we should persevere under trials?



2. How, in each of these verses does our endurance… Continue