Since James is the likely the oldest writing of the New Testament, it appears from James 4:1-17 that church conflicts have been around almost as long as the Christian church has existed. Instead of treating fights as a normal part of church life, this text exposes their causes and provides the solution. Some of the words are blunt, but they are necessary to drive us to God’s grace, which is greater than all our sin.
Dying and rising with Christ through faith transforms wives and husbands and solves the basic problem of marriages.
After three chapters describing God’s work in the church, Ephesians has three chapters that describe how we live up to our high calling as...
The first psalm describes the two ways to live and their results.
