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.
The imprecatory (cursing) psalms point to the triumph of God’s justice through judgment or salvation.
While Peter correctly identified Jesus as God's Anointed, the disciples still had much to learn about the Anointed's work and what it means to...
It is hard to imagine what the world would be like without Saul of Tarsus (the apostle Paul), but it would have been harder...