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 Son of God shared in our flesh and blood, took our humanity, became like us in every essential way, and can help us...
We need to look again at the familiar story of Jesus’ birth to see the many connections with past promises and their coming fulfillment.
Because God had fulfilled one of his promises to Abraham by making his descendants a great nation, the next announcement of the Covenant of...