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.
Because of a general persecution in Jerusalem, the believers were scattered and took the gospel to Judea and Samaria, where many believed in Christ.
What can help us get a grasp on the whole Bible? There are several good answers to this question, but the idea of covenant...
“Only Faith” from Romans 4:1-8. If God by his sheer grace intervened in history to rescue us from all that threatens us, how do...