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.
With so much insistence in Galatians on our being right before God through faith in Christ and not by the works of the law,...
From the six hours Jesus hung on the cross, we have seven brief sayings recorded in the gospels, each of which explains important aspects...
In a nighttime conversation with a religious leader recorded in John 3:1-21, Jesus used an expression that has found its way into popular culture,...