God Gives Grace to the Humble
Text: James 4:6
Summary: Humble yourself before King Jesus and ask for grace, specifically in the area of your speech.… Read more
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Cultivating a Lowly Heart
Preacher: Pastor Ray
Text: Matt 15:1-28
Humble yourself before the Lord, that He may draw near to you.… Read more
Elihu: A Case Study in Anger, Arrogance and Judgment (Job 32, James 1)
Preacher: Pastor Ray
Is Elihu a flawed prophet or a false prophet? Do his flaws disqualify him from speaking as God’s representative who provides wise counsel into Job’s situation? What can we learn from this enigmatic person who draws some truthful conclusions about Job regarding his sin while also falsely accusing him?… Read more
James: A Framework to Understand the Life of Job
Preacher: Pastor Ray
The book of James, famous for the idea that faith without works is dead, can read like a list of things that need to be done. Today, we make the case that James provides a framework for understanding the life of Job. Listen as we try to derive some spiritual principles from James, in particular, our need to be humble enough to ask God for wisdom.… Read more
Philippians 2: Humility is Reality (pt3 of 3)
Sometimes, I meet people and they have been legitimately wounded by others from their past. And as they go through life, they see life through the lens of their wounds. Everyone has let them down. Everyone is sinful. Everyone is selfish while THEY are completely innocent. And even if you counsel such people, they can’t see beyond the little prison walls of their thoughts and imaginations and hurts embedded deep in their hearts.… Read more
Philippians 2: Humility is Reality (pt2 of 3)
Going back to Paul rejoicing on the one hand about Christ being preached even though the preachers were preaching out of rivalry, and then, on the other hand, Paul telling the Philippians to do nothing out of rivalry or conceit–what can we make of this apparent contradiction? Here is my take.… Read more