James

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#1190: What good would a robotic God be? | James 5 | Jeremiah 18-20 | Psalm 79

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#1190: What good would a robotic God be? | James 5 | Jeremiah 18-20 | Psalm 79

What good would it be if God was like a robot? This might seem like a weird focus question for the day, but it not only relates to something we’ll read today as we finish up James, it also might be an interesting concept for you to use when you talk to someone else.

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#1189: What's the fruit of maturity? | James 4 | Jeremiah 16-17 | Proverbs 16:17-25

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#1189: What's the fruit of maturity? | James 4 | Jeremiah 16-17 | Proverbs 16:17-25

What is the fruit of maturity (at least according to James 4)? Following yesterday's description of envy being the root of discord and evil practice, James describes what happens in community.

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#1188: What's the consequence of envy? | James 3 | Jeremiah 14:19-15:21 | Psalm 77 | Proverbs 15:28-16:16

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#1188: What's the consequence of envy? | James 3 | Jeremiah 14:19-15:21 | Psalm 77 | Proverbs 15:28-16:16

Yesterday we heard James call out his audience for favoring the nicely-dressed person walking into church over the poorly dressed person, but the broader principle is that favoritism or partiality of any kind is a sin because it fails to honor all people who are God’s image bearers. Favoritism can go any direction.

Today is related…and our focus question is, “What is the consequence of envy?"

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#1187: What is partiality? | James 2 | Jeremiah 13-14:18 | Proverbs 15:15-28

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#1187: What is partiality? | James 2 | Jeremiah 13-14:18 | Proverbs 15:15-28

At the beginning of today’s passage in James 2, you’re going to hear James address his audience about a particular sin…the sin of partiality. And that’s our focus question today…What is the sin of partiality?

But those who have ears, let them hear. When we think about A) the whole Bible, and B) how this is applied and misapplied today, what is something that is often missed? How does this apply to all people?

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#1186: How should we face difficulty? | James 1 | Jeremiah 11-12 | Proverbs 15:11-14

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#1186: How should we face difficulty? | James 1 | Jeremiah 11-12 | Proverbs 15:11-14

James was the half brother of Jesus who didn’t “believe” until after the resurrection. But then he goes on to become one of the major leaders in the early Christian church. So buckle up because, among other things, he’ll answer today’s focus question, “How should you face difficulties?”

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