James calls his hearers to endure suffering with patience through establishing their hearts, standing firm on the Rock and drinking from the Fountain of Living Water.
“…in those days Christians neither spoke of nor thought of preaching as "sitting round" the word of God; or of preachers who "shared" it; or, for that matter, of clergymen…
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Speaking evil of fellow Christians is wrong not only because it involves ‘judging the law’; it is wrong also because it involves ‘judging the neighbour’. And this critical, condemnatory judgment…
Before time began, the Bible teaches, God the Father chose a people for Himself to be worshipers of His glory by becoming the objects of His grace. As an expression…
"My hope lives, not because I am not a sinner, but because I am a sinner for whom Christ died. My trust is not that I am holy, but that being unholy, Christ is my righteousness. My faith does not rest on what I am or will be or feel or know, but in what Christ is, in what He has done!" CH Spurgeon
This verse promises ‘the fruit of righteousness’, as the reward ‘for those who make peace’. Peacemakers produce! In the atmosphere of peace, peacemakers create, the harvest of righteousness. eirēnikē, i·ray·nee·kos…