Category: James

When Can I Ignore God

But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. (James 1:22-23) I don’t think King Saul intentionally wanted to disobey God. He reallythought that he had followed God’s commands in the defeat of the Amalekites. Hehad just given into some reasonable expectations of his soldiers. Saul haddeceived himself. That is the tragedy …

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In The Kingdom, Seeing Is Doing

Mark 12:28-34      Those of us trained in the mindset of the Reformation have an aversion any kind of works or even ritual tied to our faith.  It is right to affirm the Apostle Paul’s words in Romans 3:28, “For we hold that one is justified by faith apart from works of the law.”  …

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