As a last admonition, James encourages us to help our wandering brothers and sisters come back to Christ. From Jas 5:19-20

James gives us instructions on how we should handle the ups and downs that come along with living in this world from James 5:13-14.

Here, James revisits some of the things we learned about loving the wrong things. He focuses on money and the sin of saving up treasures when we should be using them for God.

James explains why it's especially bad to speak evil of our neighbors.

James tackles how we aught to respond to the fact that we are so easily tricked into loving other things more than God.

Here, we discuss more about the problem of loving the wrong things. James says even a friendship with this world is wrong. Listen to find out why.

Here, James focusses on the sin of idolatry pointing to envy and misguided affection as the reason behind disunity.

James takes a shot at the part of us that is most hard to control; our tongues.

Here we learn about the difference between real faith and the kind of faith that is basically a waste of time.

In this episode we are reminded that honor is not something that should be given to the wrong person.

Here, James gives us no slack in following Jesus. He holds our feet to the fire to see if we really follow, or if we just say we do.

In this episode, we learn about how James encourages believers to be reasonable in all life has to bring. He also points at our heart's propensity to do what's evil and offers a way to escape sin.

In this episode, we take a look at the power of redemption through the simple truth that God only makes good things.

For this episode I had the joy of working with Jeremiah Pitts, the vice chancellor of Africa Bible University. He has a fabulous podcast called the VC hour linked here. vchour.buzzsprout.com

James explains that there are rewards for standing strong against temptation.

In this episode, James gives advice for poor people and the rich ones while reminding all of us that life here on earth is just a vapor.

In this episode, James encourages those who are suffering to ask God for wisdom. He promises that if they have faith, God will not turn them down.

James explains to us that hard thing make us into better followers of Jesus. But that's not always easy to hear.

In this episode we talk about our perceptions of God and how they affect our decisions.

In this episode we learn that doing our jobs as Christians is not something we should brag about. The fact is we're lucky to be in God's service.

In this parable Jesus reminds us that we are made for a purpose and that there are consequences for missing it.

In this parable Jesus reminds us that the things we receive from Him are supposed to be used for His glory.

In this parable Jesus teaches us that we need to check ourselves to make sure we are really doing faith instead of just pretending.

In this parable, Jesus warns us that it might take a while for him to come back to earth. We should be busy doing the right things until he comes back.

In this parable, Jesus calls out the Jews for not heading their invitation to God's kingdom and extends the warning to us who claim to follow God but don't trust him really.

Nobody likes a bad renter. In this parable Jesus tell us what happens to people who don't pay their rent to God.

Jesus has an interesting interaction with a Pharisee and a recently converted prostitute while teaching us the importance of repentance and loving God.

Jesus explains the importance of repentance in a story about two sons.

Jesus describes something about God's kingdom that seems super unfair but in reality us just very kind.

Here, Jesus explains the dangers of not forgiving others through a story about a king and his servants.

Jesus describes God's concern for his children with a story of a shepherd and his sheep.

Jesus talks about another everyday activity that teaches us about what the Kingdom of Heaven is like.

Jesus continues his trend of talking about things that Jews interacted with on a daily basis to explain the secrets of faith.

In this parable, Jesus gives us some broad stroke truth about how things are with the faithful and faithlessness. In the middle of all this, we learn that it's not always so easy to tell the difference.

In this parable Jesus warns us about what happens when we don't check our hearts for rocks and thorn vines.

Jesus shuts down the tendency of our hearts to think we are better than others with a story about two guys that could not be more different.

Jesus teaches us about not giving up when it comes to prayer.

In this special episode, I talk with my guest Kris about one simple practice that revolutionized his faith journey.

Jesus discusses the dangers of life without Salvation in his parable about a poor and rich man.

We learn in this parable about stupendous grace which causes hard times for wanderers and forgives them when they run home. We also learn that being with God is better that rings and things.

Jesus explains why he's hanging out with sinner outcast with two parables that give us a glimpse at the heart of God.

In this Parable Jesus gives us advice on how we can avoid embarrassment at wedding feasts and the rest of life.

Jesus bumps heads with an annoyed brother who is wishing for more money.

In this episode we discover two lessons out of the Christmas story to apply to ourselves today.

Jesus tells a story about a rude neighbor as an illustration of effective prayer. The lessons are surprising to say the least.

In this episode we dive into the parable of the good Samaritan and discover that it's not just likeable people that we should treat with kindness.

In this episode we find out what Jesus was getting at all along in his conversation with the woman at the well and make some applications to our own lives.

Jesus continues his conversation with the woman at the well and revels some of her secrets.

Jesus has a meeting with a Samaritan Woman and reveals to her the secrets of the coming kingdom. Tired of old water? Try this spring of eternal life.