by sdbarnard | Jan 14, 2022 | Featured |
The rich and the poor (James 1:9-11) In James’ letter to the twelve tribes in the Dispersion, he instructs them how to view trials of various kinds. They are to count it all joy because the trials are not without purpose. The testing of one’s faith produces...
by sdbarnard | Jan 7, 2022 | Devotional |
Preparation for Persecution The Evangelical Church in America has grown soft. It is the “good” things that spoil the soul (see Deuteronomy 6 and Luke 14). Good things received without thanksgiving, good things that cloud one’s vision of the...
by sdbarnard | Dec 2, 2021 | Featured |
Hope The first Sunday of Advent was this past Sunday and it provided the opportunity to focus our thoughts on hope. In Galatians 4:1-7 we find these words, I mean that the heir, as long as he is a child, is no different from a slave, though he is the...
by sdbarnard | Nov 12, 2021 | Featured |
What is humility? Beloved, What is humility? Is humility thinking less of yourself? Is humility less thinking of yourself? What do we mean when we say, “He is full of himself?” Is this not a declaration of pride in another? Were you...
by sdbarnard | Nov 5, 2021 | Featured |
How to ask the giving God (James 1:6-8) Last month we considered James 1:5 and that James commands believers to ask God for wisdom if it is lacking. This month, I would like to pick up where we left off last month (see Ask the giving God) and consider what James...
