Baseball Is Still Baseball Buck O’Neill has become one of my favorite people of all time. He was a legendary Negro League baseball player who died in 2006 at the age of 94. If you get a chance to watch a video of him or read anything about him, you won’t be disappointed. In a book titled The Soul of …
“For you are not a God who delights in wickedness; evil may not dwell with you. The boastful shall not stand before your eyes; you hate all evildoers. You destroy those who speak lies; the LORD abhors the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.” Psalm 5:4-6 Devotion: One of the most frustrating things in life is trying to live with someone who …
“All believers are spiritually united to Christ in such a way that our spiritual life comes from Him. We are not completely passive, however, in this relationship. Rather we are to abide or remain in Him by faith. That is, we are to actively rely on Christ for the enabling power we need to wage war against the sin that …
“Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, prisoners in affliction and in irons, for they had rebelled against the words of God, and spurned the counsel of the Most High. So he bowed their hearts down with hard labor; they fell down, with none to help. Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble, and he …
Unifying Factor #2 – We have corrupt hearts (v. 2-4) While faith in the Lord Jesus stands as a unifying factor, James introduces another profound dimension of unity in verses 2-4. He sheds light on our shared human condition – our corrupt hearts. In these verses, James illustrates how our hearts can lead to favoritism and divisions within the church …
