"Do James and Paul disagree on grace and works?"

I found this article helpful from Dr. Tom Schreiner on the issue of faith and works.  He is a New Testament scholar. On a personal note, when we lived in Louisville, Tom was one of our pastors and we benefited greatly from his preaching.

His summary on the topic is,

"In the beauty and completeness of God’s Word, Paul and James teach complementary, not contradictory, truths."

A Christian View of Work

I recently listened to a "Help Me Teach the Bible" podcast episode entitled "Peter Orr on Teaching about Work." I found the interview that Nancy Gutherie did with him, in this podcast, to be helpful. Orr helped me to see how work is important and a means of glorifying God while at the same time clarifying that "the work of the Lord" is something all Christians are called to do and it is not (usually) the exact same thing as our jobs. Check it out if you have some time.

What Does Pride and Humility Look Like?

This past Sunday, Pastor Rod spent some time talking about the danger of pride. Pride is one of those sneaky and subtle sins that we often can't see in our lives just as a when you are flying through a cloud and can't see how high you are off the ground. Our Christian growth does not happen in fighthing sin in its abstract (ie. I will put off pride). Rather, growth comes as we fight sin in its specific manifestations in our own hearts. You have to fight the enemy where it is entrenched.

One resources I have found helpful in identifying the sin of pride and manifestations of humility is Stuart Scott's little booklet From Pride to Humility. You can buy a copy here. And here is a link to a handout that includes the manifestations of pride and humility (a good tool to evaluate your own heart and where the battle and potential for growth is).

"Solomon's Twitter Guidelines"

Kevin DeYoung posted this about a year ago and I rediscovered it recently. Great thoughts on how we might apply Proverbs to our social media posting.

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