by | Jan 25, 2013 | Bible, Preaching, Worship
After describing the Jealous Love of the Holy Spirit and calling us to repent as the Holy Spirit gives more grace, James turns his attention to the manner in which we ought to love fellow believers in the Church: 11Do not speak evil against one another, brothers. The...
by | Jan 24, 2013 | Bible, Books, Preaching, Worship
No only do the Father and the Son love their people with an everlasting love, but James 4:1-5 insists that the Holy Spirit loves us with a jealous love that utterly detests our worldliness because our worldliness is a form of spiritual adultery. The Holy Spirit is...
by | Jan 23, 2013 | Bible, Preaching, Theology
From the D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones sermon on James 4:1, “From Whence Come Wars” right after the 32:00 mark: The problem is man himself–why he lives as he does; why he is irrational; why he is a fool; why he has wars and rumors of wars. Simple problem?...
by | Jan 23, 2013 | Bible, Books, Preaching, Worship
The Jealous Love of God in the Old Testament From beginning to end, the Old Testament proclaims the great love of God for his people. Anyone who caricatures the God of the Old Testament as a God of wrath simply has not read the Old Testament carefully enough. But at...
by | Jul 30, 2012 | Bible, Preaching, Theology, Worship
Growth in my prayer life has been, by far, the most practical result of my renewed interest in the Holy Spirit. This past weekend, I preached on Romans 8:12-17, where Paul insists that we have received something far greater than the “spirit of slavery to fall...