Category Archives: James
Prayer of Confession (based on James 2)
Gracious God, we confess to you that we have often played favorites. We have made distinctions and have honored those with wealth or power or prestige more than the poor or powerless. We have not loved our neighbors as ourselves, and have failed to keep your holy laws in our hearts. We have professed our [...]
Taming the Tongue
Image via Wikipedia My sermon on James 3. ———- Today my intentions were to preach a short and sweet sermon. Unfortunately, though it may be shorter than some of my messages, I’m afraid it won’t be very sweet. And if you want to blame anyone for this, then you’re going to have to blame James, [...]
Sunday’s Sermon – It Not What Goes In, But What Comes Out that Matters
I am a week behind in preaching the lectionary. The scriptures I am using are printed below, followed by my message. James 1:17-27 Every generous act of giving, with every perfect gift, is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change. In fulfilment [...]
Worship Helps for Personal or Corporate Use
Here are just a couple of suggestions for corporate or personal worship based on the scripture lessons for this coming Sunday – September 10, 2006. Use them as you see fit. Call to Worship (Based on Psalm 146) Suggestion – Use phrases from the hymn “Praise to the Lord, the Almighty” to open the reading [...]
