Under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, James is commanding his brothers and sisters in Christ to consider it all joy whenever they face trials. You might ask, "How can I obey that command?" Well, in order to obey that command, you need to be convinced by the three basic truths as discussed.

At Calvary, God poured his wrath upon his only begotten Son. The flood of God's wrath came upon his Son. God the Father shut the door of heaven, as it were, and Jesus was locked out. This inexpressible feeling of being shut out caused Jesus to cry out loudly, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" (Matt. 27:46). Imagine the cries of the people who were locked out in Noah's days. But here's the gospel: at Calvary, God locked his Son out, so that he could open the door of heaven for sinners who will believe in his Son.

In How to Really Love Your Teenager, Ross Campbell says that "one of the most important areas in which a teenager needs training is in how to handle anger ... Anger is normal and occurs in every human being. The problem is not the anger itself but in managing it. This is where most people have a problem" (60). In this post we will learn from God's Word to see how we can effectively handle our children's anger and how we can better help them manage their anger.

According to one Japanese proverb, "The tongue is but three inches long, yet it can kill a man six feet high..."1 How true it is that words have great potential to change our lives forever! One reason that this is so is because we use our words to accomplish so many different things. With the same mouth, we pronounce both words of blessing and words of cursing. God's Word, however, exhorts us to be consistent in our speech. Just as we seek to honor God consistently with our thinking and feelings, we must also seek to honor God with our speaking.

According to one Japanese proverb, "The tongue is but three inches long, yet it can kill a man six feet high..."1 How true it is that words have great potential to change our lives forever! One reason that this is so is because we use our words to accomplish so many different things. With the same mouth, we pronounce both words of blessing and words of cursing. God's Word, however, exhorts us to be consistent in our speech. Just as we seek to honor God consistently with our thinking and feelings, we must also seek to honor God with our speaking.

There's no denying that the tongue is a crucial part of the human body. There are at least four important roles that it plays in our daily lives. First, it helps us taste the food that we eat, notifying us of whether our food is too sour, too salty, or too hot to be eaten. Second, it enables us to chew and swallow food, so that our body may benefit from the food and our hunger may be satisfied. Third, it helps form the words and sounds required for speech. Fourth, it can also be used to discern if we are in good physical health.

The pastor can play a big role in encouraging evangelism in the church. This article shows how the pastor can do that through his prayer, preaching, life, and giving.

Giving a short biography of Esther Edwards Burr, this article shares some insights in how she valued her friendship with Sarah Prince. Through this the article shows how Christians should think about and treat friendships.