Contributed by Joel Gilbert on Sep 30, 2024
                    
                
                
                    As James closes his letter to exiles, he concludes with instructions on three different topics - communication (oaths), prayer, and care.  This sermon looks at the first of those in the context of a covenant community.
                
                    
                        In the run up to the 1988 Presidential Election, Vice President George H.W. Bush famously said “Read my lips: no new taxes.”  He was running on a platform of consistency.  He sought to take the policies and success of the Reagan years into a new term.  He, in essence, swore an oath, made a promise
                        
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