Sermons on James 15:15:

Faith In Action Series

Contributed by Timothy Enns on Nov 12, 2014

My wife Lindsay, who co-pastors with me preached this sermon in my series and took on this challenging passage about faith and works.James’ readers gave lip service to the faith and then went home and did as they pleased. Applicable for today's church.

Our passage today from James talks about this often controversial passage from James of faith and action. I would like to read it from Eugene Peterson’s paraphrase (The Message) this morning and then we will look at 3 sections individually from the NLT version. James 2:14-26The Message ...read more

Scripture: James 2:14-26

Denomination: Nazarene

Fiery Tongues Series

Contributed by Timothy Enns on Nov 14, 2014

A look at the power of the tongue and the need we have for the Holy Spirit to have full reign in our lives and over our tongue! controling our tongue and holiness go hand in hand!

It seems that one day a kindergarten teacher was helping one of her students put on his cowboy boots? (I think this is from Alberta) He asked for help and she could see why. Even with her pulling and him pushing, the little boots still didn’t want to go on. Finally, when the second boot was ...read more

Scripture: James 3:1-12

Denomination: Nazarene

Seasons Of Testing Are Coming

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Nov 19, 2014

There are many issues in life we must learn to face. To be tested is an age old problem? Do we want people that have never faced a test? Learn to thrive in the seasons of testing.

THE TESTING TIMES ARE COMING By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com I. INTRODUCTION TO THE TEST ARE COMING... A. TEST: TRIALS, TEMPTATIONS, EXAMINATION, trail of a person or things qualities, try severely, access, appraise, B. AS GOD'S PEOPLE WE MUST LEARN TO: 1. EXPECT TEST 2. APPRECIATE ...read more

Scripture: James 1:2-3

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Identify What Kind Of Person You Are?

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Nov 20, 2014

TYPES OF PERSONALITIES...5 kinds of people in the world ---Hearers? Breakers? Takers? Fakers? Makers? WHERE ARE YOU?

LET US IDENTIFY WHO WE REALLY ARE? By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com We all need enthusiasm, joy, energy to BE EFFECTIVE IN DAILY LIVING. We must develop VISION with PASSION and COMPASSION... DO WE EVER CONSIDER MOMENTUM... EXPECTANCY... ENCOURAGEMENT... WE SHOULD REALIZE HOW ...read more

Scripture: James 1:22-25

Denomination: Assembly Of God

The Gift Or The Wrapping?

Contributed by Dr. Ronald Shultz on Nov 23, 2014

Have you opened God's gift or just intrigued with the wrapping?

Baruch ata Adonai Eloheinu melech ha-olam asher kidshanu b'mitz-vo-tav v'tzi-va-nu l'hadlik ner shel Chanukah. We praise You, Adonai our God, Ruler of the universe, who hallows us with mitzvot and commands us to kindle the Chanukah lights. Maoz Tzur Ma'oz tzur yeshu'ati ...read more

Scripture: James 1:17

Denomination: Baptist

Perfect Work: In Progress Series

Contributed by Rob Ketterling on Nov 24, 2014

God is continually maturing us in our walk!

Perfect Work: In Progress, by Pastor Rob Ketterling Well, it's about that time of year where I start looking at the final couple weeks of the year, and I'm trying to figure out how the year is going to close out; if the rest of the year will be the best of my year, and if I'm going to hit all my ...read more

Scripture: James 1:4

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Knock The Prayer Button!

Contributed by Bala Samson on Nov 25, 2014

Strike the ‘Cook’ button if want to eat! Are you listening?

Knock the prayer button! James 1:22”But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.” On a particular day, I put the rice and the vegetables into the electric rice cooker, added water, salt and all the ingredients necessary for cooking; turned the switch on and ...read more

Scripture: James 1:22

Denomination: Pentecostal

Pride Series

Contributed by Aneel Aranha on Dec 1, 2014

God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble. What is pride and how do we deal with it? A few answers here.

He was the most beautiful of all angels. He was referred to as the Day Star, and the son of Dawn. His name, itself, spoke of his brightness—Lucifer, angel of light. He dreamt of ascending the heavens and raising his throne above that of God’s. But he was sent crashing down to the dark ...read more

Scripture: James 4:6

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

What Do You Look For In Circumstances? Series

Contributed by Rob Hall on Dec 1, 2014

take a new look at difficulty

What do you look for in circumstances? What do you see? Text: James 1:2-4 Intro: 1. There are some situations that are life changing: Marriage, birth of a baby, graduation from school Car wreck, rejection by someone, being made fun of 2. We rarely, if ever give second thought to their impact, ...read more

Scripture: James 1:2-4

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Time: Value The Minute And Waste The Hours?

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Dec 10, 2014

Show me where you spend your money and I can tell something about you... But show me where you spend your time and I will know the real you.

TAKE HEED: HOW DO YOU SPEND YOUR TIME? By Wade Martin Hughes Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com Did you hear about the person that needed a longer blanket? They cut off the top of the blanket and sowed it to the bottom? Now how much longer is the blanket? PEOPLE SEEM TO KEEP MINUTES AND WASTE HOURS... James ...read more

Scripture: James 4:14

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Do You Have Trouble?

Contributed by Donnie De Loney on Dec 10, 2014

Summary: James gives us the solution to trouble and several other things that we encounter in life. 1- Are you in trouble? Pray 2- Are you happy? Sing 3- Are you sick? Call (make a phone call)

Do You Have Trouble? Scripture: James 5:13-5:18 James 5:13-5:19 (add scripture) INTRO.- Trouble. Can life be lived without any trouble? No, it’s an impossibility. ILL.- Mark Twain said, “My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it.” I think all ...read more

Scripture: James 5:13-19

Denomination: Assembly Of God

#2 God Need Intercessors Series

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Dec 11, 2014

God needs people in the church to arise and intercede for others. God needs you to understand how important prayer really is...

#2 CAN GOD FIND INTERCEDERS? By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com Luke 18:8 I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth? DEFINE: INTERCEDE, INTERCESSION To be situated between things, To find away to get over or ...read more

Scripture: James 5:14-17

Denomination: Assembly Of God

The 7 Deadly Sins: Old Tricks

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Dec 15, 2014

The is nothing orginial about our enemy. He uses the 7 basic sins to distract God's plan. We know to do good? Envy, excessiveness, desire, pride, laziness, anger, greed...

THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com Text: James 4:17 Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin. Today we are hearing about the SEVEN DEADLY SINS. I thought it might be a good STUDY to look at the 7 DEADLY SINS IN THE BIBLE. Sin is ...read more

Scripture: James 4:17

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Real Or Fake Faith - 2

Contributed by Michael Deutsch on Jul 31, 2020

A continuing look at our faith and putting it into action.

Real or Fake Faith James 2:14-26 July 26, 2020 I want to tell you about an experiment performed by 2 social psychologists at Princeton University in 1973. They wanted to determine if thinking religious thoughts would lead to people helping others in need. It sounds worthwhile. This is what they ...read more

Scripture: James 1:22-25, James 2:14-26

Denomination: Baptist

Recognizing The Manifold Wisdom Of God

Contributed by George Warner on Aug 17, 2020

Intellectual reasoning has its limits but intuition knows no boundaries

If you are a born again Christian and you rely upon the Holy Spirit for guidance in anything important that you wish to write, you may know that the essence of the best original things that people write comes from intuition, not education. Or from intuition more than education. A book that teaches ...read more

Scripture: James 1:5