• Big Buts in James /3

    Continuing to read through James chapter one, you run into a bucket-full-o’-buts. Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror and, after looking at himself,… Continue reading

  • You’ve Heard It Said

    Take Radical Action ~ Jesus employs the same logic concerning adultery. The people were all familiar with the laws about marital faithfulness. People could be stoned to death were they caught in adultery. Soap operas could have been named As The Stones Fly. Jesus employed a big but again to move our understanding beyond: But… Continue reading

  • Proverbs But ‘O The Week

    Folly delights a man who lacks judgment, BUT a man of understanding keeps a straight course. (Proverbs 15:22) Continue reading

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