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This message is about James 5:1-11, the penultimate text of the book of James, and the final upload of my sermons from it. (The sermon on the final passage of the book was posted about three weeks earlier.) I preached this one at Bethany Baptist Church in Pleasant Grove (Southeast Dallas), TX while their pastor was out for one Sunday. It is a church where I served as interim for about a year in much of 2006.
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This message is about James 5:12-20. This is the final text from the book of James. I preached this one at Fredonia Hill Baptist Church in Nacogdoches, TX while their pastor was on a mission trip. I will post the sermon on the first half of chapter 5 as soon as I receive it from the church where I preached it!
Audio sermons posted to date, including this one, are also freely available on the sermons page, which is also linked on the sidebar, including as an RSS feed (for subscriptions, like with iTunes).
As with every audio link on this blog, you can click the text just left of the playable arrow and the audio will open in a new page, or you can right-click that text and select “save linked file” (or something similar) and download the file to your hard drive, or you can click the little arrow next to an audio file and it will play the sound on this page.

This message is about Matthew 9:14-38. The will of God is fulfilled in Christ, who has already come. It is right to wait for Christ. But once He has come, it is time to choose, to obey, to act. I delivered the message going through the book of Matthew as interim pastor of Glen Meadows Baptist Church in San Angelo, TX.
(More from James and the Sermon on the Mount to follow!)
Audio sermons posted to date, including this one, are also freely available on the sermons page, which is also linked on the sidebar, including as an RSS feed (for subscriptions, like with iTunes).
As with every audio link on this blog, you can click the text just left of the playable arrow and the audio will open in a new page, or you can right-click that text and select “save linked file” (or something similar) and download the file to your hard drive, or you can click the little arrow next to an audio file and it will play the sound on this page.

This message is the second on the way through the Sermon on the Mount. The text is Matthew 5:13-16. It was recorded while I served as interim pastor at Glen Meadows Baptist Church in San Angelo, TX.
(Yes. The final messages from James are still forthcoming!)
Audio sermons posted to date, including this one, are also freely available on the sermons page, which is also linked on the sidebar, including as an RSS feed (for subscriptions, like with iTunes).
As with every audio link on this blog, you can click the text just left of the playable arrow and the audio will open in a new page, or you can right-click that text and select “save linked file” (or something similar) and download the file to your hard drive, or you can click the little arrow next to an audio file and it will play the sound on this page.

A new leader means a new home.
This message is about Matthew 8:18-34. There are those who say they will follow Jesus but are told what it will cost about their home. Then there are those who leave Jesus and tell Him to leave their home alone. I delivered the message going through the book of Matthew as interim pastor of Glen Meadows Baptist Church in San Angelo, TX.
(The final messages from James are still forthcoming!)
Audio sermons posted to date, including this one, are also freely available on the sermons page, which is also linked on the sidebar, including as an RSS feed (for subscriptions, like with iTunes).
As with every audio link on this blog, you can click the text just left of the playable arrow and the audio will open in a new page, or you can right-click that text and select “save linked file” (or something similar) and download the file to your hard drive, or you can click the little arrow next to an audio file and it will play the sound on this page.

Or, Why You Might Not Want to Be a Disciple (and Why You Might!)
This message is about one of the most famous and influential passages in scripture, Matthew 5:1-12, the beatitudes. I delivered it as interim pastor of Glen Meadows Baptist Church in San Angelo, TX.
(The last two sermons from James are completed, but I have not received the recordings yet. They will be up over the next few weeks.)
Audio sermons posted to date, including this one, are also freely available on the sermons page, which is also linked on the sidebar, including as an RSS feed (for subscriptions, like with iTunes).
As with every audio link on this blog, you can click the text just left of the playable arrow and the audio will open in a new page, or you can right-click that text and select “save linked file” (or something similar) and download the file to your hard drive, or you can click the little arrow next to an audio file and it will play the sound on this page.

This message covers the end of James’ fourth chapter; that is, James 4:13-17. I delivered it on the day we honored graduates at FBC of Madisonville, TX. It was appropriate for the graduates because the passage deals with the presumptuousness with which we make our own plans and disregard the fact that we are not powerful enough to make things happen, and the fact that it is God’s will we ought to be pursuing instead of our own. The passage concludes that we often fail simply because we let our plans for an uncertain future interfere with the Lord’s will for our immediate present.
Audio sermons posted to date, including this one, are also freely available on the sermons page, which is also linked on the sidebar, including as an RSS feed (for subscriptions, like with iTunes).
As with every audio link on this blog, you can click the text just left of the playable arrow and the audio will open in a new page, or you can right-click that text and select “save linked file” (or something similar) and download the file to your hard drive, or you can click the little arrow next to an audio file and it will play the sound right on this page. Amazing!

Here is the next message from the book of James. It’s on chapter 4, verses 6 through 12. It was the final sermon I delivered as interim pastor at First Baptist, Madisonville, TX. Christians must resist pride and self-service by yielding to God, they must actually desire God more than other things, and choose to become servants to others in order to be real disciples.
Audio sermons posted to date, including this one, are also freely available on the sermons page, which is also linked on the sidebar, including as an RSS feed (for subscriptions, like with iTunes).
As with every audio link on this blog, you can click the text just left of the playable arrow and the audio will open in a new page, or you can right-click that text and select “save linked file” (or something similar) and download the file to your hard drive, or you can click the little arrow next to an audio file and it will play the sound right on this page.

Here is the next message from the book of James. It’s on chapter 4, verses 1 through 5. I delivered it as interim pastor at First Baptist, Madisonville, TX. This passage deals with the most fundamental ethical issue, and with the reason practical discipleship (practiced Christianity) often fails. It deals with the inherent problem with egoism (of any form), and the value of altruism. The reason Christians often end up with unanswered prayer and acting as the enemy of God is not that they imitate just any immoral, worldly behavior, but that they choose self over others. It is a very important passage for contemporary theology and practical Christian living.
Audio sermons posted to date, including this one, are also freely available on the sermons page, which is also linked on the sidebar, including as an RSS feed (for subscriptions, like with iTunes).
As with every audio link on this blog, you can click the text just left of the playable arrow and the audio will open in a new page, or you can right-click that text and select “save linked file” (or something similar) and download the file to your hard drive, or you can click the little arrow next to an audio file and it will play the sound right on this page.

Here is the next message from the book of James, this one on the whole of chapter 3. Yes, it was probably too much to cover in a single sermon. I delivered it as interim pastor at First Baptist, Madisonville, TX. This passage confronts those of us who speak with forked tongues–praising God but belittling other people. In reality, any help we can actually give others toward God’s concerns will come in the form of reconciliation, not judgment.
Audio sermons posted to date, including this one, are also freely available on the sermons page, which is also linked on the sidebar, including as an RSS feed (for subscriptions).
As with every audio link on this blog, you can click the text just left of the playable arrow and the audio will open in a new page, or you can right-click that text and select “save linked file” (or something similar) and download the file to your hard drive, or you can click the little arrow next to an audio file and it will play the sound right on this page.