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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.
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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.

Here is the fifth message from the book of James, on chapter 2:14-26. I delivered it as interim pastor at First Baptist, Madisonville, TX. This passage deals famously with the relationship between faith and works. “If a man has faith but no works, can faith save him?”
Audio sermons posted to date, including this one, are also available on the sermons page.
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, 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. That’s right.

Here is the fourth message on the way through the book of James, on chapter 2:1-13. I delivered it as interim pastor at First Baptist, Madisonville, TX. It deals with how and why we treat people the way we do, and with how we ought to treat them.
Audio sermons posted to date, including this one, are also available on the sermons page.

I preached this sermon on James 1:19-27 while serving as interim pastor at First Baptist Church in Madisonville, TX. It is third in the series through the book of James and deals with what makes Christian faith authentic.
Audio sermons posted to date, including this one, are also available on the page, word.

Here is the second exposition on James (chapter 1:13-18), through which I preached while serving as interim pastor at First Baptist Church in Madisonville, TX.
It is a message about how a Christian is to understand troubles, temptation, and the purpose of God in his life.
Audio sermons posted to date, including this one, are also available on the page, word.

I preached this sermon on James 1:1-12 while serving as interim pastor at First Baptist Church of Madisonville, TX. And here is a custom song by Philip paralleling the message of the passage.
It is about trials, patience, perfection, confidence, commitment, and joy!
Audio sermons posted to date, including this one, are also available on the page, word.