God. Real. Right.

What seems like a contradiction in terms is actually a handy tool for analyzing almost everything people do, whether in isolation, in relationships, in society in general, or as a political body. The mechanism which produces the “problem with solutions” can be described behaviorally and seen in action everywhere. A quick look at ethics will produce the realization that there is a problem with such behavioral solutions. And finally, it needs to be made clear that Christian teachings oppose such behavior.
The mechanism which produces the problem:
Behaviorism is hardly a Christian enterprise. The doctrine (more…)

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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).
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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.

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