Sam opened the James series and did a great job. What did he say? The book of James is about growing up. It’s a great book, actually a letter, to help us understand how we are impacted by God’s grace and we then grow up and apply God into our daily lives. James is our manual for Spiritual Growth. It challenges us to take our faith and practically put it into action. That process is called, ‘growing up . . . Read More »
Taming the Tongue
We’re now into week 3 of our study of James, and I know that if you have been here, paying attention, and seriously working on this stuff in your life, you’ve already started to grow in your spiritual maturity, as well as probably in your relationship with Jesus. Let’s just do quick, one liner recaps of the last two weeks. The first week we looked at how we handle adversity and tough times. Can I just say good . . . Read More »
Faith, Works & Loving Others Enough To Act
Last week we started a brand new series here at MRC called Grow. It is a series that I have been very excited to bring to you guys for quit sometime. I love studying different books of the Bible, and I always look forward to bringing the Bible to you on Sundays here at MRC. So in this new series we are studying the book of James which is one of my favorite books of the Bible. It . . . Read More »
How Do You Respond When Adversity Hits?
You know raising kids has been quite an educational process for me. As a father there are somethings that just matter to me more than others and who my kids are is a really big deal to me. The amazing thing about my children is that even though they all share Mashawn and I’s DNA…they are all so different. They have different personalities and they all challenge me in different ways. Some of them think a little more . . . Read More »