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What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you? Is it not this, that your passions are at war within you? You desire and do not have, so you murder. You covet and cannot obtain, so you fight and quarrel. James 4:1-2 When I was using my own license to divert opioid pain medications, it…
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But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast and be false to the truth. This is not the wisdom that comes down from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic. For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every vile practice. James 3:14-16 Last night,…
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Who is wise and understanding among you? Let them show it by their good life, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom. James 3:13 Part of the application and acceptance process for medical school was the personal interview. During the interview, I sat before medical school faculty, being asked several questions. There were many…
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And the tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, staining the whole body, setting on fire the entire course of life, and set on fire by hell. James 3:6 Several years ago, while doing some outdoor spring cleaning, I started a fire in our yard to burn…
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For we all stumble in many ways. James 3:2 I sat down with my wife one evening recently while she was watching one of those home renovation shows. I noticed that one of the hosts of the show had on pants that I thought looked stupid and so, I said as much. A moment later…
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Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, for you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness. James 3:1 It was Halloween yesterday and I went to work pretending to be Jared Allen, a retired Vikings player known for his mullet. It was good fun, which Halloween is meant to…
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And in the same way was not also Rahab the prostitute justified by works when she received the messengers and sent them out by another way? James 2:25 Years ago, when our kids were young, we were sitting in church one Sunday morning when the pastor read about Rahab the prostitute. My son, who hadn’t…
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What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? . . . So also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead. James 2:14-17 My kids and I have long enjoyed rock jumping – leaping off a stony ledge into a body of water.…
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My brothers, show no partiality as you hold the faith in our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory. James 2:1 A couple years ago, my wife and I took a trip for our 20th anniversary. I’ll not mention the destination, except to say that it was a beach vacation. On our first day at…
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Religion that is pure and undefiled before God the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world. James 1:27 I spend a fair amount of time in addiction medicine, where I work alongside others who have the same desire to help the addicted. I…
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