Posts Tagged ‘Confession’
A Living Faith Evidenced in Prayer – Part 3 (James 5:13-18)
Click here to read part 1. Click here to read part 2. Working through the difficult interpretive decisions of James 5:13–18 is important, but let’s not miss the main concern of the passage: the prayer of faith. Whose prayer and whose faith? Verse 14 is clear that it is the elders who are doing the…
Read MoreDepression & Sin
Depression is a monumental bane to human flourishing. The contributors to depression can be, and are often, physical. A failure to get enough sleep, poor nutrition, and a lack of exercising can all contribute to depression. We also noted, though, that depression can also be related to spiritual issues, namely, sin. Sin is an unpopular…
Read MoreSeeing Self
George Stiekes Then said I, Woe is me! for I am unclean; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts. Isaiah 6:5 In the first century B.C., Narcissus sees himself in a…
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