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James 3:6-18

This passage reviews the importance of controlling the tongue

Yaakov’s heart for the church in our reading today is about learning the spiritual rhythms of pondering our words carefully, and holding back our initial responses to fix, or amend, or advise. You can’t share life communally if you refuse to share deeply with or refuse to understand one another. What is the point of professing your faith if you undermine it with your words?

One of the most difficult things to do in life is to control what you say. We do a good job for a while but then in one weak moment and we can do irreparable damage. Words hurt and heal, they go deep into our hearts and minds. The old saying is not true that “sticks and stones can break our bones but…

President Calvin Coolidge was nicknamed “Silent Cal” because he was a man of few words. When he was elected President of the State Senate in 1914 he delivered the shortest inaugural on record. It was ten sentences long! When he was re-elected without opposition he broke that record. His inaugural was…

One of the things we learn (especially as we get older) is that if we want to stay healthy we need to watch what we eat (and I don’t mean as it goes into our mouths). It is common to hear that people are on diets that restrict salt, sugar, or other kinds of food because of health issues. It is a reality…

By Pastor Glenn Pease Vance Havner tells the story of the old colored nanny who was in quite a serious auto accident. Where there is a wreck, of course, there is soon a lawyer, and he said to her, "Auntie, you ought to collect some damages from this." "Damages!" she responded. "Man, I'se done collected…

By Pastor Glenn Pease Vance Havner tells the story of the old colored manny who was in quite a serious auto accident. Where there is a wreck, of course, there is soon a lawyer, and he said to her, "Auntie, you ought to collect some damages from this." "Damages!" she responded. "Man, I'se done collected…

Christianity Where the Rubber Meets the Road Part 7: Taking on Our Tongue Trouble James 3:1-12 Sermon by Rick Crandall Grayson Baptist Church - March 25, 2012 *Have you had any trouble with your tongue trouble this week? -Did you say some things you just shouldn’t have said? -What about the things you…

By Pastor Glenn Pease Before he became president of the United States Abraham Lincoln was a captain in the army. He was drilling his men one day during the Black Hawk War. As he marched along with his men he came to a fence with a gap in it. He wanted his men to go through that gap, but for the life…

Christianity Where the Rubber Meets the Road Part 4: Moving Forward in Christ James 1:16-27 Sermon by Rick Crandall Grayson Baptist Church - March 4, 2012 *Years ago Paul Harvey told about a biker riding down the highway on his motorcycle, and he had this message printed on the back of his leather jacket:…

Christianity Where the Rubber Meets the Road Part 10: Growing in God’s Wisdom James 4:8-17 Sermon by Rick Crandall Grayson Baptist Church - April 22, 2012 *Everybody needs Godly wisdom. We can see this so clearly in Scriptures like James 3:17, which tells us that the wisdom from above “is pure, peaceable,…

1. No one is Perfect (1-4) a. Teachers Judged Stricter (1) b. Misspeaks (2) c. Small guiding the Large (3-4) 2. Small Greatness (5-8) a. Small can be dangerous (5) b. Speech has a source (evil and good)(6) c. No taming (7-8) 3. The Hypocrisy (9-12) a. Bless and curse (9-10) b. We are what comes out (11)…