This video is designed for residential aged care. Each service aims to be under 30 minutes long.
Category: James
Preaching to the aged
Throughout my work as a local church minister, I have regularly taken worship services in aged care facilities. These services would often be a highlight of my week. On each … Read more
James 5:13-20. Prayers for healing
James concludes his letter with encouragement to prayer. Some turn in his words into accusations that if we are not healed by prayer it is because we have unconfessed wrong … Read more
James 5:7-12. The truth about happiness (Lent 2)
As James finishes his letter he returns to the themes he opened with – how to endure, suffering and prayer. He gives us the encouragement of examples of endurance (the … Read more
James 4.1-5.6. Come near to God (Lent 1)
God wants beauty for his church, not the ugliness earthly or demonic wisdom produces when we quarrel and slander. James likens these quarrels to murder and adultery because we hate … Read more
James 3:13-18. Wisdom in a time of war
There are two kinds of wisdom. Two ways of believing and acting in life that gather praise in different ways from different kinds of people. One is our default setting. … Read more
James 3:1-12. Words that hurt
We are so buried in words we are distracted from how important they are. There are two issues James raises in this section of his letter: the key to changing … Read more