God wants beauty for his church not the ugliness earthly or demonic wisdom produces when we quarrels and slander. James likens these quarrels to murder and adultery because we hate what we should love, we become faithless to God and … Read more
Tag: Judgement
James 2:1-13. Wealth and its costs
James writes of two types of glory, the glory of Jesus Christ (2:1,5,13) and the glory of wealth. His point in this passage is that we use one glory or the other to assess people. [Notes]
Michael Flynn
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Psalm 73. Worship is understanding
Worship is a place where we gain understanding of God’s work in the world and experience his hold on us – even when our hold on God is frail. Psalm 73 seems to be a song of doubt and struggle … Read more
Revelation 20 and 21. The Lamb and his Bride
In these chapters all the promises of God are finding their “YES” in Christ Jesus (2 Corinthians 1:20). All the promise of Eden of eternal life, of the open presence of God, of shameless community, of nature and humanity at … Read more
Revelation 17 and 18. Money, power and ideals
In chapters 17 & 18 of Revelation there are allusions to many empires: Rome, Persia, Babylon, Greece and perhaps more. As we have seen before (e.g. 11:8), this is how this genre of visionary writing expresses general truths that are … Read more
Leviticus 26:1-26. Blessing and curse
We are used to promises and penalties in our commerical contracts. What Leviticus addresses in its closing clauses is the carrot and stick of relating to God under the old covenant. These themes carry through into our lives now and … Read more