To enter the kingdom a man must be born again — begotten by the Spirit through the word and delivered through the water of baptism; “born of water and the Spirit” is not natural birth and not a direct, wordless work of the Spirit, but the…
The Lord chose twelve very different men to lay the foundation of His church, and in their variety He teaches every congregation that He has a place and a work for every kind of faithful disciple. We are tempted to look at the apostles as giants…
All authority in religion belongs to Jesus Christ; therefore His word, and His word alone, settles every religious question, and to refuse to hear Him is to be cut off from the people of God. Every religious dispute, when traced to its root, is a dispute…
From Proverbs 24:3–4; James 3:13–18, Ed Rangel encourages faithful Christian living, exploring Christian Living and Wisdom and the call to walk worthy of the Gospel.
From James 5:10–11, Ed Rangel encourages faithful Christian living, exploring Faith and Christian Living and the call to walk worthy of the Gospel.
From James 1:13–15, Ed Rangel encourages faithful Christian living, exploring Repentance and the call to walk worthy of the Gospel.
God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble. James 4:6–10 is not soft advice for religious people. It is a call to surrender, repentance, and real submission before God. Pride puts a man in opposition to God, but humility opens the floodgate of greater grace. This sermon presses the hearer to submit to God, resist the devil, draw near to God, and humble himself before the Lord.
A church can lose a soul long before their name leaves the directory. James 5 warns that a Christian can stray from the truth and forfeit their soul, making it the church’s urgent duty to pursue, warn, and restore the wandering before drift becomes destruction.
Two are better than one. God did not design life—or the Christian walk—to be lived in isolation. From labor to restoration, from warmth to protection, Scripture shows that fellowship strengthens faith and guards the soul. This sermon from Ecclesiastes 4:9–12 calls believers to reject lonely faith and embrace God’s design for shared strength in the body of Christ.
James 2:18 forces faith into the open. This sermon exposes the emptiness of religious talk without obedience and presses one question: can your faith be seen? James contrasts an unprovable claim with a demonstrable faith and demands evidence that holds up in public. Real faith shows up in decisions, service, speech, and daily conduct. The church’s witness depends on more than words—faith must be shown by works.