Tag: James

  • Fruits of the Spirit (part 3)

    Fruits of the Spirit (part 3)

    Wycliffe (1384) Galatians 5:22-23 But the fruit of the Spirit is charity, joy, peace, patience, long abiding, benignity (good will), goodness, mildness, faith, temperance, continence, chastity; against such things is no law King James Galatians (1611) 5:22-23 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such…

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  • Trusting God this New Year

    Trusting God this New Year

    As we embark on a new year and decade, it is a reminder to each of us reflect on the past year and decade or in my case the last two decades. 20 years ago, my wife and I trusted God in bringing us together. On the Brooklyn Bridge, January 1, 2000, I kissed my…

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  • Seeds on the Rocks

    Seeds on the Rocks

    Matthew 13:5 Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth: 6 And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away….20 But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is…

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  • Seeds on the Thorns

    Seeds on the Thorns

    Matthew 13:7 And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them:22 He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful. Mark 4:7 And some fell among thorns, and the thorns…

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  • Seeds on the Good ground

    Seeds on the Good ground

    Matthew 13:8 But other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold….23 But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. Mark 4:8 And other fell on good ground,…

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