Are you “alogical?”

Until about 5 minutes ago I had never heard the term alogical. That is because it is a made up term. It is a term that was made up by Dr. Kevin Bauder at Shaper Iron. It is a term that he is using for this purpose:
I have given this name to the philosophical position [...]

Searches that found a Cup of Coffee

Here are some searches that have recently found this blog. Some are understandable, some are wierd, and some were just in the wrong place.
Hopefully they found what they were looking for
new creationsit point of view
sermon on the mission of the Church
big idea James 2:1-3
God gives without reproach
godly wisdom
mission and the [...]

James 4:4 (the conclusion)

Since apparently his readers did not understand what he was talking about James explains in even more detail why friendship with the world is hostility towards God. As James boils it down we see that the central issue is what do you desire? The word here that is translated “wishes” (βουληθῇ) really means [...]

James 4:4 pt. II

James begins this verse quite abruptly. In the Greek it is one word, Adulteresses! You can almost hear the intensity in James’ word. It is a far cry from the “my brethren” that James began 2:1. That being said, it should not surprise us that James uses such strong language here. Just a couple of [...]

James 4:4 -Desire for the World = Hostility toward God

In 1938 there was a significant conflict going on in Europe. At the heart of this conflict was none other than Adolf Hitler himself. Nazi Germany, with Hitler at the helm, had begun to take over regions of Europe beyond its own borders. As this was going on tensions began to rise among European superpowers, [...]

James 4:2-3 - Pleasure, Prayer, and Wrong Motives

We continue to see the drive to fulfill selfish desires through worldly means in vv. 2b-3.  Here in these verses we see that even in the act of prayer these people were self-centered, and focused on worldly motives.  James first says “You do not have because because you do not ask.”  This is clearly a [...]

James 4:1-2

So this is what James means by the word “pleasures,” but how does this earthly pursuit of gratification “wage war in your members?”  We must understand that James is not referring to church members here, but instead to the physical and mental members of one’s body.  The war is the war between an unbelievers flesh [...]