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Quarantine Epistles 57

Pastor Chris’ Corona Quarantine Epistles to the Flock of AIC Ngong Road, in Dispersion and Isolation. 57th. Edition. Dear People who Are a Holy Nation, People Belonging to God, In our passage today (James 4:1-3) we see how the attitudes James has warned us about affect our relationships. Conflict with others can be linked to, Desire for […]

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Quarantine Epistle 56

Pastor Chris’ Corona Quarantine Epistles to the Flock of AIC Ngong Road, in Dispersion and Isolation. 56th. Edition. Dear People Who Have the Right to Be Called Children of God, We shift gears slightly today, as James (3:13-18) talks about two kinds of wisdom. The first kind of wisdom can be called Ethereal Wisdom (vv. […]

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Quarantine Epistles 55

Pastor Chris’ Corona Quarantine Epistles to the Flock of AIC Ngong Road, in Dispersion and Isolation. 55th. Edition. Dear People Who Are God’s own Possession,  We continue today with the intrigues of controlling the tongue (James 3:7-12). In this passage, we see Control of creatures that are naturally wild (v 7). James mentions all three […]

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Quarantine Epistles 54

Pastor Chris’ Corona Quarantine Epistles to the Flock of AIC Ngong Road, in Dispersion and Isolation. 54th Edition Dear Brothers and Sisters,  Our passage today (James 3:3-6) is a continuation of the discussion about speech that we started yesterday. In today’s portion, James has a comparison, which is also a contrast. This form of teaching […]

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Quarantine Epistles 53

Pastor Chris’ Corona Quarantine Epistles to the Flock of AIC Ngong Road, in Dispersion and Isolation. 53rd. Edition. Beloved,  The first half of James 3 takes us back to a theme we encountered earlier (1:19, 26). He begins this new section by discouraging us from being too eager to teach (vv. 1-2). Demand for Strictness (v. […]

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Quarantine Epistles 52

Pastor Chris’ Corona Quarantine Epistles to the Flock of AIC Ngong Road, in Dispersion and Isolation. 52nd. Edition. Dear Servants of the King, We saw in James 2:14-19 that faith produces transformation, without which, our faith is no different from that of the demons. We see in today’s passage (vv. 20-26) that faith is demonstrated […]

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Quarantine Epistles 51

Pastor Chris’ Corona Quarantine Epistles to the Flock of AIC Ngong Road, in Dispersion and Isolation. 51st. Edition. Dear Saints,  Today we begin a controversial but important section of James’ letter – the dialectic between faith and works. Because this has been misunderstood and misrepresented so often, it is my hope that we can clarify […]

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Quarantine Epistles 50

Pastor Chris’ Corona Quarantine Epistles to the Flock of AIC Ngong Road, in Dispersion and Isolation. 50th. Edition. Dear Bondservants of God,  The second part of James’ teaching on partiality (2:8-13) is our focus today. The Unchanging Law (vv. 8-9). James brings in the “royal law” in His argument. Royal could mean noble in nature, or […]

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Quarantine Epistles 49

Pastor Chris’ Corona Quarantine Epistles to the Flock of AIC Ngong Road, in Dispersion and Isolation. 49th. Edition. Dear People whose Names Are Written in the Lamb’s Book of Life, Today we start on James chapter 2. Verses 1-13 are one long section, developing from Condemnation of partiality (vv. 1-7), into the Completeness of God’s […]

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Quarantine Epistles 48

Pastor Chris’ Corona Quarantine Epistles to the Flock of AIC Ngong Road, in Dispersion and Isolation. 48th. Edition. Dear Chosen Generation, Yesterday we saw in James 1:22-25, the need to be doers of the word. Today we look at verses 26-27. In this portion, James says true religion is marked by three things: Bridling the tongue […]