In our Wednesday evening Bible study this summer we are working our way through the book of James. This is part of our overall theme this year on answering the call to holiness. We are currently in James 3, looking at the importance of taming the tongue. This past Wednesday we had our second lesson…

This past Sunday, being Father’s Day, we took a break from our summer series on Ephesians 4-6 to take a look at a father’s advice recorded in 1 Kings 2:2-4. But David’s instructions to Solomon certainly show us a lot about what it means to answer the call to holiness.

(NIV) When we put bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we can turn the whole animal. 4 Or take ships as an example. Although they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are steered by a very small rudder wherever the pilot wants to go.

There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called; 5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism; 6 one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all (NIV).

On Wednesday’s this summer, we are going through the book of James as part of our larger series on answering the call to holiness. James has a lot to say about being set apart from the world and set apart to God. In James 2:14-26 we see what real, God-pleasing faith looks like.

This past Sunday we kicked off our summer sermon series which comes from Ephesians 4-6. This is par of our year long series on answering the call to holiness. We have been called to holiness (1 Peter 1:15-16) and we need to walk worthy of that calling (Ephesians 4:1). The first three chapters of Ephesians…

This past Sunday in our series on holiness we took a break from our study through 1 Peter and focused on the ideal bride of Proverbs 31. In our young adult class we looked at Ephesians 5:22-33 and the ways that work for marriage. We are posting both lessons because one kind of builds off…