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1 Corinthians 11 Part Two: The Three Muskateers
July 08, 2024 05:02 - 13 minutes - 12.3 MB(NRSV, 1989) Paul turns his attention toward another problem within the church that the Corinthians are creating for themselves because of their refusal to see themselves as one and to seek one another’s betterment. Now in giving this instruction I do not praise you, since you come together not for the better but for the worse. For to begin with, I hear that when you come together as a church there are divisions among you, and in part I believe it. Indeed, it is necessary that th...
1 Corinthians 11 Part One: The Scissors Are in Your Hands
July 08, 2024 05:01 - 23 minutes - 21.4 MB(NRSV, 1989) Thank you for listening to First Day. I am Patrick Cooley. Please like, subscribe, and share on Apple, Google, and Amazon Podcasts. Of all the scripture that I have studied and taught in my ministry as well as in these series on the New Testament, thus far this is the most difficult I have encountered to wrap my mind and heart around: 1 Corinthians 11:2-16. If we take scripture seriously, we cannot quickly ignore the practical implications of Paul’s teaching by sayin...
1 Corinthians 10 Part Two: Remember Why You Are Here
July 01, 2024 05:02 - 12 minutes - 17.6 MB(NRSV, 1989) So then, my dear friends, flee from idolatry. I am speaking as to sensible people. Judge for yourselves what I am saying. The cup of blessing that we bless, is it not a sharing in the blood of Christ? The bread that we break, is it not a sharing in the body of Christ? Because there is one bread, we who are many are one body, since all of us share the one bread. Flee the actual idols that are there in Corinth; the physical things to which you give your devotion, Paul s...
1 Corinthians 10 Part One: Are You Sure?
July 01, 2024 05:01 - 14 minutes - 13.3 MB(NRSV, 1989) Now I do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters, that our ancestors were all under the cloud, all passed through the sea, and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea. They all ate the same spiritual food, and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank from the spiritual rock that followed them, and that rock was Christ. Nevertheless God was not pleased with most of them, since they were struck down in the wilderness. Paul has spent t...
1 Corinthians 9: To win the race you must participate in it.
June 24, 2024 05:02 - 18 minutes - 24.8 MB(NRSV, 1989) In chapter nine, Paul uses himself as an example for those Corinthians who are lording their under freedom over others. Keep in mind these people’s statement: “Everything is permissible for me.” Both slavery and freedom were ever present in the Roman world. Roman citizens, like Paul, had not fear of enslavement within the Empire; however, this is not true for others. Freedom in Paul’s world contained two ideas: freedom from and freedom for. It was the freedom from sla...
1 Corinthians 8: Just because you're hungry and it's there doesn't mean that you should eat it.
June 24, 2024 05:01 - 10 minutes - 14.4 MBNow about food sacrificed to idols: We know that ‘we all have knowledge.’ Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up. If anyone thinks he knows anything, he does not yet know it as he ought to know it. But if anyone loves God, he is known by him. As Paul turns his attention toward the subject of Christian Corinthians eating food that has been “sacrificed to idols,” we are again confronted with Corinth’s overarching problem: self-centeredness. The apostle has already addressed their cli...
1 Corinthians 7 Part Two: No Matter Who, Where, or When
June 17, 2024 05:02 - 16 minutes - 14.8 MBLet each one live his life in the situation the Lord assigned when God called him. This is what I command in all the churches. Was anyone already circumcised when he was called? He should not undo his circumcision. Was anyone called while uncircumcised? He should not get circumcised. Circumcision does not matter and uncircumcision does not matter. Keeping God’s commands is what matters. Let each of you remain in the situation in which he was called. Were you called while a slave? Do...
1 Corinthians 7 Part One: Don't Give Satan a Chance
June 17, 2024 05:01 - 19 minutes - 17.5 MBChapter six ends with Paul’s command to, “Flee from sexual immorality!” Christians must do so, he says, because we can no longer claim ownership of ourselves—of our bodies. Because of Jesus’ work we are no longer free to give ourselves over to our lusts and to those things that we crave. Paul is so concerned with the problem of sexual immorality that he continues addressing the topic of human sexuality in chapter seven. Don’t forget that this part of Paul’s moral instruction begins ...
1 Corinthians 6: Wouldn't You Rather...
June 10, 2024 05:01 - 15 minutes - 14.6 MBCHAPTER SIX (NRSV) Now Paul goes to meddling where he doesn’t belong. If any of you has a dispute against another, how dare you take it to court before the unrighteous, and not before the saints? Or don’t you know that the saints will judge the world? And if the world is judged by you, are you unworthy to judge the trivial cases? Don’t you know that we will judge angels—how much more matters of this life? So if you have such matters, do you appoint as your judges those who have n...
1 Corinthians 5: A Little Leaven
June 03, 2024 05:01 - 20 minutes - 19.1 MBChapter Five (CSB) 1 It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and the kind of sexual immorality that is not even tolerated among the Gentiles—a man is sleeping with his father’s wife. 2 And you are arrogant! Shouldn’t you be filled with grief and remove from your congregation the one who did this? 3 Even though I am absent in the body, I am present in spirit. As one who is present with you in this way, I have already pronounced judgment on the one who has ...
1 Corinthians 4: It's Up to You
May 27, 2024 05:01 - 20 minutes - 18.6 MBChapter Four (CSB) 1 A person should think of us in this way: as servants of Christ and managers of the mysteries of God. 2 In this regard, it is required that managers be found faithful. 3 It is of little importance to me that I should be judged by you or by any human court. In fact, I don’t even judge myself. 4 For I am not conscious of anything against myself, but I am not justified by this. It is the Lord who judges me. 5 So don’t judge anything prematurely, before the Lord com...
1 Corinthians 3 Part 2: The Temple
May 20, 2024 18:46 - 10 minutes - 9.9 MBPART II (CSB) 16 Do you not know that you are a temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?17 If anyone destroys the temple of God, God will destroy that person; for the temple of God is holy, and that is what you are. Although in the preceding verses Paul is speaking to each Corinthian about being careful what is built on the foundation of faith that he established, here in sixteen Paul is referring to the whole church when he asks, “Do you not know that you are a tem...
1 Corinthians 3 Part 1: Working on the Building
May 20, 2024 18:42 - 18 minutes - 17.3 MBPART I (CSB) 1 And I, brothers and sisters, could not speak to you as spiritual people, but only as fleshly, as to infants in Christ. 2 I gave you milk to drink, not solid food; for you were not yet able to consume it. But even now you are not yet able, 3 for you are still fleshly. For since there is jealousy and strife among you, are you not fleshly, and are you not walking like ordinary people? 4 For when one person says, “I am with Paul,” and another, “I am with Apollos,” are yo...
1 Corinthians 2: Ignert Is As Ignert Does
May 13, 2024 14:53 - 20 minutes - 18.9 MBChapter Two (CSB) In chapter one we learn that the Corinthians, despite the odds, had come to believe the gospel that Paul preached to them. After he assures them of God’s ongoing faithfulness to keep the church “blameless until the end”, Paul brings up the first problem that we was told the Corinthian congregation is facing: Its members have become balkanized, indicating to Paul that the cultural tendencies of the city—and Rome—are beginning to hold sway over the peoples’ hearts. ...
1 Corinthians 1 Part 2: Being Our Own Worst Nightmare
May 06, 2024 05:01 - 24 minutes - 22 MBPART II (CSB) Now that Paul has reminded the Corinthians of the fact of their calling and that God has and is keeping them safe and has provided them with the spiritual gifts necessary to prove His divine presence in their lives, here in chapter one verse ten the apostle jumps headlong into addressing issues facing the congregation—most of which are ones that their forgetfulness and pride have helped to cause. Paul wrote his letter to the Galatians because they were willfully lay...
1 Corinthians 1 Part One: "Hello. I know you better than you do yourself."
April 29, 2024 05:01 - 27 minutes - 25 MBCHAPTER ONE PART I (CSB) Thank for listening to the First Day podcast. I am so happy to be a part of your spiritual journey. Please don’t hesitate to reach out; if you have any questions send them to [email protected]. I want to ask that you share this podcast with others if you have found it helpful in your growth as a disciple and journey with Chirst. I am hoping to have an average of seventy listeners per week by the end of 2024. Thank you for your help in growing the podcast....
An Introduction to 1 and 2 Corinthians
April 22, 2024 05:01 - 15 minutes - 14.3 MB1 and 2 Corinthians were written by Paul c.55 and 56 CE, respectively. Corinth was located on an isthmus connecting the Peloponnese to the rest of Greece. The port of Lechaeum was 1.5 miles north on the Bay of Corinth and Cenchraea (sen’-kre-e) was about seven miles to the east on the Saronic Gulf, placing it at a crossroads of two trade routes. By the time of Paul’s letter, the city’s history could be divided into two distinct periods: one thoroughly Greek and another Romans. C...
2 Thessalonians Chapter 3: Don't Do Anything Jonah Would
March 18, 2024 05:01 - 11 minutes - 10.5 MBChapter Three (NASB) “Finally, brothers and sisters, pray for us that the word of the Lord will spread rapidly and be glorified, just as it was also with you; 2 and that we will be rescued from troublesome and evil people; for not all have the faith. 3 But the Lord is faithful, and He will strengthen and protect you from the evil one. 4 We have confidence in the Lord concerning you, that you are doing, and will do, what we command. 5 May the Lord direct your hearts to the love of G...
2 Thessalonians Chapter 2 Part 2: Paradise, Beige, and Boiling Blood
March 11, 2024 05:01 - 23 minutes - 21.5 MBPart II (NASB) The Thessalonians’ concern for those who have died already indicates that they have accepted the Jewish understanding of what makes up a human being. As Greeks, they would have believed that all people have two parts to their being: one of flesh and the other of spirit. That which is spirit remains even though the flesh will die and decay. As Greeks, they would believe that at death, the spirit of the person, what they called psyche, would enter the afterlife. Gree...
2 Thessalonians Chapter 2 Part 1: When the Soapbox Is More Important Than the Soap
March 04, 2024 06:01 - 24 minutes - 22.2 MBPart I (NASB) In 2 Thessalonians chapter 2 Paul continues to address Christ’s coming, the Day of the LORD. As we learned while looking at chapter one, it appears that false teachers have come into the congregation and begun telling the Thessalonians that Christ had already come; some apparently even carried forged letters from Paul as evidence. Being believers struggling under persecution and trial—people whom Paul had urged to remain faithful because God has promised to make thing...
2 Thessalonians Chapter 1: Gone, Baby, Gone
February 26, 2024 06:01 - 25 minutes - 23.4 MBChapter One (NASB) Thank you for listening to the First Day podcast. Please visit the website www.firstday.us to listen to current and past episodes and to subscribe and link to Apple Podcasts and Spotify. And if you are enjoying these series, please share them with others. If you have any questions, please drop me an email at [email protected]. Paul’s second letter to the Thessalonians was written just months after his first, sometime around 51 CE. The issues it addresses are...
1 Thessalonians Chapter 5 Part 2: Staying the Course
February 19, 2024 06:02 - 9 minutes - 8.82 MBPart II (NASB) In the final section of 1 Thessalonians 5 Paul brings up, again, the topic of Christian conduct. In chapter four, Paul reminds the church that since it has been sanctified, its life must be different than what it had been before. Here, Paul describes the sanctified life in greater detail than he does previously. If understood to be a continuation of what comes before it, the apostle is providing the Thessalonians with a picture of the life of a day-walker. “12 But ...
1 Thessalonians Chapter 5 Part 1: Blade's Not the Only Day-Walker
February 19, 2024 06:01 - 18 minutes - 16.9 MBPart I (NASB) Thank you for listening to the First Day podcast. I am Patrick Cooley. Visit the podcast website @ firstday.us to subscribe, listen to past episode, and share. The Thessalonian church has probably had better days. Although we aren’t told precisely the nature of the trial or trials that they are facing, here are some things that we know to be true from history. We know that the city has spent several years facing food shortages. We know that there were many other rel...
1 Thessalonians 4:16, 17: Up Up and Away
February 15, 2024 06:01 - 17 minutes - 16.3 MB(NASB) In 1 Thessalonians 4, Paul has been encouraging the church to remain faithful in times of trial. He reminds them at the very beginning of the chapter that they have been sanctified and, therefore, can no longer live like the others around them. He begins by focusing on avoiding sexual immorality and then, possibly, moves on to avoiding underhanded, self-serving business practices. They have been set aside by God; they have been made holy, so their behavior cannot remain as i...
1 Thessalonians Chapter 4 Part 2: There's No Need To Despair
February 12, 2024 06:02 - 10 minutes - 9.55 MBPart II (NASB) In the first half of chapter 4 we finally catch a glimpse of what is happening in Thessalonia that prompts Paul’s letter. It appears that the church’s members are undergoing some trial, and Paul doesn’t want them to give in to temptation. This concern links Paul’s letter to James’ letter, since it, too, deals with the subject of temptation. The differences between the two letters, though, warrant mentioning. Firstly, James’ letter is addressed to Jewish Christians,...
1 Thessalonians Chapter 4 Part 1: Live Deliberately
February 12, 2024 06:01 - 18 minutes - 17.3 MBPart I (NASB) At the end of chapter 3, Paul tells us readers something that many of us probably don’t want to hear and will try our best to reject out of hand: How our choice to remain faithful or to be unfaithful affects others is our responsibility not theirs; the onus is on watched and not the watcher. Finally then, brothers and sisters, we request and urge you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received instruction from us as to how you ought to walk and please God (just as you ac...
1 Thessalonians Chapter 3: Just Keep Swimming
February 05, 2024 06:01 - 14 minutes - 13.3 MBChapter Three (NASB) Paul is desperate to return to the Thessalonians, but he cannot. He is prevented again and again from them. He tells us at the end of chapter two why he wants toe return to them: It is because they are the proof of calling; they are his miracles. And here is where we pick up in chapter 3. “Therefore, when we could no longer endure it, we thought it best to be left behind, alone at Athens, 2 and we sent Timothy, our brother and God’s fellow worker in the gospe...
1 Thessalonians Chapter 2: The Power of Example
January 29, 2024 06:01 - 19 minutes - 18.1 MBChapter Two (NASB) Paul begins chapter 2 by fleshing out chapter 1 verse 5 when he writes, “for our gospel did not come to you in word only, but also in power and in the Holy Spirit and with full conviction; just as you know what kind of men we proved to be among you for your sakes.” Here in chapter two, he provides the Thessalonians with proof of this. “For you yourselves know, brothers and sisters, that our reception among you was not in vain, 2 but after we had already suffere...
1 Thessalonians Chapter 1: In a League of Their Own
January 22, 2024 06:01 - 16 minutes - 15.2 MBChapter One (NASB) “Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace.” The letter begins with a typical greeting. Paul identifies that he is not alone in delivering this message to them, and that Silvanus’ and Timothy’s hearts are with the church as well. In the day, it was not uncommon for a person to have and use both a given name and a Roman or Greek name—depending on the circumstance. (For examp...
An Introduction to 1 and 2 Thessalonians
January 15, 2024 06:01 - 20 minutes - 18.6 MBWritten in the early 50’s (c.50-51), while Claudius is still emperor of Rome. Paul’s claim that he was called by Christ Jesus to preach the gospel to the Gentiles is one that he quite obviously took seriously. (Galatians 1:16) The gospel that he carried with him took root in at least four Roman provinces: Galatia, Asia (Colossae and Ephesus), Macedonia (Philippi and Thessalonica), and Achaia (Corinth). Some scholars believe that Paul’s mission to the Thessalonians occurred betwe...
Galatians Chapter 6: There But by Grace
December 25, 2023 06:01 - 17 minutes - 16.1 MBChapter 6 (NASB) Paul begins chapter 6 in verses 1-5 with an example of what “competing in love” looks like as opposed to competing in the legal works of the religious Law. The Law could be harsh on those “caught in wrongdoing,” like stoning or/and ostracizing them. These sinners must be restored “in a spirit of gentleness”, and believers must, “Bear one another’s burdens, and thereby [fulfilling] the law of Christ,” which is to “love your neighbor as yourselves.” (See chapter 5) ...
Galatians Chapter 5, Part 2: Taste the Rainbow...
December 18, 2023 06:02 - 13 minutes - 12 MBPART II (NASB) "13 For you were called to freedom, brothers and sisters; only do not turn your freedom into an opportunity for the flesh, but serve one another through love. 14 For the whole Law is fulfilled in one word, in the statement, “YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.” 15 But if you bite and devour one another, take care that you are not consumed by one another." The legal practices of the Law of Moses provide “an opportunity for the flesh” to declare itself righteous...
Galatians Chapter 5, Part 1: Free
December 18, 2023 06:01 - 15 minutes - 14.6 MBChapter 5 (NASB) Chapter five begins with a declaration: “It was for freedom that Christ set us free; therefore keep standing firm and do not be subject again to the yoke of slavery.” "2 Look! I, Paul, tell you that if you have yourselves circumcised, Christ will be of no benefit to you. 3 And I testify again to every man who has himself circumcised, that he is obligated to keep the whole Law.4 You have been severed from Christ, you who are seeking to be justified by the Law; you ...
Galatians Chapter 4, Part 2: Longing for the Empty Nest
December 11, 2023 06:02 - 14 minutes - 12.9 MBPART II (NASB) Paul begins this section urging the Galatians to become as he as, as one who has set aside the legal practices of the Law of Moses—as someone who has stopped seeking to be justified through his own merit. In this way, he has become like the Galatians: He now lives by faith—by Christ. "12 I beg of you, brothers and sisters, become as I am, for I also have become as you are. You have done me no wrong; 13 but you know that it was because of a bodily illness that I pre...
Galatians Chapter 4, Part 1: What Would _______ Do?
December 11, 2023 06:01 - 12 minutes - 11.1 MBChapter 4 (NASB) Paul now begins here in chapter 4 to elaborate on this transformation of identity that he introduced at the end of chapter 3—which was, itself, an explanation of what he means back in chapter two when the apostle declares, “It is no longer I who live, but it is Christ who lives in me.” "Now I say, as long as the heir is a child, he does not differ at all from a slave, although he is owner of everything, 2 but he is under guardians and managers until the date set b...
Galatians Chapter 3, Part 3
December 04, 2023 06:01 - 15 minutes - 14.7 MB(All scripture quoted is from the New American Standard Bible, © 1960,1962,1963,1968.1971,1973,1975,1977,1995.2020 by the Lockman Foundation, A Corporation Not for Profit, La Habra, CA, All Rights Reserved, unless otherwise noted.) In our last episode we hear Paul tell the Galatians that to adhere to the Law is to condemn oneself, but he then goes on to quote scripture from Leviticus, Deuteronomy, and Habakkuk that declare that if we don’t follow the Law we are cursed. I know that...
Galatians Chapter 3, Part 2
November 27, 2023 06:02 - 12 minutes - 11.5 MB(All scripture quoted is from the New American Standard Bible, © 1960,1962,1963,1968.1971,1973,1975,1977,1995.2020 by the Lockman Foundation, A Corporation Not for Profit, La Habra, CA, All Rights Reserved, unless otherwise noted.) I mentioned earlier that I think many Christians have come to the thought that believing in Jesus as the Messiah is the only thing necessary to receive salvation and that no work is required out of fear of being like the Galatians. And we see the ground...
Galatians Chapter 3, Part 1
November 27, 2023 06:01 - 20 minutes - 19.2 MBChapter 3 (All scripture quoted is from the New American Standard Bible, © 1960,1962,1963,1968.1971,1973,1975,1977,1995.2020 by the Lockman Foundation, A Corporation Not for Profit, La Habra, CA, All Rights Reserved, unless otherwise noted.) Thank you for listening to the First Day podcast. I am Patrick Cooley, the pastor of Northport Methodist Church, and I am so glad you’re spending some time with me. So, Paul has received word that the churches in Galatia are beginning to wan...
The Faith of Christ
November 20, 2023 06:02 - 14 minutes - 13.3 MBIn this episode I spend a little more time fleshing our the differences between "faith in" and "faith of" Christ. If you notice a change in the podcast's sound, it's because I recorded it at my home studio (i.e., the dining room table).
Galatians Chapter 2, Part 3: In or Of?
November 20, 2023 06:01 - 13 minutes - 12.2 MBPART III (NASB) We closed out last episode with Paul taking up one of the most unavoidable subjects in our world today: identity. “Who am I,” Paul asks. “Have I changed or am I the same person that I have always been?” Have you seen those widow decals on cars that are from that Hawaiian lifestyle company: HE>i? Their website states that it’s referring to John 3:30— “He must become greater and greater, and I must become less and less.” (NLT) This doesn’t even come close to what Pau...
Galatians Chapter 2, Part 2: Christ Has Replaced the I
November 13, 2023 06:02 - 13 minutes - 12.3 MB(All scripture quoted is from the New American Standard Bible, © 1960,1962,1963,1968.1971,1973,1975,1977,1995.2020 by the Lockman Foundation, A Corporation Not for Profit, La Habra, CA, All Rights Reserved, unless otherwise noted.) At the end of our last episode, Paul is relaying a story to the Galatians about a visit that Peter makes to Antioch and the problem that arises from it. Even though Peter, James, and John had verified Paul’s gospel as authentic, and Peter had even decla...
Galatians Chapter 2, Part 1: Seriously. You Can Trust Me.
November 13, 2023 06:01 - 18 minutes - 16.9 MBChapter 2 (NASB) Thank you for joining me today on the First Day podcast. I am Patrick Cooley. Visit the First Day website at firstday.us and become a subscriber. In Galatians chapter one we come to learn that there is a problem in the church—one serious enough Paul believes that the Galatians are in danger. We do not know the specifics, just that some other gospel—some other proclamation of the work of Christ—is beginning to take hold there. And Paul responds by giving them a ...
Galatians Chapter 1, Part 2: Trust Me. I'm Not in Sells.
November 06, 2023 06:02 - 15 minutes - 21 MBPart 2 (NASB) A review of why the Galatians should trust in Paul’s message: You can trust me because I was called by God to bring you this message. This is something that many of us in the West are quite fearful of: the claim that is made by some that God has called them to whatever their spiel happens to be. I remember back when I had fewer rings, Orel Roberts telling the world that God had called him to raise $3,000,000 to accomplish some task: I think it was to build a build...
Galatians Chapter 1, Part 1: Christ Is First!
November 06, 2023 06:01 - 16 minutes - 23.3 MBPart I (NASB) Thank you for listening to the First Day podcast. I am Patrick Cooley, the pastor of Northport Methodist Church, and I am so glad you’re spending some time with me. As I mentioned in the last episode, Paul’s letter to the Galatians is quite different from James’. He is writing to Gentiles who had converted from paganism, while James was writing to Jews who had accepted Jesus as Messiah. Paul’s letter is more theological, while James’ is more practical. Paul is tel...
What Makes a Vulcan Cry?
October 31, 2023 20:14 - 16 minutes - 15.1 MBI recorded this a few months ago (back in January) and didn't get around to publishing it, but it works well, I think, as a summary for James, and I thought that this would be a good fiftieth episode for First Day. It will say this is episode 48, since Galatians chapter 1 is already in the queue, but I've decided to go ahead and publish it anyway. Live long and prosper.
An Intro to Galatians
October 31, 2023 12:56 - 14 minutes - 20.2 MBThank you for listening to the First Day podcast. I am Patrick Cooley, the pastor of Northport Methodist Church, and I hope that your faith will grow as we take a look at this second oldest book of the New Testament. In the last series we took a deepish dive into James’ letter to Jewish Christians who were facing trials and, apparently, giving into temptation. He wanted to let his brothers and sisters know how to remain faithful to the Messiah’s call on their lives. What he set ...
James Chapter 4: Money Can't Buy Salvation
October 23, 2023 05:01 - 20 minutes - 19.2 MBPART VIII (NASB) Thank you for spending some of your time today with me at the First Day podcast. Make sure you visit FirstDay.us and subscribe so you can be notified when a new episode drops. Many, many, many—is that enough manys—years ago, I spent a few years practicing Ju-Jitsu. Each year the school would do a fund raiser to raise money to pay guest teachers from other martial art systems to come in and teach summer clinics. This fundraise usually involved selling merch. Of co...
James Chapter 5: The Power of Prayer
October 23, 2023 05:01 - 17 minutes - 15.6 MBPART IX (NASB) Thank you for spending some of your time today with me at the First Day podcast. Make sure you visit FirstDay.us and subscribe so you will be notified when a new episode drops. This is part nine—and the final part—of our study of James. I am so happy that you have chosen to tune in today. Trials will come and within them there will always be temptation. How we overcome temptation is, essentially, by removing its fuel from our lives—anger, judgementalism, pride. W...
James Chapter 3, Part 1: Tongue Taming 101
October 16, 2023 05:01 - 14 minutes - 13 MBPART VI (NASB) Hello. I am Patrick Cooley, pastor of Northport Methodist Church, and I want to thank you for spending some of your time today with me at the First Day podcast. Make sure you visit FirstDay.us and subscribe so you will be notified when a new episode drops. Whereas chapter two expands of James declaration in chapter one that “true religion is this…” here in chapter three, James is going back to expound upon more of the commands that he has given there to the Church—i...
James Chapter 3, Part 2: Tongue Taming 102
October 16, 2023 05:01 - 13 minutes - 12.6 MBPART VII (NASB) Hello. I am Patrick Cooley, pastor of Northport Methodist Church, and I want to thank you for spending some of your time with me today at the First Day podcast. Make sure you visit FirstDay.us and subscribe so you will be notified when new episodes drop. To turn a phrase from President George Bush the elder, James is trying his “level best” to teach a Church and individual Christians who are facing trial how to escape from temptation and become the people that God ...