Church Family,
This past Sunday, as we continued our series in James, we were warned once again about the dangers of our speech, especially judgmental speech. James’ point is not that we should never correct a brother or sister who is straying from obedience to God. Rather, he is saying that we often judge others on the basis of our own opinions rather than on the proper authority of God’s word and in the spirit of the love of Christ. When we do this we speak evil both of a fellow saint and of scripture. While it’s far from the only step we need to take to grow in this regard, one of the key things we need to do in light of this passage is to make sure we know God’s word well so that we know when correction is not necessary and that we are able to speak on good authority when it is necessary.
Members’ Meeting
Our next member’s meeting will be at 2 p.m. this upcoming Sunday, October 12th. If you are a member of Light in the Desert, please be sure to set aside that day on your calendar to participate in this vital piece of church life. What’s more, we encourage you to use the window of time before the meeting to go have lunch with other members of our church family.
Grace be with you,
Logan Murphy
Pastoral Intern