Because...We Can
This is the message I preached at St. Timothy Lutheran Church on Sunday, 9/2. The text was from James 1:17-27 . When my family and I lived in Bethlehem, my son Christian, went to an Arab Christian boys’ school. One day Christian came home and was singing in Arabic, Shwee, shwee ya idie shu bisouwee. Oh, shwee, shwee ya idie shu bitsouwee. I don’t remember how the rest of the song goes in Arabic, but here’s the English. O be careful little hands what you do, O be careful little hands what you do, for the Father up above is looking down in love So, be careful little eyes what you see It continues with verses about ears, eyes, feet and mouths. This little children’s chorus kept running through my mind as I was studying this week’s passage from James, with its own priority given to faith that works. All good gifts are from God, in whose character there is no change at all. James insists that only good comes from God. How many of you have heard people t