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"When we hear the word “Spirit”, it can be tempting to take it to mean that the Spirit’s work is ethereal, it’s unseen and immaterial, but if the Spirit continues the work that Jesus began, then it means the Spirit’s work is embodied, just as Jesus was."
Excerpt from "Acts of the Spirit: Acts 1:1-11" | September 8, 2024
"When we hear the word “Spirit”, it can be tempting to take it to mean that the Spirit’s work is ethereal, it’s unseen and immaterial, but if the Spirit continues the work that Jesus began, then it means the Spirit’s work is embodied, just as Jesus was."
Excerpt from "Acts of the Spirit: Acts 1:1-11" | September 8, 2024


![Joy is what makes endurance possible
The enduring faith James is inviting us into is not a grit-your-teeth, suck-it-up, white-knuckle-your-way-through kind of faith. James says, right at the very beginning of his letter: “Consider it all joy.”
Consider it all joy—what Dallas Willard would describe as “a pervasive and constant sense of well-being [whose indispensable support is] hope in the goodness of God.” Joy is a vital part of endurance itself because without joy—without those moments that remind you of the grace of God and the gift of life and the goodness in other people—all the hard things become that much harder and heavier. Joy isn’t the reward at the end of endurance. Joy is what makes endurance possible.
Excerpt from Enduring Faith: James 5 | March 22, 2026
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