Daniel Haas

Tag: James

  • Touch the Screen!

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    Healing in American Christianity has a somewhat bitter flavor in my mind. The stereotypical TV preacher was perfectly depicted and ridiculed by Genesis in their 1991 music video “Jesus he knows me”. A sad affair where show and business mingle. That said there is room for healing services in the church. The United Church of…

  • The Power of Prayer

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    Do you believe in the Power of Prayer? Are any among you in trouble? They should pray. Are any among you happy? They should sing praises. Are any among you sick? They should send for the church elders, who will pray for them and rub olive oil on them in the name of the Lord.…

  • James the Arminian

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    As a Calvinist I can sniff out Arminians through my computer screen. James is an Arminian who wants to be able to manage his religious life for himself: “Resist the Devil, and he will run away from you. Come near to God, and he will come near to you.” The Rational: God will follow my…

  • The Tongue

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    So it is with the tongue: small as it is, it can boast about great things. […] And the tongue is like a fire. […] But no one has ever been able to tame the tongue. It is evil and uncontrollable, full of deadly poison. 9 We use it to give thanks to our Lord…

  • Faith and Works

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    James lists two great “friends of God” whose faith was exhibited in righteous action, Abraham and Rahab. Who? – Yes, the Holy Hooker!