Pine Tree Church of Christ's Podcast

Our mission is to Make, Mature, & Multiply Faithful Followers of Christ. In short, I am calling this the "3 M's." How did Jesus go about making, maturing, multiplying followers? His main strategy was…

Matt. 2:1-12

Luke 2:1-20

Today we begin a short Advent series leading up to Christmas.

Series = Key Players. We are looking at some of the key players that God chose to work through in the incarnation. Who did God use, why di…

Post-Thanksgiving - everyone's attitude is great during Thanksgiving, but how long will it last? Do you throw out the attitude when you throw out the left-over turkey a few days later? Phil. 2:1-15 i…

James 5:13-20

This is the final lesson in the series going through the Book of James. James ends his letter with a plea to pray.  Pray when you are suffering.  Ask the elders to pray over you when you…

James 3:1-12 

Two Truths About Our Words:

1. Our words have incredible potential (for both the negative and the positive. To encourage, bless, and lift someone up. The potential also to crush someone.)

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James 2:14-26. 

We live in a world where you can photoshop pictures, get spray on tans, get tattoos that make it look like you have a 6-pack, etc. How can we know what is real and what is a facade? Ja…

James 1:19-26

We usually do the opposite of V. 19. We are often slow to listen but quick to speak and quick to get angry. How can we become better listeners? How can we be more deliberate and calm wit…

James 4:13-17

In today's text, James seems to go from practical Christianity to more of a larger life perspective/reflection.

James 2:1-13 - Do Not Show favoritism?

James 1:9-11 & James 5:1-6.

We now move into a new theme in this James series: warnings to the rich. James begins this topic in Ch. 1, and then returns to it a few times throughout the letter.  In Ch.…

James 3:13 - 4:10

Part 2 of the "Wisdom" sub-theme in James. He introduced the topic in Ch.1, and officially picks it back up here in Ch. 3 (although you could argue that the whole book is about wisdo…

James 1:5-8 is our main text for today.

We are taking a theme by theme approach to James rather than chapter by chapter. Today, we move to a new topic in James: "Wisdom." What is wisdom? How would you…

James 5:7-11

Why do we suffer? Why do we go through trials? How does James address this? How are we supposed to go through trials?

James 1:13-18 is the main text in this lesson. We are taking a theme by theme approach to the book of James. We are currently studying the theme of "trials" according to James. 

When? It's not if we w…

What do you consider "pure joy"? We probably don't answer that question with all the hardships and trials we've been through. Yet, this is what James says we should consider "pure joy." James 1:2-4; …

Today we begin a series on the Book of James. Rather than taking a chapter by chapter approach, we are going theme by theme. Most of the main themes in James are introduced in chapter one, then James…