The Word for Everyday Disciples with Dave DeSelm

“Sticks and stones may break my bones...but words will never hurt me.”

We’ve all heard those words and maybe even said them ourselves. But as catchy as they might be, they’re just not true.

Words are e…

The Apostle Paul declared that we are saved by faith alone. James agreed but noted that the faith that saves is never alone.

Paul's teaching is consistent with James': “For it is by grace, you have b…

Over the centuries, humankind has passed along a lot of wisdom from generation to generation through truisms or proverbs. But many of these “words to the wise,” while they seem to contradict each oth…

In the book that bears his name, James challenges us to be hearers and doers of God’s Word. If we fail to do so, we will eventually end up “being polluted by the world.” And one way that will be mani…

God’s Word is timeless and transformational. Through its inspired words, the Holy Spirit will mark those of us who live in the 21st century just as He did those disciples who lived in the 1st century…

This message is about divorce. Not the kind that separates husbands and wives. Rather, it’s the divorce between hearing the Word of God and doing it. Between believing and behaving. Putting our faith…

Our culture tends to believe that a person is lucky if they’re wealthy and unlucky if they’re not.

But in these verses, James is saying that the true status of God’s people cannot be determined simply…

There’s a big difference between faith and foolishness.  That is why we need wisdom.

How do we get wisdom? James says: “If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all…” (…

The book of James was written to followers of Jesus who had been “scattered” by the threat of persecution. They were facing tough times and James knew that unless he helped these young believers gain…

Our world is weary of “noun” Christians. It’s looking for “verb” Christians – people who will walk the walk, not just talk the talk. But how can you move to a life that goes beyond belief?

The Bible …

Feelings of inadequacy have sidelined so many people in the Kingdom of God. Whether because of past failures, poor self-esteem, or too many put-downs, they’ve concluded they could never make a differ…

Loss is a part of life. Some losses are natural, even predictable. But there are other losses that are unnatural and unexpected. These “catastrophic losses” change your life forever.

How does faith s…

How big is your God? 

This is an important question because the way you live will be the consequence of the size of your God.

If you have a small God, you will live in a constant state of fear and anx…

We have reached the conclusion of this great book. But it’s also how God chose to conclude the entire Bible. So, if these are the last words of the Bible, we need to ask ourselves, “What does God hop…

Home. What does that word mean to you? 

Take all those wonderful memories, multiply them a hundred-fold, and you will just have scratched the surface of what our heavenly home will be like. 

What wil…

After Jesus’ glorious defeat of the Antichrist and his armies at Armageddon, He steps down on planet Earth once more and takes up His throne. The King has returned to set up His Kingdom.

The 1000-yea…

The Second Coming of Christ is not a point on which the Scriptures are ambiguous or unclear. “In the same way” as He ascended, it says in Acts 1:9-11, He will return. Literally, bodily, gloriously. T…

Revelation 17 is one of the most difficult passages in the entire book. The identity of the woman on the beast has been a matter of great theological debate down through the years. 

In trying to inte…

Deep inside every human spirit, there’s this unquenchable longing for justice. We look at the inequity of our world and ask, “How long, Lord? How long must we put up with this evil? How long before Y…

In this message, I’d like to walk us through four key images in Revelation chapters 8-11 – one from each chapter – and then find an application in each for our lives. 

When Revelation chapter 8 begin…