Is Your Religion Worthless? Your Speech Will Show

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Is Your Religion Worthless? Your Speech Will Show

Tim Conway | 59:41

July 16, 2024 • Tim Conway • James 1:26

James 1:26 – If anyone thinks he is religious and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this person’s religion is worthless.

0:00 – Has Anyone Not Spoken a Word Today?

1:04 – What Kind of Conversations Have You Had?

15:43 – The Only Religion That Is Not Worthless

24:03 – This Gives Us a Firm Warning

31:51 – Who Are the Most Problematic People in the Church?

34:06 – What Bad Speech Must We Put Off?

39:58 – What Good Can We Do with Our Speech?

57:06 – Conclusion

What Did You See in the Mirror Today?

July 20, 2024 • Tim Conway

Brethren, do you realize that Jesus Christ saved us to beautify us? Yes. That's the picture of how Christ loved the church and the washing with this water. And he's taking out all the wrinkles and all the defects. He's beautifying us. That's what this is meant... That's what his word is for. (Excerpt taken from: 26 Ways We Talk Ourselves Out of Obeying God’s Word)

Blessed Doers: Living Out the Perfect Law

July 10, 2024 • Tim Conway • James 1:21–24

James 1:22-25 - But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks intently at his natural face in a mirror. For he looks at himself and goes away and at once forgets what he was like. But the one who looks into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and perseveres, being no hearer who forgets but a doer who acts, he will be blessed in his doing. 0:00 Introduction and Overview 3:20 What Is the "Perfect Law of Liberty"? 11:06 We Don't Glance but We Look at God's Word 18:51 Blessed Are Those Who Hear and Obey 21:33 Let Us Look in God's Word at the Weighty Matters 35:41 What Pleases God? 37:01 What Is Justice According to God's Perfect Law? 39:58 Christianity Is Not Primarily About What You Do Not Do 46:26 How Do We Implement This Into Our Lives? 50:04 You Are Called to Do What You Can Do 55:18 Where Is Grace in All of This? 1:02:00 Closing Prayer

26 Ways We Talk Ourselves Out of Obeying God's Word

July 2, 2024 • Tim Conway • James 1:21–22

In this sermon, Tim Conway exposes 26 mental gymnastics we perform, 26 excuses we make after the sermon, and 26 ways we talk ourselves out of obeying God's Word, even when convicted by its truth. Drawing from James 1:21-22, he'll reveal the gap between hearing and doing, challenging us to move beyond mere conviction and into active obedience. 0:00 Introduction and Reading Text 2:30 Where We Will Go Next Time: What is the Perfect Law of Liberty? 3:38 Have an Anger Problem or a Problem with Rampant Wickedness? 12:35 Be Hearers of the Word, Not Hearers Only 14:54 How Many Did Not Look in a Mirror Today? 24:49 The Mindset Behind Why People Hear and Don't Do 26:11 1 - The Casual Listener 27:39 2 - Listening on Behalf of Someone Else 29:23 3 - Create a Category Where the Text Does Not Apply to Us 33:16 4 - We Wait for God to Do Something 34:12 5 - We Imagine Someone Else Is Going to Do It 36:06 6 - I Am Praying About It 37:16 7 - The Wretched Man Complex 38:17 8 - Always Looking for the Next Mentor or Counselor 39:52 9 - The Person Easily Offended and They Reason Themselves Out of Obeying 42:00 10 - Living on Past Obedience 43:41 11 - Living on Future Obedience 45:18 12 - Living on Someone Else's Obedience 46:14 13 - The Imputed Righteousness Excuse 48:09 14 - It Is Just the Preacher Saying It, He Didn't Prove It from the Bible 49:11 15 - Because of Exceptions to the Rule You Dismiss the Entire Obligation 51:23 16 - I Can't Understand It, So I Don't Need to Worry About It 52:21 17 - You Lie to Yourself About You Doing What You Are Not Truly Doing 53:28 18 - Others Do Not Obey So I Don't Need To 53:58 19 - I Am Partially Obeying So It Is OK... 55:10 22 - Doctrine Instead of Obedience 55:39 23 - Discouraged by Past Failures 57:07 24 - Disobeying God by Obeying Man-Made Legalistic Commandments 57:36 25 - Or the Scriptures Are So Broad in an Area That You Miss Applying It 58:48 26 - I Am in a Trial So God Cannot Expect Me to Obey in That Area 1:00:20 Where Can I Run Faster for Christ? 1:03:08 27 - Our Mindset of American Christianity Makes Us Not Think Like the Bible Does 1:07:29 Closing Prayer