This month we are considering “respectable sin” number seven – playing God – (or as my autocorrect preferred: playing golf !).
James 4v13-14 says: “Now listen, you who say, ‘Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money.’ Why you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.”
This is probably the most innocent looking symptom of all our adulterous dealings: the way we plan our lives.
Let your 'yes' be 'yes': The final challenge from James
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