Soaring Eagle Inspirations

HOW TO MEASURE HUMILITY! Shirley MacLaine, the Oscar-winning actress, was a spokeswoman for the new-age, self-consumed philosophy of her day. The Los Angeles Times reported an interview in which she said: "The most pleasurable journey you take is through yourself. . .the only sustaining love is within your-self. When you look back on your life and try to figure out where you've been and where you are going, when you look at your work, your marriages, your children, yo

"BREAKING UP IS HARD TO DO" "What causes fights and quarrels among you?" (James 4:1). This is a question that the Apostle James asked his Christian readers, for he knew it is one we can all relate to. It is the kind of question that should come from the heart of any sincere follower of Jesus who truly wants to know how to live in a way that pleases the Lord. Another way of wording this question is, "What causes all the disputes that are going on?" It doesn't take a

THE WISE AND THE OTHERWISE! From James 3:13-18, I could have chosen titles such as "Who Is The Wise Guy", "How Wise Are You?" or "True Wisdom Versus False Wisdom" for they all accurately convey the basic tenet of this passage. It may seem that James completely abandoned his subject (the proper use of the human tongue) and went off onto other things, because in the verses of this section of the chapter, he speaks about WISDOM. However, as he dialed in on WISDOM, he sti