Welcome To Saint James Church

In this video Pastor Ted Haggard describes some of the foundations of why others think Christians are arrogant and have become a hate group. Here he talks about building respectful, authentic relationships with others rather than seeing non-Christians as subjects who need to be persuaded and conquered.
01:05 Where did this position of Christian hate come from?
02:14 Eph. chapter 1 talks about God chose us before the world was formed.
03:32 We need to stop thinking "us" and "them", as Christians, we are all saints and sinners at the same time.

Ted Haggard believes that using wisdom and discretion in our speech is constructive. In this video he communicates that it is ill advised for anyone to say everything they think. That is a mark of immaturity and poor training. James 3:6 says, "And the tongue is a flame of fire. It is a whole world of wickedness, corrupting your entire body. It can set your whole life on fire, for it is set on fire by hell itself." Ted has been accused of not saying everything he thinks, but instead trying to say what he believes is appropriate. Here he gives his response. He encourages all of us to use our words to encourage.