If anyone thinks he is religious… James 1:26a Religion has often gotten a bad reputation, and it is sometimes well-deserved given the frequent hypocrisy riddling the headlines. But this is nothing new. The world has long been full of people who call themselves religious but who, upon closer inspection, reek of unchanged and sinful behaviors.… Continue reading James 1:26-2:13 – The Religious and Their Religion
Month: August 2021
James 1:22-25 – Hearing and Doing…or Not.
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… Continue reading James 1:22-25 – Hearing and Doing…or Not.
James 1:19-21 – Be Quick…Be Slow…But When?
Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger; for the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God. Therefore put away all filthiness and rampant wickedness and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls. James 1:19-21 Let… Continue reading James 1:19-21 – Be Quick…Be Slow…But When?
James 1:16-18 – The Good and Perfect Gift from Above
Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers. Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change. Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of… Continue reading James 1:16-18 – The Good and Perfect Gift from Above