Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit”—yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little […] Read more
An argument could be made that James should have ended his letter after he wrote, “And a harvest of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace” (James 4:12). He presented the problem with the tongue (3:1-12) and then offered the solution (4:1-12): God’s wisdom from above purifies […] Read more
Who is wise and understanding among you? By his good conduct let him show his works in the meekness of wisdom. But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast and be false to the truth. This is not the wisdom that comes down […] Read more
Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, for you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness. For we all stumble in many ways. And if anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle his whole […] Read more
What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him? I suppose this would be a good time to address the debate that seems to rage between these words of James and Paul’s words in Galatians regarding faith […] Read more