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I've been a pastor since 1976.īeginning in 1996 I've been conducting Internet Bible studies.

I hope you'll join me in this Bible study. I invite you to study the Letter of James with me over the I suspect both you and I need to come back to these and let He concludes these traits of a disciple with a call to Trusting in God rather than in wealth, and Living out the Christian faith in practical ways rather than just

Standing firm during trials and temptations,.

Over the course of this brief letter, James discusses key themes to help disciples mature in the faith: James' Letter speaks to building Christian character. Through all our rationalizations and defenses, and speaking to our hearts with Many have found it to be "a right convicting epistle." James has a way of slicing Since it didn't present salvation by grace as clearly as in Paul's letters. Martin Luther called James' Letter "a right strawy epistle" Jerusalem, helping to set the tone for the emerging Christian movement. After Christ's resurrection, however, he believed and became the lead pastor of the Church at During Jesus' ministry, James had been a skeptic. James was Jesus' brother, growing up in the same

Insists that Christian love can't just speak compassionate words to the hungry Talks about heart Christianity worked out in actions. It! His letter to the early Christian churches is practical and convicting. Himself, in the Pharisees, in everyday Christians - and he would have none of Oil on panel, 107x82.5 cm., Museo Nacional del Prado, Spain Peter Paul Reubens, 'Saint James the Less' (1610-1612),