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People James 5:13-14 13 Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing praise. 14 Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord.   James broken into C’s… Read More »

What are you putting off? James 4:17 17 So whoever knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin.   James broken into C’s James 1 is Confidence – What a Christian has (maturity, the word, good influence) James 2 is Compassion – What a Christian does James… Read More »

Worldliness James 4:4 [4] You adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.   James broken into C’s James 1 is Confidence – What a Christian has (maturity, the word, good influence)… Read More »

Carefully steering the tongue James 3:17-18 [17] But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and sincere. [18] And a harvest of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.   James broken into C’s James 1 is Confidence –… Read More »

Living (acting/working) Faith James 2:18-19 18 But someone will say, “You have faith and I have works.” Show me your faith apart from your works, and I will show you my faith by my works. 19 You believe that God is one; you do well. Even the demons believe—and shudder!   James broken into C’s… Read More »

What are you doing? James 2:8-10  8 If you really fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well. 9 But if you show partiality, you are committing sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors. 10 For whoever keeps the whole law but… Read More »

James 1 How to Really Change   “Preaching Before the Pit   During the last days the Third Reich, as the Nazi terror struggled in its final throes and allied bombs rained down on Stuttgart, Helmut Thielicke preached a remarkable series of sermons based on the Lord’s Prayer. These were days of uncertainty and death.… Read More »

Maturity James 1:2-4   2 Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, 3 for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. 4 And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.   In my opinion many of our… Read More »