Our culture has taught us each to pursue our own happiness; in its worst form this is what James describes as wisdom from below. Rather, he offers wisdom from above and it’...
read moreIn a world where the only real word is death which leads to hopelessness, the Christian has hope because Jesus has been raised from the dead. It’s for this reason James ca...
read moreIn a world of words James calls the Christian community to a more silent and active faith
read moreFor Christian faith to be genuine it must be lived. We don’t need to fear a works based faith because works do not save only Jesus does, but the other side of that salvati...
read moreJames reminds us that even as Christians our human tendency will be to evaluate and treat people differently. When we do that in our congregations we are judging people inapprop...
read moreLife isn’t fair. Everyone goes through hard times and difficulties–that includes Christians. So, how are Christians supposed to respond when times are tough?
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