June 7, 2024 James 3:7-12 Verses 7-8 In verse 8, James says that no one can tame the tongue. Now this feels like an extreme and even hopeless statement…
June 7, 2024 James 3:1-6 Verse 1 In these first two chapters of James, the author James will often throw out the phrase, my brothers or beloved brothers when…
June 6, 2024 James 2:20-26 In verse 20, James gets very direct and says, “Do you want to be shown, you foolish person, that faith apart from works is…
June 6, 2024 James 2:18-19 James knows that there will be people who say, you can’t judge my faith just because I don’t have outward works. Maybe not everyone’s…
June 6, 2024 James 2:14-17 James writes, “if someone says, “I have faith in Christ and yet their life does not show any evidence of the works of Christ.”…
June 6, 2024 Commentary on 2 John Many believe that the author of this book is the Apostle John – the same John who authored the Gospel of John, 1 John,…
June 6, 2024 James 2:8-13 Verse 8 In verse 8, James takes us to the command of God that is the reason why we do not show partiality. Under…
June 6, 2024 James 2:1-7 James jumps right into his next topic in this letter with these words: show no partiality as you hold the faith in our Lord…
June 5, 2024 James 1:22-25 James says be quick to hear the word of God but then he says don’t just hear it, be doers of the word or…
June 5, 2024 James 1:16-18 The phrase “do not be deceived” is literally ‘STOP being deceived.” Most likely James is writing with knowledge of Christians who were blaming God…
