Sermons on James
Pray for One Another
James gives us a picture of the church as a praying community—not a place where prayer is merely a phrase we use when we don’t know what else to say, but a family where life is brought honestly before God together.When someone is suffering, they pray. When someone is cheerful, they praise. When someone is weak or sick, they ask for help. When sin is present, it is confessed. And through it all, brothers and sisters pray for one another…
Faith Works
Easy believism. Cheap grace. It’s called by different names, but it’s been around for awhile, probably since the beginning of time. Some people claim to believe, but they don’t live like it. James apparently had people in his community of faith who made a big deal of their faith, but their lives didn’t show it. Some of them were showing favoritism to the rich, while others weren’t helping the needy even though they had the means to do it. To them…