SERIES: HOW FAITH WORKS LESSON 4: WHERE EVERYBODY MATTERS Text for This Study: James 2:1-13 1. Every act of kindness one human being shows to another is evidence of our “likeness to God” breaking through. Can you recall a situation from personal experience or a neighbor-to-neighbor story from the past
Continue readingSERIES: HOW FAITH WORKS LESSON THREE: GOD IS NOT YOUR ENEMY Text for This Study: James 1:13-27 1. The subject shifts from “trials” (i.e., stresses, life challenges) to “temptations” (i.e., enticements to do evil) at verse 13. How do both work to undermine faith? Lead one to think “God has
Continue readingSeries Title: How Faith Works Lesson Two: “Living Above Your Circumstances” (James 1:2-12) 1. The first 12 verses of this letter describe a “scattered” or “dispersed” church. What had caused so many Christians to flee their Jerusalem homes? Read Acts 8:1ff; 11:19; 12:1-4. 2. What sort of disruption had this
Continue readingSERIES: HOW FAITH WORKS – THE EPISTLE OF JAMES Beginning Wednesday, March 3, Rubel Shelly launches a three-month online study called How Faith Works. The class will be an exegetical study of the Epistle of James. James highlights the two central themes of Christian faith: holiness and compassion, love for
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