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Jesus’ Half-Brothers Speak: James and Jude is unavailable, but you can change that!

James is a very practical book which emphasizes appropriate daily living. It is much like wisdom literature. Many of his teachings are paralleled in the sermon on the mount of Matthew 5 through 7. The book of Jude is a frightening book about the current danger of error, rebellion and judgment. Believers must always be on guard and remember that their protection is from God. The conclusion is one...

© “lacking in nothing” Notice that a mature Christian is described in three ways: (1) perfect (telos); (2) with integrity or complete (holoklēros cf. 1 Thess. 5:23); and (3) lacking in nothing (NJB “not deficient in any way”). Trials are God’s means of producing maturity (cf. Heb. 5:8–9). Maturity is not theological insight only, but daily faithful endurance! Maturity is who we are, not what we know! Its fruit is seen and developed in crisis. NASB (UPDATED) TEXT 1:5–8 5 But if any of you lacks wisdom,
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