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The book of James has aroused controversy throughout the church’s history. On the one hand, we are saved by grace. On the other, we must do good works. How do the two fit together? Verno Doerksen traces the interpretive history of the book of James, and helps modern readers make sense of what turns out to be a false distinction: grace and works go together.

GOD IS NOT TO BE BLAMED FOR TEMPTATION (1:13) As noted above, when one yields to temptation the natural inclination is to blame another and often ultimately to blame God. When God confronted Adam with his sin, Adam responded, “The woman whom Thou gavest to be with me, she gave me from the tree, and I ate” (Gen. 3:12). Evidently some of the readers were accusing God of tempting them. They might argue that since God sends trials, He is responsible for the temptations to sin that have been aroused by
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