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Is there any useless religion around today? Do we see evidence of people merely going through the motions of religion, professing faith in Christ without any evidence of it showing up in their lives? If so, these are indications that we need the epistle of James today. Written by the half-brother of Jesus, this letter helps us attack stale, humdrum, useless religion. Among the many practical...

to liken the doubting person to one who is ‘like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind’ (v. 6). The picture James draws is of a cork bobbing in the waves, carried first towards the shore, then away from it. James adds to this picture by calling such a person ‘double-minded’ (v. 8). This is the man who is struggling with two minds. One mind tells him to trust God, but he no sooner resolves to do so than the other mind begins to point him to all his problems and suggests that they are too
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