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The Practical Christian: The Message of James is unavailable, but you can change that!

How does the Christian cope with the real world? How do we put our faith into action and live in anticipation of the Lord's return? The epistle of James is a manual for practical godliness. Everything is here, including facing trials, blaming God for misfortunes, snobbery, sharp tongues, faith and works, squabbling in churches, worldliness, and the use of money. In this searching and...

person who is only a hearer of God’s Word and the one who is both a hearer and a doer (1:23–25). The pedestrian paraphrase of 1:22 in the NIV must be set aside for the splendid accuracy of the AV (or any of RAV, NASB and RSV): ‘But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.’ We are better at spectating than participating. We love to watch others, but prefer to do nothing ourselves. I believe the greatest sorrow of true ministers
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