in James
James 1:9-11: Money as a Means of Grace
Why is money so hard to talk about? James says it’s because money is a window into the heart: it shows what we really trust and treasure. Thomas works through James’s warning that riches fade...
in James
James 1:5-8: Praying in Hard Times
But I don’t know how, James expects us to object to his opening call to count trials as joy, Nick says. He works through James’s answer: ask God for wisdom, and ask in faith without...
in James
James 1:2-4: True Religion in Testing Times
Whenever we use pain as an excuse to sin, Nick says, we’ve forgotten the whole point of this life. He opens James’s teaching on trials, and why testing is meant to produce steadfastness rather than...
in James
James 1:1: Introduction to James (new series)
James was known to his friends simply as the Just, murdered for loving and upholding God’s law, Thomas says, opening with the account of James’s martyrdom. He introduces the letter of James by way of...