Pastor John MacArthur will take you through the book of James, passage by passage, so that you can better understand this short but powerful book and how James gives us practical guidance on issues that also measure our true faith and our ...
James: The Brother of Jesus
The Exegetical Guide to the Greek New Testament: James is the second book in a projected series of twenty volumes that seeks to bring together classroom, study, and pulpit by providing the student or pastor with information that is helpful ...
In this commentary Douglas Moo allows James's words to cut through our theological debates, our personal preconceptions, our spiritual malaise and return us to an invigorating, transforming Christianity.
We all want a faith that won't let us down in times of trouble or loss, uncertainty or fear. A faith that can pull us through the worst--and best--times in our lives. This is the kind of faith that James writes about.
This book uncovers the beautiful harmony between faith and works, showing each to be an essential aspect of the Christian life.
Through clear exposition and application questions, Gilbert helps us rightly understand the book of James, which was written to fortify the connection between genuine faith and heartfelt obedience. Part of the Knowing the Bible series.
In this comprehensive biblical commentary, Joyce Meyer offers you practical insights for studying the book of James, with room for personal reflections that will help you grasp the truths in God's Word.
The book of James calls Christians to demonstrate their faith in practical ways in the world around them. Studying James helps prove the reality of faith through sound actions, attitudes, and words in everyday life. 5 SESSIONS.
“Every generous act of giving and every perfect gift” can also include good gifts outside the realm of Christian faith, including Shakespeare, art, and other religious All good gifts around us traditions.4 Furthermore, God is are sent ...
5. Ralph Martin , Word Biblical Commentary , Volume 8 , James ( Waco , TX : Word , 1988 ) , p . 108 : “ the serious nature of assuming teaching responsibility was a widely known matter ( cf. Matthew 23 : 1-33 ; Luke 20:47 ) . ” 6.
To read the Greek text of James is to face a rugged style and brief phrasing that match the fervency of the letter's meaning. The book of James powerfully exhorts the earliest Christian believers to faithful living.
12 The two descriptions of the tongue that complete the verse may be in apposition to tongue (nrsv – 'a restless evil, full of deadly poison'), but it is probably better to see a new sentence beginning here: It is a restless evil, ...
Internationally respected Bible teacher Warren Wiersbe opens your mind and heart to the riches of God's Word in a new series of Bible study books for a new generation of Christ's followers.
He convincingly argues that faith plays a central role in the letter. McCartney writes lucidly and clearly while ably surveying various interpretations. This work is exegetically rewarding, theologically rooted, and pastorally wise.
See how one glimpse of the resurrected Savior turned an unbeliever into a disciple. Bible scholars compare James to the prophet Amos. In other ways, James more closely resembles the Book of Proverbs than any other New Testament book.
James
We don’t wake up wise, and faith is not a reflex. James, a pastor in biblical times, recognized this as he wrote the book of James. His letter confronts the confidence we place in our own capacity for wisdom and faith.
No commentary drives home the significance of these instructions better than Dr. Richardson's. He has offered Bible students a thought-provoking and compelling examination of this wonderfully unsettling book.
This second-edition volume in the storied Tyndale New Testament Commentary series includes a new extensive introduction, analysis and section-by-section commentary of the book of James.