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@faith-that-works

Tendai Moyo

The letter of James: practical faith, the tongue, wealth, and works for everyday discipleship.

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  • A Small Fire in a Big Forest

    James writes like someone who does not trust our bigger metaphors. He does not say the tongue is a weapon or a shield. He gives it an image small enough to actually be true, and then snatches it away:

    james, tongue, speech

  • Favoritism in the Front Row: James 2 and the Gold Ring

    Jewelry. The kind of ring James puts on the visitor a congregation is tempted to seat well. James gives a specific, embarrassingly concrete scenario: a man with gold rings and fine clothing walks

    james, justice, church, study

  • A Spark in the Forest (James 3:1-12)

    James opens his chapter on speech by warning the people whose words travel furthest: "Not many of you should become teachers" (James 3:1 English - ESV). Then come three pictures in quick successio

    james, speech, wisdom, study

  • Dead or Alive: What James Actually Means by "Faith Without Works"

    James has made generations of readers nervous. "Faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead."James 2:17 English - ESV Is he arguing with Paul? Is salvation by works after all? Look at the

    james, faith, works, doctrine, +1

  • Faith Points at Its Hands

    "So also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead." James did not start an argument; he started an examination. The corpse that looks alive A doctrine with no hands is a corpse in a good

    james, works, faith