Key Points Lessons and Teachings from James By Brother Michel Lankford A Personal Note: Hello and God bless you. What follows is a devotional Bible study of the book of James. Late last year, the Lord was impressing upon me that I should start reading certain books of Scripture, and keeping a "running…

“James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, “To the twelve tribes in the Dispersion: “Greetings.”[1] Whenever we read the letters of the New Testament, we are likely to hurry through the opening words treating them as unimportant formal details. Letter introductions in the ancient world usually…

THE LETTER OF JAMES Critical Introduction and Exegetical Notes Jimmy Dukes CRITICAL INTRODUCTION The Epistle of James, following the major Epistle to the Hebrews, is the first in a group of letters in the New Testament referred to as the General Epistles. These letters came to be called general epistles…

Have you ever met someone whose life was characterized by their prayer life? Prayer is a time of refreshment. Howard Taylor says of his father, Hudson Taylor, “For forty years the sun never rose on China that God didn’t find him on his knees.” —Howard Taylor, Hudson Taylor and the China Inland Mission…

James closes this letter in a non-typical way... James has modeled throughout his letter the mandate he gives his readers at the end of his letter! Systematically James has challenged the saints in their personal faith in the complete and finished work of Jesus Christ. This faith should not and cannot…

Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost We rejoice in Christ. He was crucified for us. He has risen for us. Esther spoke up for God’s people – ‘spare my people’(Esther 7:3). She spoke out against the enemy of God’s people – ‘A foe and enemy! This wicked Haman!’(Esther 7:6). The tables were turned on the enemy…

Introduction Twenty resolutions from the book of James - given in the style of a Jonathan Edwards sermon - that we need for living godly lives in the new year. Resolutions To ask God for wisdom to speak and act with a single mind (James 1:5). To demonstrate true humility by boasting only in Christ (James…

Last week we looked in depth at the first two points on prayer… Prayer is Pertinent Prayer Brings Healing Today we will look at the last two with a focus on a man named Elijah... Prayer Requires Faith Prayer is for All Believers “The world has yet to see what God can do with a man fully consecrated to…

March 7, 2012 By John Barnett Read, print and listen to this resource on our website www.DiscoverTheBook.org This morning we are starting a new study. Open with me to the first book written in our New Testaments, the book of James. To best help us start this study I did a personal interview with James…

Once more we start with another series and an apt one to follow Hebrews not only because they share the same Jewish character but also in that they share the same themes of encouraging perseverance and patience in spite of external pressures. But more so James is a treatise on the Christian way of living.…

James 5:19-20 gives the Christian 2 responses to the reality of false believers within the church.

April 10 2016

Today we begin a new series on Prayer called Prayer that Works. For the next several weeks we are going to look at different people that prayed in the Bible and look at the results they had. I would guess that probably all of us have struggled with prayer at one time or another. I can see it now, you…

James 1:1

Unlimited Access We used to go out to eat as a family every Saturday night. One restaurant we went to a lot was Libby’s Lakeside Restaurant where my dad and I would share a big steak every week. My dad is a bit of a talker and would always get wrapped up in a conversation at the end of dinner, so my…