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James says that if you do this, you can’t call yourself a Christian.   And it’s not what you think.  In fact, you probably are doing it.

The advice that James gives here is rich, following what he recommends in this first chapter will take time and effort, and will change your life.

I did some quick “back of the napkin” calculations about Pauls’ first missionary journey, and here’s what I found out.

Not much is known about the five men who led the church in Antioch, but when they prayed something happened that changed the world as we know it.

You might think that politicians have become corrupt and pandering in our time, but this passage assures us that there have been politicians like that since the beginning.

As he traveled, he witnessed the Holy Spirit do incredible things, but when he returned home the critics were waiting.

Powerful Roman commander living in a thriving, multicultural port city requests an audience with a small town fisherman who will shortly be considered an enemy of the state.   What happens next changes history.

He hated Christians with a passion.  Carrying letters of approval from regional authorities he came to town intent on capturing or killing every single last Christian in the place.  What happened next no one could have predicted.

We don’t hear much about Phillip, but in this chapter he’s front and center.   It makes me wonder how many events will be celebrated in heaven that human history has forgotten.

They asked him to defend himself, and the answer that he gave couldn’t have been more brilliant if he had written it out weeks in advance.   Here’s what he said: