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January 2015

January 14, 2015

Preaching Wisdom (Jonathan Storment)

This past Sunday I started preaching through the book of James for the first time...

November 2013

November 13, 2013

Two Strong Book Recommendations

So many books cross my desk that it's not even remotely possible to blog about...

January 2012

January 22, 2012

A Day with James at Parkview

Parkview Christian Church invited me to come spend a day with some folks for what...

July 2011

July 09, 2011

James, an interview

Mike Bird who, along with my colleague Joel Willitts, blogs here at Patheos at Euangelion,...

February 2011

February 27, 2011

Yes, it’s now available!

Kris just discovered the James commentary is now available... I got copies this week but...

July 2009

July 16, 2009

A Brother’s Wisdom 88

We come to the end: James 5:19-20: My brothers and sisters, if one of you should...

July 15, 2009

A Brother’s Wisdom 87

James explores healing through prayer and anointing. What he urges, and here we clearly hear...

July 14, 2009

A Brother’s Wisdom 86

We are looking at the last passage in James, James 5:13-20.James urges the messianic community...

July 13, 2009

A Brother’s Wisdom 85

We turn to our last week on the book of James, which we have explored...

July 09, 2009

A Brother’s Wisdom 84

Out of nowhere James says this in James 5:12:Above all, my brothers, do not swear--not...

July 08, 2009

A Brother’s Wisdom 83

I mentioned three possible responses to suffering yesterday but there is probably at least one...

July 07, 2009

A Brother’s Wisdom 82

There are three basic approaches to suffering: violent reaction, passive absorption, or the Jesus-following alternative...

July 06, 2009

A Brother’s Wisdom 81

We turn the corner now in our study of the letter of James from the...

July 02, 2009

A Brother’s Wisdom 80

Once again, James draws us into the world of Jesus. James 5:6 reads: "You have...

July 01, 2009

A Brother’s Wisdom 79

James personifies with a vivid imagination, something he perhaps learned from Jesus or one of...

June 2009

June 30, 2009

A Brother’s Wisdom 78

The words of James 5:1-6 are strong words, some of the strongest criticism of the...

June 29, 2009

A Brother’s Wisdom 77

A case can be made that the two most socially revolutionary passages in the New...

June 25, 2009

A Brother’s Wisdom 76

James doesn't mince his words into small bits that can be digested easy; he's on...

June 24, 2009

A Brother’s Wisdom 75

Instead of presuming on the future James advocates a providential approach to our future. Here...

June 23, 2009

A Brother’s Wisdom 74

James assaults the hybris of the traveling merchants for their presumption, and his response to...

June 22, 2009

A Brother’s Wisdom 73

The sin of presumption, the sin of thinking our future is in our hands and...

June 18, 2009

A Brother’s Wisdom 72

We turn now to a new section in James, to James 4:13--5:6. There are two...

June 17, 2009

A Brother’s Wisdom 71

Preachers and teachers (and writers and bloggers) need this reminder from James 4:12: There is...

June 16, 2009

A Brother’s Wisdom 70

James says something in James 4:11 that can be confusing:Brothers, do not slander one another....

June 15, 2009

A Brother’s Wisdom 69

James at times narrows his focus on the teachers, the tongue of a teacher, and...

June 09, 2009

A Brother’s Wisdom 66

The following words, however clear they might be in an English translation like the TNIV,...

June 08, 2009

A Brother’s Wisdom 65

James finds evidence of a problem in the messianic community, especially among the teachers, and...

June 04, 2009

A Brother’s Wisdom 64

I don't think prayer is mechanical. That is, I don't think if we "do" things...

June 03, 2009

A Brother’s Wisdom 63

What is it that leads Christians -- those who say they are following Jesus --...

June 02, 2009

A Brother’s Wisdom 62

We need now to turn to the sadness of how the church appears to many,...