James is drawing to a close. He has called Christians to desist from living life without faith: they trusted Jesus to save them; they must trust him still in the midst of trials.
Patient, persevering faith
Two tests of faith
To illustrate his point about the relationship between faith and works, James calls to mind two characters from the Old Testament: Abraham and Rahab.
Faith: dead or alive?
James’s Christian friends are struggling with hardship and difficulty. In such situations, it’s easy to react in ordinary human ways which, often, lead us down into sin
What is truth?
Christians believe things that other people find hard to accept and off-putting. Maybe you personally have found this…