My hearers, can they who are dead to sin live any longer therein? Can they whose temper necessarily and uniformly includes a hatred to every wicked and false way be still found to delight in pursuing them? (Can he whose heart is filled with love to God frequently and habitually allow himself to practice those [...]
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Faith Shown by Works
Posted in Book of James, Samuel Miller on January 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Calvin on James on Joy
Posted in Book of James, John Calvin on January 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
2. All joy. The first exhortation is to bear trials with a cheerful mind. And, it was especially necessary, at that time, to comfort the Jews, almost overwhelmed, as they were, with troubles. For, the very name of the nation was so infamous that they were hated and despised by all people wherever they went; [...]
Calvin’s Commentaries Week – 4
Posted in Book of James, John Calvin on September 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It appears, from the writings of Jerome and Eusebius, that this Epistle was not formerly received by many Churches, without opposition. There are also, at this day, some who do not think it entitled to authority. I, however, am inclined to receive it without controversy because I see no just cause for rejecting it. For, [...]
The Person of James
Posted in Book of James, David P. Scaer on August 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The author of the first pastoral epistle is James, the half-brother of the Lord. This view, not without some wide scholarly support, opens to us the world in which Jesus lived. New Testament research attempts to isolate the earliest layers of tradition later incorporated in the gospels. The search for the earliest connections with the [...]
For the Lord’s Day (30)
Posted in Book of James, For the Lord's Day on August 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone among you cheerful? Let him sing psalms. Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer of faith will save the [...]
