James 2:17: “Your Faith is Dead as a Door Nail!”

What was seen in the individual in the example of vss. 15-16 is now applied to the specific faith that the individual in vs. 14 claimed to have. What we see is that faith without works is just like words without deeds. The words of the uncaring person who fails to act to help a [...]

Don’t stop for a Cup of Coffee while the house is on fire

If you are here reading this right now, you probably shouldn’t be. I don’t have too much to say today (I have too much to do though), besides all the real blog action is going on at the new pyromaniacS sight (see also the link on the sidebar).In case you have not seen, Phil Johnson [...]

A couple of new links

Today I have invested my “blog time” into a little blog up-keep (which is different from blog up-chuck). I have included a couple of new links, and I have reformatted how my links appear on the sidebar. I just felt a little strange having the Late Show Top Ten right right under some more edifying [...]

What is up with this?

I came across this Sermonvia James White, and his web-site. Let me give you the 411 on it before you just skip over the link. This is a sermon delivered in the Vatican before the pope on salvation by faith alone. Here is an excerpt of the message:“Gratuitous justification through faith in Christ is the [...]

James 2:15-16: A Practical Test From a Practical Man

What follows are some thoughts, and notes on James 2:15-16.
*James was well aware of the inadequacy of this profession of faith, but like a practical man he proposes a practical test to prove his point.*
In these verses James gives us a concrete example of the abstract principle we learned of in verse 14. This is [...]

James 2:14

The Question: is faith without works of any profit?There are some saying that they have faith but do not have works.

The first thing that we need to do to understand this passage is define exactly what kind of faith James is talking about. Notice that James says that this hypothetical person claims to have faith. [...]

An Short Introductory Post to James 2:14-17

I am planning on doing a series of post on James 2:14-17. Before I get into the passage I just had a few introductory thoughts that might set the table for a study of this passage.

James 2:14-17

What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that [...]