Tag: James 2
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James 2 v14-26: faith without deeds is dead
When I was 11, my class had a discussion about what it takes to get into heaven. Most of my peers thought that, in Christianity, if you’re basically a good person, you go to heaven. It’s your behaviour that wins the favour of God and puts in you in a nice place when you die.…
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James 2 v1-13: don’t be a snob
The first half of James chapter 2 is a tough one. I suspect we all use “heuristics” – or rules of thumb – to work out our view of other people. We look at people’s clothes and appearance and work out class or intelligence or job or affluence or likability. If we work a room…