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These few highlights are from our concluding podcast message on the epistle of James. If you’ve followed these 8 or 9 teachings, you’ve already heard me say that James, the half-brother of Jesus, had a very specific theme in mind when he wrote, a class-less Christianity. In his last chapter, he pulled out all the …
Continue reading "James on Justice (An Appeal for Classless Christianity) James 5:7-20"
Here we are finally in the last chapter of James making a slow descent toward the runway to land this thing. We’ll be taking just the first half of chapter 5 today and finishing up next time. As I’ve been saying all along, James’ letter addresses and undresses classism, the idea and lifestyle that one …
Continue reading "James on Justice (An Appeal for Classless Christianity) James 5:1-6"
This is the 7th in a series of posts on the epistle of James. I put the highlights here in the blog and then unpack it in my podcast. I encourage you to listen to it in order to connect the dots and get the meat of the teaching. A lot of Christians seem to …
Continue reading "James on Justice (An Appeal for Classless Christianity) James 4:1-17"
We’re doing a commentary through the book of James with an emphasis on justice and the kind of Christianity that treats people equally––a “Classless Christianity.” I put some of the highlights here in the blog to pique your interest enough to check out my brief audio teaching on these key verses. Classism is when those …
Continue reading "James on Justice (An Appeal for Classless Christianity) James 2:8-26"
I couldn’t help but share a piece from Woody Allen’s book, Getting Even, and make a few select comments of my own. Allen’s hilarious satire contains excerpts from what he calls the memoirs of Hitler’s barber named “Friedrich Schmeed,” whom he labels "the best-known barber in wartime Germany." In one passage, Allen quotes the barber as …
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