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Episodes 6. Boris Johnson returns to Downing Street as the government begins to ease restrictions. The Cummings Durham story comes out and forces Dom to address the rule violation. The situation in nursing homes and hospitals continues to deteriorate and the number of deaths increases.
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Jul 1, 2023 · The viewer of the latest biopic from Sky Atlantic “This England” is warned at the beginning that “This is a fiction based on real events”. The title of this six-episode serial, is borrowed ...
The Book of James – A Detailed Commentary Basic Training Bible Ministries Page 2 Introduction to James Background of the Book The Epistle of James is one of the general epistles, including 1 and 2 Peter, 1, 2 and 3 John, and Jude. These letters were sent out as circular epistles to be passed around and read in several locations. Authorship
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Sep 12, 2006 · A story about a troubled boy growing up in England, set in 1983. He comes across a few skinheads on his way home from school, after a fight. They become his new best friends even like family. Based on experiences of director Shane Meadows.
- God Is The Source of All Wisdom
- Testing and Trials
- Wealth and Oppression
- Material Things Will Not Last
- The Unjust Rich
- Everything Belongs to God
- Favoritism
- Godly Speech
- Faith and Good Deeds
- The Law
The Greek word for wisdom (sophia) occurs four times in the letter of James (1:5; 3:13, 15, 17). Wisdom is not a topic or theme of the book of James, but it is an assumed value essential for Christian living and under which all the various topics of the book are subsumed. James applied Jewish wisdom as it was developed and controlled by the teachin...
Our lives are full of trials. James understands the true goal of trials to be perseverance. And perseverance works toward spiritual maturity and wholeness, which James implies are worthy goals for Christians. He says that eternal life (“the crown which is life”) is the reward of those who persevere under trial. Professor Robert Wall says: “[James] ...
Socioeconomic disparity, both in society and in the church, seems to have been a major concern in James’s mind as he wrote this letter. He introduces the topic by leveling the differences between the “humble” and the rich when viewed from the perspective of spiritual realities (1:9–11). The humble believer—even though they may be dismissed by socie...
The poor, without material resources, have also received the riches of God’s grace in Christ. Furthermore, the rich and poor are alike in another way—both will pass away. Whatever protection the rich think their wealth will afford against the ups and downs of life, allowing them to live in relative luxury, is fleeting and temporary—their lives are ...
James does, however, issue a prophetic denouncement of those rich who have accumulated their wealth by the oppression and exploitation of others (5:1–6). The harsh pronouncement of their coming misery suggests that even self-professing Christians who have so unjustly earned their wealth at the expense of others have missed the point of the gospel a...
All of James’s discussion of wealth is intended to put the Christian’s resources, no matter how little or how much, under God’s sovereignty. To plan to do business and make money apart from recognition of God’s control over one’s life speaks of an evil arrogance that is incompatible with spiritual maturity (4:13–16). In our times of enormous corpor...
While favoritism may seem like a small infraction, James points out that showing favoritism, especially in the Christian community, is breaking the royal law, “Love your neighbor as yourself.” This command is second only to loving God wholeheartedly. Recognizing that the “royal law” sums up all of the commandments that govern relationships between ...
One of the New Testament’s foremost ethical concerns is how people, especially God’s people, use words. Speech is the primary way in which we interact with others, and it shapes our relationships day by day throughout our lives. James is particularly concerned with godly speech and lays out some principles: 1. Be quick to listen, slow to speak, and...
A faith that can look on others in need of food and shelter and pronounce a blessing without doing something to help provide their physical needs is not the kind of faith that saves (2:14–17). A faith that consists of mental assent to doctrinal statements but has no outward expression in life is not the kind of faith that saves (2:18–19). James giv...
James does not directly refer to the law of Moses. He refers to the law in other ways: 1. He speaks of “the perfect law that gives freedom” (1:24; 2:12). 2. In 2:8 he refers to “the royal law found in Scripture, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’” This is one of the two commands that Jesus said summed up all the Law and Prophets (Matthew 22:39; Mark...
Who Wrote The Book of James? And Who was Its Audience? Most scholars believe James, the oldest half-brother of Jesus, wrote this five-chapter book. It is thought that James did not initially believe in Jesus, but that he became a believer after Jesus’ resurrection when the risen Lord visited him.
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The Book of James explains how people get stuck in life and how to move on to spiritual maturity. James provides pieces that are vital to the Gospel of the Kingdom of God. James protects us from becoming content with a fruitless form of godliness. The key verses in James are James 1:21b-22.
