poverty – A Taste of Grace with Bruce Green

The Way Out Is Always Up

Here’s a quick look at some context for the letter of James that I think will be helpful for framing its words and applying its teaching to our lives. James is writing to dispersed people experiencing trials. The history of Jewish dispersion began in the middle of the eighth century BC with the Assyrians and later continuedContinue reading “The Way Out Is Always Up”

Connecting the Dots

It seems to me that James receives some bad press for not being as linear as we’d like him to be. One writer remarks, “It is difficult, if not impossible, to extract from it a continuous and coherent plan. Its sections follow one another with a certain disconnectedness.” Another uses the word “rambling” in regardContinue reading “Connecting the Dots”