Introducing James

Speaker: Pastor Joshua Hughes

Text: James 1:1-18

Big idea of James - A worked out faith will transform our ways - including our words, our wealth, and even our woes.

1. James’ bio

2 James’ burden

Reasons we should not be reluctant to affirm James as a Christian book:

a) Arguments from silence are generally unpersuasive.

b) James’ ethics are rooted in a backward look to the finished work of Christ.

c) James ethics are rooted in a forward look to the return of Christ.

d) Christ is present in James, even when not named.

e) James and Paul don’t actually disagree.

f) James and Jesus are in lock step.

3. James’ bailiwick

- on wealth

- on words

- on woes