Words: A sermon based on James 2:14-26
I remember at the beginning of our look at the book of James, Joe described how reading James is a bit like opening yourself up for a bit of a beating. That’s been my experience as we’ve been exploring this book these past few weeks. James isn’t trying to gently woo his listeners with his sweet words. He gets right to it and calls us all out on the gap between who we say we are on one hand and how we act on the other. Throughout the letter you can see that it matters dearly t