We live in a time of societal breakdown. Our institutions, authorities, and trusted figures have failed and crumbled in astonishing ways, making it obvious that we need a savior. David…
As the mother of the Lord Jesus Christ Mary is blessed among women. She received the good news of the incarnation of the Son of God and believed what the…
Faith drives faithfulness, and so those who trust in Christ are called to act on what they believe. James the son of thunder listened carefully to Jesus who warned His…
James tells the scattered brethren to count it all joy when facing all kinds of trials knowing they’ll receive the crown of life when it’s over. But believers are not…
People easily fall into one of two opposite errors when suffering. The first distances God from what is going on: perhaps He doesn’t know or doesn’t care or doesn’t exist.…
James doesn’t waste any time telling the brethren what things they will need to count all joy. Even though we are the most prosperous nation in history, we worry about…
The twelve tribes scattered in the diaspora faced loss of liberty, property, and sometimes life. In this they followed in the footsteps of Jesus who for the joy that was…
Packed with practical instruction, the book of James was written to Jewish Christians scattered and facing persecution in the early church. James has been called the Proverbs of the New…
The recovery of Scripture in the common languages during the Reformation set the church on fire. It birthed the doctrine of the priesthood of all believers. We are a Reformed…
God is a father—the Father—who both disciplines and delights, but far more He delights in His children. In this psalm David recounts his experience of falling into pride, confessing it…