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James
The letter of James delivers a clear message: faith in Jesus Christ must shape how we live. James calls individual believers and the church to live with integrity, ensuring that belief and knowledge are reflected in words and actions. Although the letter is sometimes perceived as disjointed pieces of advice, this commentary contends that James has a coherent message intended to prod the church toward greater faithfulness and to encourage people to follow Jesus in all of life. The intensely practical letter is not merely a checklist of rules to follow to be “good people.” Rather, it is rooted in God’s grace, goodness, and generosity and in the good news that we are made new through the ...
James
"Hartin's study begins with a detailed examination of the letter's literary background and its relationships within the context of the Jewish, Hellenistic, and emerging Christian worlds. From this examination James emerges clearly as a writing at home within the world of Jewish-Christianity. Those complex issues of genre, authorship, and readership are examined, and Hartin argues convincingly that James is an early writing, stemming from the authority of James, the brother of the Lord, who writes to those Jewish-Christians in the dispersion of northern Syria."--BOOK JACKET.
The Jurist
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James, the Apostle of Faith
The epistle of James is often poorly understood. Beyond questions of authorship and dating, its contents are troubling. Its powerful accusations of sin seem to overshadow the Gospel. For this reason Luther called it an epistle of straw and questioned whether it should be in the Bible at all. Author David Scaer thinks differently, and he shares his insights with us in 'James, the Apostle of Faith'. As the title indicates, faith in Christ and the comforting Gospel are prominent in many places throughout this epistle. Far from being a dreary series of moralisms, James is filled with references to the atonement, faith, and forgiveness - the sublime Gospel themes of the New Testament. Particularl...
The Scottish Jurist
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