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Please be patient… Progress & Change Not that many have noticed, but talkofJesus.com is about to begin our seventh year of publication this August. Few have noted more than 700 posts to date for a small but international readership. This Christian Social Witness began before that with a series of posts in the writer-unfriendly unlikable…
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But above all things, my brethren, swear not… James 5:12a KJV You had begun to count the barrage of important words to the congregation. “FINALLY,” says the preacher after a lengthy sermon, as our dull ears and glassy eyes slowly return, “point number nine.” Peter, Paul and others frequently conclude with ‘finally,’ James closes his…
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Our church receives a pastoral letter from James by messenger. We know James and trust his wisdom and leadership. He addresses us familially as brothers, opening with encouragement, ‘count it all joy when you experience trials.’ Come now, brothers, James urges, be wise, repent and do what the Lord wills. Unlike the church nearer the…
