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We need to recognize the “celebrity mentality” common in the church today. Our attitude toward ourselves and one another should be formed by a right understanding of God’s kingdom. We should find our sense of belonging and affirmation there alone.

We must let the word of God address our hearts and respond not it resistance but submission. This will change our moral outlook and actions and bring them in line with God’s perspective and purpose.

When James laid hold of the true goodness of God in Jesus Christ, he was totally changed. The areas in which he was deceived about God’s nature and purpose were exposed. He left them behind and came to really know God, the only source of truth and righteousness. We too must leave behind wrong belief…

We know that injustice and imbalance of power is the norm in the world today. But it also exists in the church. We must learn to see God’s view of us and embrace our true place with Him. Only then can we address justice issues and respond rightly.

Wisdom concerns the clear thinking and power necessary to make right moral choices. We all need to know how to “do life” in the face of the pressures around us in our day. James instructs us in how to receive from God what we need to make right choices, especially when we are under trials.

James was transformed from an unbelieving half-brother into a fully committed servant of Jesus as his Lord. He calls us to embrace the same journey through the trials, enduring the suffering to reach maturity in Christ.

James was known as “James the just”. He was focused on making sure the people in the churches were not deceived by popular culture but were grounded in a true knowledge of a real relationship with God as their good Father through Jesus Christ. The need for this certainty is no less true in our…