James Commentaries & Sermons

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Chart from recommended resource Jensen's Survey of the NT - used by permission
See also Overview Chart by Charles Swindoll

JAMES Faith for Living
Motives for Works	The Place of Works: Outward Demonstration of Inner Faith						Outreach of Works
Jas 1:1-18	Jas 1:19-2:13		Jas 2:14-25	Jas 3:1-12	Jas 3:13-4:12	Jas 4:13-5:12	Jas 5:13-19
Trials & Temptations	Word & Works		Faith & Works	Tongue	Wars	Future	Others
Faith In Testings	Fulfill	Favor	Fallacy	Fountain	Factions	Faith and the Future	Faith and our Fellowship
Faith In Testings	FAITH AT WORK					Faith and the Future	Faith and our Fellowship

Key Words -- See importance of key words - learn how to mark key words and the associated discipline of how to interrogate them with 5W/H questions. Practice "interrogating" key words as well as term of conclusion (therefore), term of explanation (for), terms of purpose or result (so that, in order that, that, as a result), terms of contrast (but, yet), expressions of time (including then; until, after) and terms of comparison (like, as). You will be amazed at how your Teacher, the Holy Spirit, will illuminate your understanding, a spiritual blessing that will grow the more you practice! Be diligent! Consider the "5P's" - Pause to Ponder the Passage then Practice it in the Power of the Spirit. See also inductive Bible study - observation (Observe With a Purpose), Interpretation (Keep Context King, Read Literally, Compare Scripture with Scripture, Consult Conservative Commentaries), and then be a doer of the Word with Application. Do not overlook "doing the word" for if you do you are deluding yourself, and are just a "smarter sinner," but not more like the Savior! As Jesus said "blessed are those who hear the word of God, and observe it." (Lk 11:28+, cf James 1:22+),

See discussion of marking key words. Observation Worksheet on James with double spaced text for marking Key Words, Making lists, taking notes that you can later transfer to your Bible

Perfect - James 1:4 James 1:17 James 1:25 James 3:2
Sin - James 1:15 James 2:9 James 4:8 James 4:17 James 5:13 James 5:15 James 5:16 James 5:20
Riches - James 1:10 James 1:11 James 2:5 James 2:6 James 5:1 James 5:2
Faith (faith 16x/12v) - James 1:3 James 1:6 James 2:1 James 2:5 James 2:14 James 2:17 James 2:18 James 2:19 James 2:20 James 2:22 James 2:23 James 2:24 James 2:26 James 5:15
Believe - James 2:19, James 2:23
Works - James 2:14 James 2:17 James 2:18 James 2:20 James 2:21 James 2:22 James 2:24 James 2:25 James 2:26
Do - James 1:16; James 2:1; James 2:7; James 2:11; James 2:16; James 2:19; James 3:14; James 4:2; James 4:3; James 4:4; James 4:5; James 4:11; James 4:14; James 4:15; James 4:17; James 5:9; James 5:12
Judge - James 2:4 James 2:12 James 2:13 James 3:1 James 4:11 James 4:12 James 5:9 James 5:12
Law (12x/8v) - James 1:25 James 2:8 James 2:9 James 2:10 James 2:11 James 2:12 James 4:11 James 4:12
Say - James 1:13 James 2:3 James 2:14 James 2:16 James 2:18 James 2:23 James 3:2 James 4:6 James 4:13 James 4:15
Bless/Blessed/Blessing - James 1:12 James 1:25 James 3:9 James 3:10 James 5:11
Fruit - James 1:18 James 3:17 James 3:18 James 5:18

Introduction to James by Dr John MacArthur: Title, Author, Date, Background, Setting, Historical, Theological Themes, Interpretive Challenges, Outline by Chapter/Verse. Excellent overview.

James, with its devotion to direct, pungent statements on wise living, is reminiscent of the book of Proverbs. It has a practical emphasis, stressing not theoretical knowledge, but godly behavior. James wrote with a passionate desire for his readers to be uncompromisingly obedient to the Word of God. He used at least 30 references to nature (e.g., “wave of the sea” [1:6]; “reptile” [3:7]; and “heaven gave rain” [5:18]), as befits one who spent a great deal of time outdoors. He complements Paul’s emphasis on justification by faith with his own emphasis on spiritual fruitfulness demonstrating true faith.

There are a number of ways to outline the book to grasp the arrangement of its content. One way is to arrange it around a series of tests by which the genuineness of a person’s faith may be measured.

Introduction (James 1:1)
I. The Test of Perseverance in Suffering (James 1:2–12)
II. The Test of Blame in Temptation (James 1:13–18)
III. The Test of Response to the Word (James 1:19–27)
IV. The Test of Impartial Love (James 2:1–13)
V. The Test of Righteous Works (James 2:14–26)
VI. The Test of the Tongue (James 3:1–12)
VII. The Test of Humble Wisdom (James 3:13–18)
VIII. The Test of Worldly Indulgence (James 4:1–12)
IX. The Test of Dependence (James 4:13–17)
X. The Test of Patient Endurance (James 5:1–11)
XI. The Test of Truthfulness (James 5:12)
XII. The Test of Prayerfulness (James 5:13–18)
XIII. The Test of True Faith (James 5:19, 20)

The International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia states: “The Epistle of James is the most Jewish writing in the New Testament. The Gospel according to Matthew was written for the Jews. The Epistle to the Hebrews is addressed explicitly to them. The Apocalypse is full of the spirit of the Old Testament. The Epistle of Jude is Jewish too. Yet all of these books have more of the distinctively Christian element in them than we can find in the Epistle of James. If we eliminate two or three passages containing references to Christ, the whole epistle might find its place just as properly in the Canon of the Old Testament as in that of the New Testament, as far as its substance of doctrine and contents is concerned. That could not be said of any other book in the New Testament. There is no mention of the incarnation or of the resurrection, the two fundamental facts of the Christian faith. The word ‘gospel’ does not occur in the epistle. There is no suggestion that the Messiah has appeared and no presentation of the possibility of redemption through Him.”

Douglas J. Moo, in his commentary on James, writes about the background of the epistle: “The epistle of James has had a controversial history. Along with 1 and 2 Peter, 1, 2 and 3 John, and Jude, it belongs to that category of New Testament epistles called ‘general’ or ‘catholic’ (in the sense of ‘universal’) (See catholic epistles). This designation was given to these seven letters early in the history of the church because each appears to be addressed to the church at large rather than to a single congregation. These letters also shared an uncertain status in many areas of the early church. Along with Hebrew and Revelation, several of them were the last to achieve generally recognized canonical status. In the case of James, it was not until the end of the fourth century that both eastern and western Christendom acknowledged it as Scripture...James, said Luther, ‘mangles the Scriptures and thereby opposes Paul and all Scripture’ … and he characterized the letter as ‘an epistle of straw.’ Along with Jude, Hebrews and Revelation, therefore, Luther consigned James to the end of his German translation of the New Testament. But, while Luther obviously had difficulties with James and came close to giving the letter a secondary status, his criticism should not be overdrawn. He did not exclude James from the canon and, it has been estimated, cites of half the verses of James as authoritative in his writings. Even ‘the epistle of straw’ reference must be understood in its context: Luther is not dismissing James as worthless, but contrasting it unfavorably with the ‘chief books’ (John’s Gospel, 1 John, Paul’s epistles [especially Romans, Galatians and Ephesians] and 1 Peter), which show you Christ and teach you all that is necessary and salutary for you to know, even if you were never to see or hear any other book or doctrine.’ Therefore, Luther says of James elsewhere, ‘I cannot include him among the chief books, though I would not prevent anyone from including or extolling him as he pleases, for there are otherwise many good sayings in him.’ Few of the other reformers followed Luther in his criticism of James. Calvin, for instance, while admitting that James ‘seems more sparing in proclaiming the grace of Christ than it behooved an apostle to be,’ notes that ‘it is not surely required of all to handle the same arguments.’ He accepted the apostolic authority of James and Paul on the issue of justification. Calvin’s approach is surely the correct one. In hindsight, we can see that Luther’s excitement over his ‘discovery’ of the doctrine of justification by faith and is polemical context prevented him from taking a balanced approach to James and some other New Testament books. With greater knowledge of the Jewish background of James, and at a distance of several centuries from the battles Luther was fighting, we can appreciate the way James and Paul complement one another. Their opponents are different, and their arguments accordingly different, but each makes an important contribution to our understanding of faith.”

J Sidlow Baxter - We can scarcely agree with those who say that the epistle is "almost impossible to analyze." It is not simply a chain of one-after-another thoughts; there are easily distinguishable areas.

Chapter 1 is decidedly about temptation and considerations associated with it (see James 1:2,12,13,14; then James 1:17, which assures us that, other than temptation, only good comes from above). The first proof of true faith, says James, is endurance of temptation.
Chapter 2 is equally clearly devoted to impartial benevolence, as a further proof of true faith (see specially verses 1-4,14-18)
Chapter 3 follows with its unsparing, graphic deliverance on control of the tongue, as another proof of true Christian faith. It has been truly said that there is scarcely a more "burning and scorching" paragraph in the New Testament.
The remainder of the letter (James 4:1-5:6) exhorts us to godliness in all things-in a series of flashlights on successive aspects.

There is no need here for a closer analysis. Let us clearly see the central stem and its main outreachings:

THE EPISTLE OF JAMES Theme: The Proofs of Faith

Proof 1 - ENDURANCE OF TEMPTATION (James 1).
Proof 2 - IMPARTIAL BENEVOLENCE (James 2).
Proof 3 - CONTROL OF THE TONGUE (James 3).
Proof 4 - GODLINESS IN ALL THINGS (James 4:1-5:6).
Final encouragements,James 5:7-20. (Explore the Book-J. Sidlow Baxter-recommended)

Henrietta Mears - The book of James is the most practical of all the Epistles, and has been called “A Practical Guide to Christian Life and Conduct.” This book is the Proverbs of the New Testament. It is filled with moral precepts. It states the ethics of Christian faith. It is full of figures and metaphors. It is often quite dramatic in style. It compels the reader to think. Hebrews presents doctrine; James presents deeds. They go together in vital Christian faith. Some people have suggested that there is a conflict between what Paul and James have to say, but only superficial reading of both would warrant that accusation. Paul says, “Take the gospel in.” James says, “Take it out.” Paul saw Christ in the heavens, establishing our righteousness. James saw Him on the earth, telling us to be as perfect as His Father in heaven is perfect. Paul dwells on the source of our faith. James tells about the fruit of our faith. One lays the foundations in Christ; the other builds the superstructure. Christ is both “the author and finisher” (Hebrews 12:2) of our faith. Not only believe that fact, but live it! Although Paul lays great stress upon justification by faith, we have noticed in his epistles, especially in Titus, that he emphasizes good works. It is an astounding fact that while Paul uses the expression “rich in good works” (1 Timothy 6:18), James uses “rich in faith” (James 2:5). It is good to notice, too, that when James seems to speak in a slighting way of faith, he means a faith that is mere intellectual belief that does not produce works, not a “saving faith” that is so essential. James exalts faith. He says that its trials produce patience in a person. James begins and ends with a strong encouragement to pray (see James 1:5–8; 5:13–18). Prayer is one of the easiest subjects to talk about but one of the hardest things to practice....

Spiritual arithmetic is of value, and the arithmetic of the Bible is important enough that none of us can afford to ignore it. James invites Christians to count: “Count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations” (James 1:2). We usually count it joy when we escape temptation and sorrow. In addition, we should count testing as a glorious opportunity to prove our faith, just as the car manufacturer knows that the best proof of the car’s worth is the road test. Why we must “count it all joy” is not because of the trial itself but because of what it will work out. In other words, use your trials. What is the purpose of testing? God uses our trials to give us blessings (see James 1:3). Too often our trials result in our impatience, but God will give us grace so that His real purpose will be accomplished. Patience is necessary more than anything else in our faith life. We forget that time is nothing to God, for with Him a thousand years is as one day; and one day, as a thousand years (see 1 Peter 3:8). Christ’s purpose for our lives is that we will be perfect and complete, wanting nothing....

JAMES 1:22–2: OUR ACTIONS REFLECT OUR FAITH - Don’t be merely listeners to God’s Word, but put the gospel into practice. What is the good of people saying they have faith if they do not prove it by their actions? We must not be satisfied with only listening. We must be doing (see James 1:22). People who are listeners and not doers are like those who look at themselves in a mirror and then go away and forget what they looked like (see James 1:24). James says we must keep looking into the mirror of God’s Word to remember how we look, to find out the sins in our lives. Those who look carefully into the Scriptures and practice them will be blessed in what they do. The religion of those who think they are religious but don’t control their tongues is vain. The religion that does not influence the tongue is not a true or vital one. An uncontrolled tongue in a Christian is a terrible thing—guard against it. And control your temper. It is dangerous. When you undergo a trial, be slow to speak. Close off the air to a fire and the flames will go out (see James 1:26).

What are we to do with the Word?

• Receive it—James 1:21
• Hear it—James 1:23
• Do it—James 1:22
• Examine it—James 1:25

James 3 - Our Words Reveal Our Faith - Our speech reveals what we are and who we belong to. It expresses our personality more than anything else....We should not with the same tongue praise God and curse people who are made in His likeness! Cruel words have wrecked homes, broken friendships, divided churches and sent untold millions to ruin and despair. Many people who call themselves Christians don’t seem to make the slightest effort to control their tongues, and this is wrong.

James 4 - The world consists of all the things around us and the spirit within us that are blind and deaf to the value of spiritual things and care nothing about doing the will of God. The devil has organized this world on principles opposed to God in every way. They are principles of force, greed, ambition, selfishness and pleasure. The believer should be crucified to this world (see Galatians 6:14)....

How easy it is for us to plan without God, yet how futile! Let us submit all our plans to the Lord and see what His will is in every matter—“if the Lord will” (James 4:15). One of the most amazing things in all of God’s Word is that though He holds the whole universe in His hands, He has a definite plan for each one of our lives. Our lives are a series of surprises for us. We live just one day at a time. We don’t know what tomorrow will bring, but God does (see 1 John 3:1–2). What a wonderful God we have! (What the Bible is All About - Recommended Resource)

Wiersbe: "The Epistle of James was written to help us understand and attain spiritual maturity (James 1:4b)… James used the word perfect several times, a word that means 'mature, complete' (see James 1:4, 17, 25; 2:22; 3:2). By 'a perfect man' (James 3:2) James did not mean a sinless man, but rather one who is mature, balanced, grown-up."

Talk Thru the Bible - Christ in James—James refers to the “Lord Jesus Christ” (1:1; 2:1), and he anticipates “the coming of the Lord” (5:7–8). Compared to other New Testament writers. James says little about Christ, and yet his speech is virtually saturated with allusions to the teaching of Christ. The Sermon on the Mount is especially prominent in James’s thinking (there are c. fifteen indirect references; e.g., James 1:2 and Matt. 5:10–12; James 1:4 and Matt. 5:48; James 2:13 and Matt. 6:14–15; James 4:11 and Matt. 7:1–2; James 5:2 and Matt. 6:19). This epistle portrays Christ in the context of early messianic Judaism. (Bruce Wilkinson)

Charles Swindoll - In the opening of his letter, James called himself a bond-servant of God, an appropriate name given the practical, servant-oriented emphasis of the book. Throughout the book, James contended that faith produces authentic deeds. In other words, if those who call themselves God’s people truly belong to Him, their lives will produce deeds or fruit. In language and themes that sound similar to Jesus’s Sermon on the Mount, James rails against the hypocritical believer who says one thing but does another. For James, faith was no abstract proposition but had effects in the real world. James offered numerous practical examples to illustrate his point: faith endures in the midst of trials, calls on God for wisdom, bridles the tongue, sets aside wickedness, visits orphans and widows, and does not play favorites. He stressed that the life of faith is comprehensive, impacting every area of our lives and driving us to truly engage in the lives of other people in the world. While James recognized that even believers stumble (James 3:2), he also knew that faith should not coexist with people who roll their eyes at the less fortunate, ignore the plight of others, or curse those in their paths.

More than any other book in the New Testament, James places the spotlight on the necessity for believers to act in accordance with our faith. How well do your actions mirror the faith that you proclaim? This is a question that we all struggle to answer well. We would like to point to all the ways our faith and works overlap but too often see only gaps and crevices. As you read the letter from James, focus on those areas that he mentioned: your actions during trials, your treatment of those less fortunate, the way you speak and relate to others, and the role that money plays in how you live your life. Allow James to encourage you to do good, according to the faith you proclaim. (Insight for Living)

DOUGLAS MOO - James, Theology of - Baker's Evangelical Dictionary

The Letter of James is a practical exhortation, assuming more theology than it teaches. Some claim that the letter has no theology. The validity of this assertion depends on what is meant by "theology." On the one hand, James has little to say about most Christian doctrines, nor does he consistently relate his exhortations to the person of Christ. In fact he mentions Jesus Christ only twice (1:1; 2:2), and only once as the object of belief (2:1). If, then, by theology we mean a system of belief that consistently refers to the person and work of Christ as a major focal point, then the Letter of James does indeed lack a theology.

This is, however, too narrow a definition of "theology." Understood as the set of beliefs that are explicitly stated and implicitly assumed as the basis for its exhortations, theology is very much present in the letter. James, after all, is writing to Christians who already know the basics of the Christian faith; his purpose is to bring their conduct in line with those beliefs. Moreover, we must not overlook the specific theological teaching that is found in James. His letter makes an important contribution to our understanding of issues such as the relationship of faith and works, prayer, the nature of God, and materialism. All these are set in a practical context, but it will be a sad day for the church when such "practical divinity" is not considered theology.

Therefore, while the occasional and homiletical nature of the letter prevents us from sketching a theology of James, we can survey his contribution to several important areas of theology. (Click for full article - Baker's Evangelical Dictionary)

H A Ironside notes a comparison of James' epistle with the gospel by Matthew

James vs. Matthew
James 1:2 - Matthew 5:10-12
James 1:4 - Matthew 5:48
James 1:5 - Matthew 7:7
James 1:6 - Matthew 21:21
James 1:9 - Matthew 5:3
James 1:20 - Matthew 5:22
James 1:22 - Matthew 7:21; Matthew 7:24
James 2:8 - Matthew 22:39
James 2:10 - Matthew 5:19
James 2:13; James 5:7 - Matthew 6:14-15
James 2:14 - Matthew 7:21-23
James 3:17 - Matthew 18:5; Matthew 18:9
James 4:4 - Matthew 6:24
James 4:10 - Matthew 5:5
James 4:11 - Matthew 7:1-5
James 5:2-3 - Matthew 6:19
James 5:8 - Matthew 24:33
James 5:10 - Matthew 5:12
James 5:12 - Matthew 5:33-37

OVERVIEWS AND INTRODUCTIONS:

James: The Activity of Faith - Ray Stedman - "The Bible without the Spirit leads to a dead, institutional Christianity. The Spirit without the Bible leads to groundless fanaticism. We need both the Spirit and the Word to effectively Adventure through the Bible."
James Introduction - John MacArthur
James - Charles Swindoll
Synthetic Bible Studies - James - James Gray
Introduction and Notes on the Book of James - J Vernon McGee - includes brief verse by verse comments
Key to James - William Orr
Introduction to James - Myer Pearlman
James Introduction - Every Day Faith - Wil Pounds
James Introduction - NIV Study Bible
Analysis of James - James Van Dine

DICTIONARY ARTICLES:

American Tract Society James, the Epistle of James
Bridgeway Bible Dictionary James, Letter of James the Brother of Jesus James the Apostle
Baker's Evangelical Dictionary James, Theology of
Easton's Bible Dictionary James, Epistle of James
Fausset Bible Dictionary James, the General Epistle of James
Holman Bible Dictionary James, the Letter James
Hitchcock Bible Names James
Hastings' Bible Dictionary James, Epistle of James
Hastings' NT Dictionary James, the Lord's Brother James Epistle of
Smith Bible Dictionary James The Less James The General Epistle of James
Whyte's Bible Characters James the Lord's Brother
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia James James, Epistle of

JAMES THE BROTHER
OF JESUS

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Chart from recommended resource Jensen's Survey of the NT - used by permission

James Commentary
In Depth On Site
Verse by Verse
Bruce Hurt, MD

The following are in depth verse by verse comments on each chapter

James 3:1
James 3:2
James 3:3
James 3:4
James 3:5
James 3:6
James 3:7
James 3:8
James 3:9
James 3:10
James 3:11
James 3:12
James 3:13
James 3:14
James 3:15
James 3:16
James 3:17
James 3:18

James 4:1
James 4:2
James 4:3
James 4:4
James 4:5
James 4:6
James 4:7
James 4:8
James 4:9
James 4:10
James 4:11
James 4:12
James 4:13
James 4:14
James 4:15
James 4:16
James 4:17

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Explanation - The following list includes not only commentaries but other Christian works by well known evangelical writers. Most of the resources below are newer works (written after 1970) which previously were available only for purchase in book form or in a Bible computer program. The resources are made freely available by archive.org but have several caveats - (1) they do not allow copy and paste, (2) they can only be checked out for one hour (but can be checked out immediately when your hour expires giving you time to read or take notes on a lengthy section) and (3) they require creating an account which allows you to check out the books free of charge. To set up an account click archive.org and then click the picture of the person in right upper corner and enter email and a password. That's all you have to do. Then you can read these more modern resources free of charge! I have read or used many of these resources but not all of them so ultimately you will need to be a Berean (Acts 17:11 +) as you use them. I have also selected works that are conservative and Biblically sound. If you find one that you think does not meet those criteria please send an email at https://www.preceptaustin.org/contact. The resources are listed in alphabetical order by the author's last name and some include reviews of the particular resource. For hundreds of other commentaries and books that can be borrowed see Christian Commentaries Online.

Be mature (James) by Wiersbe, Warren Or Be mature : growing up in Christ See also Maturity (adapted from James commentary)

The Bible Exposition Commentary or Bible Exposition Commentary - Ephesians through Revelation - Warren Wiersbe

Rosscup - One of America’s most appreciated staunchly evangelical Bible conference teachers gives diligent, refreshing expositions. These are all of his 23 separate, earlier books in the “Be” series on the New Testament. He strikes a particular appeal with lay people as he crystallizes sections, deals with some of the verses, handles certain problems and backgrounds and applies principles. He is premillennial.

Wiersbe's Expository Outlines on the New Testament by Wiersbe, Warren W

Cyril Barber - This is a book of exceptional merit. Pastors, missionaries, and Christian workers will profit from its use. Wiersbe introduces each book of the NT, provides an outline, and then furnishes his readers with a chapter-by-chapter discussion of the contents. The homiletic style is a “plus.” Recommended.

Truth for Life : a devotional commentary on the Epistle of James by Blanchard, John

Not hearers only : Bible studies in the Epistle of James by Blanchard, John

The Interpretation of the Epistle to the Hebrews and the Epistle of James, by R. C. H. Lenski.

The theology of the letters of James, Peter, and Jude - Ralph Martin

The practical Epistle of James; studies in applied Christianity by Gaebelein, Frank E

The measure of a Christian : studies in James 1 by Getz, Gene

Cyril Barber - A clear, well-outlined study of James 1, with pertinent application of the truth to the life of the believer. The format lends itself to adult discussion groups. Recommended

Believing God when you are tempted to doubt : the measure of a Christian based on James 1 by Getz, Gene A

James : a self-study guide by Jensen, Irving

Life application Bible commentary - James

James : Davids, Peter H

Cyril Barber - New International Greek Testament Commentary. Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1982. A scholarly work giving evidence of extensive research. The exegesis is sound. Davids establishes his conclusions on viable principles of interpretation. A rewarding volume

James : living your faith by Kroll, Woodrow Michael (80 page study guide from Back to the Bible)

The theology of the letters of James, Peter, and Jude by Chester, Andrew, Martin, Ralph

James by McGee, J. Vernon

Expositor's Bible Commentary : abridged edition - Matthew - Revelation - James by Donald Burdick

James - J Vernon McGee

James : faith that works : Hughes, R. Kent,

Cyril Barber - A clear exposition of the first NT canonical book. Ably explains the tension between faith and works. Ideal for the lay Bible student.

Studies in the Epistle of James : Robertson, A. T.

The Communicator's Commentary. James, 1, 2 Peter, Jude by Cedar, Paul A., 1938- (Now entitled Preacher's Commentary)

PREACHER'S OUTLINE AND SERMON BIBLE (POSB) - James Commentary

1 and 2 Timothy, Titus, Philemon, Hebrews, James by Morris, Leon,

The Epistle of James : Adamson, James B

Cyril Barber - New International Commentary on the New Testament. Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1976. This careful treatment combines accuracy in exegesis with a concise exposition of the text. Adamson also seeks to emphasize the cohesion of James's thought, something that other writers have seldom attempted. Recommended.

C. F. D. Moule. "It is difficult to imagine a more comprehensive study of the Epistle of James. Readers cannot but be amazed by its thoroughness, minute attention to detail, and wealth of parallels from literature ancient and modern."

The General Epistle of James : an Introduction and Commentary by Tasker, R. V. G. (1983) 148 pages.

James - STUDY GUIDE FOR JAMES by Coleman, Lyman; Peace, Richard

James : Bible study commentary by Vaughan, Curtis

James and Jude by Painter, John - Paideia Commentaries on the NT

The letter of James by Moo, Douglas J - Pillar NT Commentary Series

Tim Challies - Douglas Moo – The Letter of James (Pillar New Testament Commentary). Moo’s commentary is widely regarded as the best treatment of James and is universally recommended by the commentators on the commentaries. You may recognize his name from the recommendations for Romans where his name also appears. Keith Mathison says it well: “If you can only have one commentary on James, this is the one to have. Highly recommended.” Do note that Moo has also written a volume for the Tyndale New Testament Commentary series; if you own this one (which you should) you will have no need for the other.

Cyril Barber - This highly original commentary seeks to make the letter of James clear and applicable to Christians living today. While interacting with the latest views of this portion of God’s Word, Moo avoids giving it an academic flavor. He ably bridges the gap between James’ 1st century readers and believers today. Insightful.

Keith Mathison (Ligonier) - Number 1 rated = Douglas Moo — The Letter of James (Pillar New Testament Commentary, 2000). Douglas Moo is one of the top conservative New Testament scholars alive today. He has written one of the best commentaries on Romans, and now one of the best commentaries on James. If you can only have one commentary on James, this is the one to have. Highly recommended. Moo has also contributed the volume on James in the Tyndale New Testament Commentary series, but if you have the Pillar volume, the Tyndale volume is unnecessary.

James Rosscup - Moo, Douglas J. The Letter of James (Pillar NTC). Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2000. Moo in this exegetical study is longer (271 pp.) than his earlier effort in this list. He argues for authorship by James, the Lord’s brother (20–22), discusses seven areas of theology (27–43), and argues that in James faith of those God has freely justified expresses its reality in obeying God (38, etc.), as Paul held in “faith working through love” (Gal. 5:6). Clear exposition is thought out well, and sometimes Moo grapples with views and problems (not all, cf. “crown,” 1:12, and Hodges). In 2:14 he distinctly counters Hodges (123–24), and again at 2:18, 26 (128–29, 143). His detail on 2:14–26 is fairly helpful; he also is diligent with “spirit” in 4:5, and “sick” in 5:14. Among medium-length works, this is one of the best in recent years.

The letter of James : an introduction and commentary by Moo, Douglas J - Tyndale New Testament Commentary

James Rosscup - Moo, Douglas J. The Letter of James: An Introduction and Commentary (Tyndale New Testament Commentary). Downers Grove: IVP, 1985. 191 pp. Eerdmans published the same commentary in 1989. It is a concise, conservative, clear work adept in exegetical details from careful research by a member of the New Testament faculty at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. It is helpful especially for teachers and preachers. Moo, who did the massive 2-volume work on Romans, also wrote “James” in The Evangelical Commentary on the Bible, ed. W. A. Elwell (Grand Rapids: Baker, 1989).

STUDY BIBLES, ONE VOLUME COMMENTARIES
GENERAL REFERENCE WORKS

KJV Bible Commentary - Hindson, Edward E; Kroll, Woodrow Michael. No restrictions Over 3000 pages of the entire OT/NT Well done conservative commentary that interprets Scripture from a literal perspective. User reviews - it generally gets 4/5 stars from users. - 372 ratings

Very well done conservative commentary that interprets Scripture from a literal perspective (pre-millennial) user reviews

The King James Version Bible Commentary is a complete verse-by-verse commentary. It is comprehensive in scope, reliable in scholarship, and easy to use. Its authors are leading evangelical theologians who provide practical truths and biblical principles. Any Bible student will gain new insights through this one-volume commentary based on the timeless King James Version of the Bible.

NKJV Study Bible: New King James Version Study Bible by Radmacher, Earl D; Allen, Ronald Barclay; House, H. Wayne;No restrictions 917 ratings Very helpful notes. Conservative. See James - for easiest copy/paste select theater view.

The Wycliffe Bible Commentary - only the New Testament (for OT see below to borrow) - 1126 pages. (1971) Everett F Harrison - Editor of New Testament. No restrictions Uses the KJV. Strictly speaking not a study Bible, but short notes are similar. KJV text in left column, commentary notes in right column. The comments are generally verse by verse, short, conservative and to the point. Pre-millennial.

Wycliffe Bible Commentary (OT & NT) but must be borrowed - Charles Pfeiffer - 1560 pages (1962). 214 ratings Less detailed than the KJV Bible Commentary. Conservative. Notes are generally verse by verse but brief.

Rosscup - Conservative and premillennial scholars here have been experts in their fields. The work contains brief introductions and attempts to give a verse-by-verse exposition, though it does skip over some verses. The treatments vary with the authors, but as a whole it is a fine one-volume commentary for pastors and students to use or give to a layman. Outstanding sections include, for example: Whitcomb on Ezra-Nehemiah-Esther; Culver on Daniel; Ladd on Acts; Harrison on Galatians; Johnson on I Corinthians; and Ryrie on the Johannine Epistles.

The Word in life Study Bible - Very interesting format. Not your routine study Bible. Worth checking the very informative notes. (e.g., here is a picture of Jesus' post-resurrection appearances.)

New Bible Commentary - (1994) See user reviews

The Experiencing God Study Bible : the Bible for knowing and doing the will of God - Blackaby, Henry (1996) 1968 pages - CHECK THIS ONE! Each chapter begins with several questions under the title "PREPARE TO MEET GOD." Then you will interesting symbols before many of the passages. The chapter ends with a "DID YOU NOTICE?" question. This might make a "dry chapter" jump off the page! Read some of the 48 ratings

The Defender's Study Bible : King James Version by Morris, Henry M. Excellent notes for well known creationist. 45 ratings

The MacArthur Study Bible - John MacArthur. Brief but well done notes 1,275 ratings

HCSB Study Bible

The David Jeremiah study bible - (2013) 2208 pages. 2,272 ratings Logos.com - "Drawing on more than 40 years of study, Dr. David Jeremiah has compiled a legacy resource that will make an eternal impact on generations to come. 8,000 study notes. Hundreds of enriching word studies"50+ Essentials of the Christian Faith" articles."

ESV study Bible - Excellent resource but not always literal in eschatology and the nation of Israel 6,004 ratings

Believer's Bible Commentary by MacDonald, William (1995) 2480 pages

Dr. John MacArthur, Jr. - "Concise yet comprehensive - the most complete single-volume commentary I have seen."

Warren Wiersbe - "For the student who is serious about seeing Christ in the Word."

Life application study Bible : New Living Translation. Has some very helpful notes. 4,445 ratings

Life application Bible commentary - James

DICTIONARY OF JESUS AND THE GOSPELS - interesting articles in some depth

Compact Bible commentary by Radmacher, Earl D; Allen, Ronald Barclay; House, H Wayne, et al - 954 pages. 424 ratings Multiple contributors to the comments which are often verse by verse. The comments are brief but meaty and can really help your study through a given book. A sleeper in my opinion.

NIV archaeological study Bible (2005) 2360 pages 950 ratings (See also Archaeology and the Bible - OT and NT)

NIV cultural backgrounds study Bible. bringing to life the ancient world of scripture Keener, Craig and Walton, John. Editors (2017)

The NIV study Bible by Barker, Kenneth L; Burdick, Donald W (1995) 2250 pages. Note this is the first edition. This resource has been fully revised in 2020.

The Ryrie study Bible - Charles Ryrie (1978) 2142 pages. Conservative. 216 ratings

Evangelical Commentary on the Bible - editor Walter Elwell (1989) 1239 pages. User reviews.

Eerdmans' family encyclopedia of the Bible (1978) 344 pages

Key word commentary : thoughts on every chapter of the Bible by Water, Mark

Eerdmans' handbook to the Bible (1983) 688 pages

The Lion handbook to the Bible - (1999) 822 pages. This resource is absolutely loaded with very nice color pictures and charts.

Tyndale handbook of Bible charts & maps by Wilson, Neil

Bible handbook and A-Z bible encyclopedia

International children's Bible field guide : answering kids' questions from Genesis to Revelation by Richards, Larry

The illustrated guide to Bible customs & curiosities by Knight, George W. (George William),

Today's handbook of Bible times & customs by Coleman, William L

Halley's Bible Handbook Henry H. Halley - (2000) 2720 pages (much larger than original edition in 1965 and no time limit on use). (Halley's Bible handbook : an abbreviated Bible commentary - one hour limit 1965 872 pages)

Rosscup - A much-used older evangelical handbook bringing together a brief commentary on Bible books, some key archaeological findings, historical background, maps, quotes, etc. It is helpful to a lay Bible teacher, Sunday School leader, or pastor looking for quick, pertinent information on a Bible book. This is the 72nd printing somewhat revised. Halley packed in much information. Unger’s is better overall, but that is not to say that Halley’s will not provide much help on basic information.

The Shaw pocket Bible handbook - Editor - Walter Elwell (1984) 408 pages.

"This hardback is small in size but packed full of content: Brief summaries of every book of the bible, cultural, archaeological and historical info, word definitions, pictures, maps and charts." Worth checking!

Zondervan illustrated Bible backgrounds commentary - New Testament - 552 pages. (2002) See user reviews.

The new Unger's Bible dictionary by Unger, Merrill Frederick, 1909-

Survey of the Bible : introductory insights, background studies, book-by- book survey by Unger, Merrill Frederick

The parallel New Testament and Unger's Bible handbook : produced for Moody monthly by Unger, Merrill (1975) 744 pages 4 ratings

The Hodder Bible handbook by Unger, Merrill

Nelson's expository dictionary of the Old Testament by Unger, Merrill

Kregel Bible handbook : a full-color guide to every book of the Bible by Kerr, William 3 ratings

The new encyclopedia of Christian quotations by Water, Mark

Zondervan handbook to the Bible

Zondervan illustrated Bible backgrounds commentary - Matthew, Mark, Luke

Background Commentary on Luke - Clinton Arnold

Dictionary of the later New Testament & its developments 71 ratings IVP Series

The third of IVP's critically acclaimed series of dictionaries of the New Testament provides focused study on the often-neglected portions of the New Testament: Acts, Hebrews, the General Epistles, and Revelation. Furthermore, its scope goes beyond the life of the New Testament church to include the work of the apostolic fathers and early Christianity up through the middle of the second century.

Dictionary of New Testament background 79 ratings IVP Series

In a time when our knowledge of the ancient Mediterranean world has grown by leaps and bounds, this volume sets out for readers the wealth of Jewish and Greco-Roman background that should inform our reading and understanding of the New Testament and early Christianity. The Dictionary of New Testament Background takes full advantage of the flourishing study of the Dead Sea Scrolls and offers individual articles focused on the most important scrolls. In addition, the Dictionary encompasses the fullness of second-temple Jewish writings, whether pseudepigraphic, rabbinic, parables, proverbs, histories or inscriptions. Articles abound on aspects of Jewish life and thought, including family, purity, liturgy and messianism. The full scope of Greco-Roman culture is displayed in articles ranging across language and rhetoric, literacy and book culture, religion and cults, honor and shame, patronage and benefactors, travel and trade, intellectual movements and ideas, and ancient geographical perspectives. No other reference work presents so much in one place for students of the New Testament. Here an entire library of scholarship is made available in summary form.

Dictionary of deities and demons in the Bible (DDD) - 950 pages (1995) Read some of the 65 ratings (4.8/5 Stars). A definitive in depth resource on this subject. Very expensive to purchase.

WORD STUDY RESOURCES
GREEK AND HEBREW

NOTE - All of these resources can be borrowed from archive.org. This list also includes resources to help study the Bible.

See also the list of Word Study Resources

The Complete Word Study Dictionary: New Testament by Zodhiates, Spiros - This is my "go to" resource for Greek word studies. One on the best lexicons for laymen. Highly Recommended for Greek Word Studies to aid your interpretation of a passage.

Analytical Lexicon of the Greek New Testament by Friberg, Timothy. Shorter definitions than Zodhiates but does an excellent job in summarizing the various nuances of a specific Greek word. One of my favorites.

Shorter Lexicon of the Greek New Testament by Gingrich, F. Wilbur. Similar to Friberg but shorter definitions. Gingrich however gives more Scriptures for each nuance, whereas Friberg generally gives only one representative Scripture.

The New Linguistic and Exegetical Key to the Greek New Testament by Rogers, Cleon - This book is a gold mine of little gems on individual Greek words in any NT passage you are studying. If you have time it is always worth checking out! I use it in my Greek word studies all the time.

The New International Dictionary of New Testament Theology (NIDNTT) - Colin Brown, general editor - all three volumes (total 3351 pages) are available and allow copy and paste and all 3 of the volumes below are available at the same link. See this page for a few instructions on how to most efficiently utilize this incredible resource.

The New International Dictionary of New Testament Theology (NIDNTT) - Colin Brown, general editor - A-F

The New International Dictionary of New Testament Theology (NIDNTT) - Colin Brown, general editor - G-P

The New International Dictionary of New Testament Theology (NIDNTT) - Colin Brown, general editor - Pri-Z

New Testament Words - William Barclay - 59 ratings very interesting resource - covers about 70 NT Greek words in Barclay's unique style. On page 289 there is a helpful index of English words with the corresponding Greek word, in turn followed by the places Barclay described them in New Testament Words and in his Daily Study Bible series (see list of DSB commentaries here). E.g., take the Greek word for "Covetousness" which is pleonexia and is found in New Testament Words on page 61 and pp 233-235 and is also described in the Daily Study Bible entries for : Mark 7:14-23; Ro 1:28-32; Eph. 4:17-24; Col. 3:5. So you can click the DSB commentary on Mark 7 and scroll down to Mark 7:14 to see Barclay's entry for pleonexia which concludes "Pleonexia ( G4124) is that lust for having which is in the heart of the man who sees happiness in things instead of in God." Interesting!

Greek-English lexicon of the New Testament : based on semantic domains - Louw Nida. Brief but nice definitions. Not easy to use - you need to know some Greek. Classifies Greek words into 93 "semantic domains" (see list on page XXV) and if you can categorize the word you are looking for in one of the domains, it can help find the specific word you are interested in.

Robert Yost - “This lexicon takes a novel approach by outlining NT words into their semantic domains, such as People, Danger, Help, Value, Time, etc. The reader then has quick access to the synonyms of the NT, an important tool in defining words. Knowledge of Greek is necessary, but with concentrated effort, an English reader can learn to use this important resource” (Stout).

Kittel's Theological Dictionary of the New Testament : abridged in one volume (TDNT) - Classic ("Little Kittel") work summarizing the 10 volume set by Kittel. For most of us the abridged definition is "more than enough!"

A Greek-English lexicon of the New Testament, and other early Christian literature; by Bauer, W., F. Danker, W. Arndt, and F. W. Gingrich. More detailed definitions but need to know Greek. Zodhiates and Friberg much easier to use.

Robert Yost - This essential resource is the standard lexicon for students and scholars of the Greek NT. It is a translation and adaptation of Walter Bauer’s Griechisch-Deutsches Worterbuch zu den Schriften des Neuen Testaments und der ubrigen urchistlichen Literatur by Arndt and Gingrich and then updated by Danker. This meticulous work has superseded all previous English lexicons.

Liddell and Scott's Greek-English lexicon, abridged : the little Liddell by Liddell, Henry George. The abridged version. You need to know Greek to use.

Exegetical dictionary of the New Testament (Volume 1 - A thru E); Exegetical dictionary of the New Testament (Volume 3- P thru ...) Volume 2 not available. I do not find this adds much to the easier to use resources like Zodhiates and Friberg.

A pocket lexicon to the Greek New Testament by Souter, Alexander. Brief definitions. Need to know some Greek. Not that helpful.

Vine's Expository Dictionary of Old Testament and New Testament Words - pdf. The old standby. You can also borrow Vine's complete expository dictionary of Old and New Testament words

Theological wordbook of the Old Testament by Harris, R. Laird - 229 ratings (5/5 Stars) One of the best OT lexicons for laymen.

Here is another link to the TWOT which has no time limit on use and does allow copy and paste. Can be downloaded as PDF.

Hebrew honey : a simple and deep word study of the Old Testament by Novak, Alfons, (332 pages) Indexed by English words. No Strong's numbers to help you determine if you are researching the correct Hebrew word. Here is a "work around" - go to page 289 and see if there is an annotation of the Scripture you are studying. E.g., say you want to see if there is anything for "heart" in Ezek 11:19. In the Scripture list find an entry for Ezek 11:19 with the English word "Heart." Now go look up "Heart" (on page 123). It does take some effort, but you might glean an insight not described in other Hebrew lexicons.

Nelson's Expository Dictionary of the Old Testament by Unger, Merrill. Indexed by English word and then any related Hebrew nouns or verbs. Definitions are solid and geared to the lay person.

Zondervan NASB exhaustive concordance - 1589 pages

Pocket dictionary for the study of New Testament Greek by DeMoss, Matthew S. If you want to dig a little deeper into Greek. 66 ratings

Analytical concordance to the Holy Bible : containing about 311,000 references, subdivided under the Hebrew and Greek original with the literal meaning and pronunciation of each by Young, Robert,

The Englishman's Greek concordance of the New Testament by Wigram, George

Synonyms of the New Testament by Trench, Richard Chenevix - or click here for list of 108 entries.

Girdlestone's Synonyms of the Old Testament - click for list of 127 entries

The Holman guide to interpreting the Bible by Dockery, David S

Foundations for biblical interpretation : a complete library of tools and resources

Expository Dictionary of Bible Words by Richards, Larry, 33 ratings It is does not go into great depth on the Greek or Hebrew words but does have some excellent insights.

Basic Bible Interpretation : a Practical Guide to Discovering Biblical Truth by Roy Zuck. Recommended.

How to Study Your Bible by Arthur, Kay (CLICK HERE for many other resources from Kay Arthur). The basics of inductive Bible study succinctly described. Recommended. This is the original edition not the new edition.

Living by the Book by Howard G. Hendricks - A classic. An entertaining and informative read that is guaranteed to invigorate your Bible study. Recommended.

Teaching to Change Lives by Howard Hendricks, Howard 561 ratings

The Christian Educator's Handbook on Teaching by Kenneth Gangel and Howard Hendricks 21 ratings

How can I understand the Bible? by DeHaan, Mart (52 page booklet)

The New How to Study Your Bible Workbook (2010) by Arthur, Kay, - Note that this workbook is the companion to the New How to Study Your Bible book (not the same as the one linked above).

Jensen's Survey of Bible (online) by Jensen, Irving 140 ratings (NT) 133 ratings (OT) This is a classic and in conjunction with the following three resources should give you an excellent background to the Bible book you are studying. Jensen has some of the best Book charts available and includes "key words." He also gives you some guidelines as to how to begin your inductive study of each book.

Discover the Bible for Yourself by Arthur, Kay 93 ratings - Proven methods to read, mark, and study God's Word. Introductions to set the stage for each book of the Bible. Maps and charts to add historic and geographic dimension. Word studies for NASB and NIV translations. Definitions and explanations to simplify interpretation. "Things to Think About" for personal application. This resource will inspire and guide anyone interested in creating a personal study of God's Word.

What the Bible is all about by Mears, Henrietta. This is a classic and is filled with "pearls" from this godly teacher of God's Word.

Talk thru the bible by Wilkinson, Bruce The Wilkinson & Boa Bible handbook : the ultimate guide to help you get more out of the Bible

How to profit from Bible reading by Jensen, Irving 2 ratings

Simply understanding the Bible by Jensen, Irving 8 ratings

Enjoy your Bible by Jensen, Irving 5 ratings

Independent Bible study by Jensen, Irving 14 ratings

MacArthur Study Bible - Topic "How to Study the Bible" - John MacArthur

MacArthur's Introductions to all 66 Books - includes a helpful discussion of "Interpretative Challenges"

Swindoll's introductions to all 66 Books - Answers the following questions - Who wrote the book? Where are we? Why is this book so important? What's the big idea? How do I apply this? He also includes a helpful Book Overview chart (right upper corner of page).

How to Get the Most from God's Word by John MacArthur 16 ratings

Journey of the Bible : the remarkable story of how the Bible came from God to you by Jensen, Irving

DANNY AKIN
SERMONS
JAMES

James: — Precept Ministries International — Inductive Bible Study
15 lessons - Lesson 1 can be downloaded as Pdf
(Click link)

HENRY ALFORD
James Commentary
The New Testament for English Readers

Read his fascinating brief biography - Henry Alford and Phil Johnson's related comments

James Rosscup writes that Alford's series on the New Testament "contains much that is valuable in the Greek New Testament...though all of the Greek New Testament words have been changed to English throughout." (Commentaries for Biblical Expositors: An Annotated Bibliography of Selected Works).

Charles Haddon Spurgeon (see his comments in following entry on Alford).

Editorial Note: If you are not proficient in Greek, you will find this work considerably more useful than the following work by Alford, because in this volume he translates the Greek and Latin into English. While the "The Greek New Testament" is longer (e.g., English version of 1John = 66 pages compared to Greek version = 94 pages in part because the latter includes comments of more technical nature), the substance of the commentary is otherwise similar to that found in the "NT for English Readers".

HENRY ALFORD
James Commentary
The Greek Testament

James Rosscup writes that "This was the great work in the life of the versatile Dean of Canterbury. An outcome of this production was the New Testament for English Readers (4 vols.). Alford was a Calvinist, conservative and premillennial, though not dispensational. He takes a literal interpretation of the thousand years in Rev. 20 and has a famous quote there, is strong on sovereign election as in Ro 8:29, 30 and 1Pe 1:2, but, unfortunately, holds to baptismal regeneration in such texts as Titus 3:5 and John 3:5. He shows a great knowledge of the Greek text and faces problems of both a doctrinal and textual nature." (Commentaries for Biblical Expositors: An Annotated Bibliography of Selected Works)

John Piper writes ""When I’m stumped with a...grammatical or syntactical or logical [question] in Paul, I go to Henry Alford. Henry Alford...comes closer more consistently than any other human commentator to asking my kinds of questions."

Charles Haddon Spurgeon writes that this text "is an invaluable aid to the critical study of the text of the New Testament. You will find in it the ripened results of a matured scholarship, the harvesting of a judgment, generally highly impartial, always worthy of respect, which has gleaned from the most important fields of Biblical research, both modern and ancient, at home and abroad. You will not look here for any spirituality of thought or tenderness of feeling; you will find the learned Dean does not forget to do full justice to his own views, and is quite able to express himself vigorously against his opponents; but for what it professes to be, it is an exceedingly able and successful work. The later issues are by far the most desirable, as the author has considerably revised the work in the fourth edition. What I have said of his Greek Testament applies equally to Alford’s New Testament for English Readers,* which is also a standard work." (Spurgeon, C. H. Lectures to my Students, Vol. 4: Commenting and Commentaries; Lectures Addressed to the students of the Pastors' College, Metropolitan Tabernacle)

GREG ALLEN
Sermons and Studies
The Book of James

Bethany Bible Church

DON ANDERSON
STUDY OF JAMES

Study Guide on James - 27 pages
James Chart Scans (studies 1-12)
Cyril Barber on Anderson's book on James - James: Running Uphill into the Wind - A contemporary exposition that neither shirks the demands of sound scholarship nor becomes bogged down in technical details. Instead, Anderson applies the text in such a way as to lead the believer into a deeper understanding of the relationship between faith and works. Recommended.

AUDIO - Click here for the audios of the 12 lessons on James listed below averaging about 41 minutes each...

1 James 1:1-12 – Study 1 41:15
2 James 1:13-18 – Study 2 39:38
3 James 1:19-27 – Study 3 40:48
4 James 2:1-13 – Study 4 40:18
5 James 2:14-26 – Study 5 43:53
6 James 3:1-12 – Study 6 37:15
7 James 3:13-18 – Study 7 40:40
8 James 4:1-12– Study 8 43:11
9 James 4:13-17 – Study 9 33:44
10 James 5:1-6 – Study 10 40:14
11 James 5:7-12 – Study 11 39:48
12 James 5:13-20 – Study 12 41:40

Teacher Notes on James

More Notes on Each of the Preceding Studies

PAUL APPLE
A Devotional Commentary
Epistle of James

Good quotes and illustrations - See example of an outline below

James - A Devotional Commentary — Nine Tests of Genuine Faith - 93 page Pdf

I. Character of Faith

A. (James 1:1-12) Persevering under Trials >>> Will

B. (James 1:13-18) Progress of Temptation

C. (James 1:19-27) Planting the Word >>> Word

D. (James 2:1-13) Personal Favoritism >>> Works

E. (James 2:14-26) Performance of Faith

II. Control of Faith

A. (James 3:1-12) Power of the Tongue >>> Words

B. (James 3:13-18) Portrait of Pure Wisdom >>> Wisdom

III. Conflicts of Faith

A. (James 4:1-12) Perversity of Pleasures >>> Worldliness

B. (James 4:13-5:6) Pride of the Rich >>> Wealth

IV. Consummation of Faith

A. (James 5:7-12) Patient Endurance >>> Wait

B. (James 5:13-20) Prayer and Restoration >>> Wholeness

Here are several examples of quotes you will find throughout Apple's outline commentary -

Allen: "Problems Purify my Faith… James uses the word 'testing' - as in testing gold and silver. You would heat them up very hot until the impurities were burned off. Job said, 'But God knows the way that I take, and when he has tested me, I will come out like gold.' Job 23:10 (NCV) God is not interested in watching our faith get torpedoed. God desires that our faith would be 'approved.' A student who is accepted by the admissions office of a college can say, 'I am a student.' But until that person takes tests and exams, no one can actually affirm that he is worthy of the name 'student.' They only way to determine the validity of a student’s work is to see the performance on exams. Christians are a lot like tea bags. You don’t know what’s inside of them until you drop them in hot water. Your faith develops when things don’t go as planned. It purifies your faith."...Today, there are numerous ideas being tossed around regarding trials and hardships. Some believe they’re a form of punishment from God. Others dangle before us the promise that if we can just reach a certain level of maturity, trials will disappear and we’ll live happily every after. Life will be one big Disneyland. And still others are out there trying to convince us that there’s really not such thing as adversity. Trials such as death, pain, sickness, emotional hurt, are a figment of our imagination.
Chromy: "The double-minded man has reservations about being completely yielded to God. You are double-minded when you want your own will and God’s will at the same time. God wants you to trust him completely and allow him to take care of you throughout difficulties."
Barclay: "If life is so uncertain, if man is so vulnerable, if the externals of life are so perishable, then calamity and disaster may come at any moment. Since that is so, a man is a fool to put all his trust in things --like wealth--which he may lose at any moment. He is only wise if he puts his trust in things which he cannot lose. So then, James urges the rich to cease to put their trust in that which their own power can amass. He urges them to realize and to admit their own essential human helplessness, and humbly to put their trust in God, who alone can give us the things which abide for ever. He is pleading with men to glory in that new humility which realizes its utter dependence on God."
Wiersbe: “Our values determine our evaluations. If we value comfort more than character, then trials will upset us. If we value the material and physical more than the spiritual, we will not be able to ‘count it all joy!’ If we live only for the present and forget about the future, the trials will make us bitter, not better.”
Mooney: "Learn to Grow Through Adversity …When faced with adversity we will also discover some things about ourselves. We will discover what our view of God really is. We will discover what our weaknesses and our strengths are. We will discover how mature we are. We will discover what our priorities really are. God’s command or my comfort."
Luck: "Patience is usually thought of as calm resignation to God's will in face of the inevitable. But Christian patience, as spoken of in the New Testament, is more than this. It is true that calm submission is a part of it, but this is only the negative side. On the positive side there is a steady and determined perseverance, in spite of difficulties, toward the right--toward the goal of God's will for our lives."
Racer: (James 1:1-4) The Power of Pressures to Perfect Us Introduction: Plumbing Illustration – when you attempt to fix a plumbing problem, the real test comes when you turn the water back on and put pressure on the system … then you find out whether the system can hold up. Trials pinpoint the weaknesses in our system that still need to be addressed. Life might appear all well and good until God sends just enough pressure so that we can’t handle things on our own; then we blow a gasket and need to turn to Him for help. Opportunity in this passage to examine how we respond to pressure – different options: being built up, blown up by the pressure, or blowing up at the pressure
Wiersbe: "No temptation appears as temptation; it always seems more alluring than it really is. James used two illustrations from the world of sports to prove his point. Drawn away carries with it the idea of the baiting of a trap; and enticed in the original Greek means 'to bait a hook.' The hunter and the fisherman have to use bait to attract and catch their prey. No animal is deliberately going to step into a trap and no fish will knowingly bite at a naked hook. The idea is to hide the trap and the hook."...Re "lusts" -- "Some people try to become 'spiritual' by denying these normal desires, or by seeking to suppress them; but this only makes them less than human. These fundamental desires of life are the steam in the boiler that makes the machinery go. Turn off the steam and you have no power. Let the steam go its own way and you have destruction. The secret is in constant control. These desires must be our servants and not our masters and this we can do through Jesus Christ."
Vaughan: "The suggestion is that man's lust, like a harlot, entices and seduces him. Man surrenders his will to lust, conception takes place, and lust gives birth to sin."
Ross: "The mere fact of our being tempted does not involve in itself anything sinful. It is when the desire of man goes out to meet and embrace the forbidden thing and an unholy marriage takes place between these two, that sin is born. Once sin is born, it grows, and, unless it be counteracted and mastered by the grace of God, when it is fullgrown, it brings forth death, death in all the breadth of the meaning of that dread word, death spiritual and death eternal, the death that lies beyond physical death for the ungodly. Thus, we have here the two destinies of man, in James 1:12 the fullness of life that is to be the portion of those who love God and the death that is to be the inevitable doom of the persistent haters of God."
Zodhiates: "The heavenly bodies change, they move about in space, and their benevolence to us varies, but not so with the One who is light, who is space, who is time, who is the Creator of them all, and no one can cast a shadow on Him… There is no night so dark that His light cannot shine upon you. 'I am the Lord, I change not' (Mal. 3:6). 'God is light, and in him is no darkness at all' (I John 1:5)."...."In the Old Testament the first fruits, therefore, were the peculiar possession of God. Among His entire creation we are peculiarly His possession, for we were not only created by Him, but also re-created. A little boy who had lost his toy boat found it for sale in a store, and when he bought it, he took it in his hands and hugged it, saying 'My little precious boat, you are now twice mine; once I made you and once I bought you.'"
Wiersbe: "One of the enemy's tricks is to convince us that our Father is holding out on us, that He does not really love us and care for us. When Satan approached Eve, he suggested that if God really loved her, He would permit her to eat of the forbidden tree. When Satan tempted Jesus, he raised the question of hunger. 'If your Father loves You, why are You hungry?' The goodness of God is a great barrier against yielding to temptation. Since God is good, we do not need any other person (including Satan) to meet our needs. It is better to be hungry in the will of God than full outside the will of God. Once we start to doubt God's goodness, we will be attracted to Satan's offers; and the natural desires within will reach out for his bait."
Apple - God gave you two ears and only one mouth so that you would listen twice as much as you talk. Some people just babble on; hard to get a word in; they are thinking only of their response instead of listening. (Zeno quoted by Barclay)
Zodhiates: "Once a young man came to that great philosopher Socrates to be instructed in oratory. The moment the young man was introduced, he began to talk, and there was an incessant stream for some time. When Socrates could get in a word, he said, 'Young man, I will have to charge you a double fee.' 'A double fee, why is that?' The old sage replied, 'I will have to teach you two sciences. First, how to hold your tongue, and then, how to use it.' What an art for all of us to learn, especially for Christians."
Barclay: "The tribute was once paid to a great linguist that he could be silent in seven different languages. Many of us would do well to wait and listen more, and to rush in and speak less."
Zodhiates: "Sin in our lives is like having wax in our ears; it prevents the Word of truth from reaching our hearts; for if it cannot penetrate through the ear, it will not come down to the heart."
Barclay: "The teachable spirit is docile and tractable, and therefore humble enough to learn. The teachable spirit is without resentment and without anger, and is, therefore, able to face the truth, even when the truth hurts and condemns. The teachable spirit is not blinded by its own overmastering prejudices, but is clear-eyed to the truth. The teachable spirit is not seduced by laziness, but is so self-controlled that it can willingly and faithfully accept the discipline of learning. Prautes describes the perfect conquest and control of everything in a man's nature which would be a hindrance to his seeing, learning and obeying the truth."
Wiersbe: "It is not enough to hear the Word; we must do it. Many people have the mistaken idea that hearing a good sermon or Bible study is what makes them grow and get God's blessing. It is not the hearing but the doing that brings the blessing. Too many Christian mark their Bibles, but their Bibles never mark them! If you think you are spiritual because you hear the Word, then you are only kidding yourself."
Tasker: "It is not therefore something imposed upon the believer from without in the form of a code of external rules and regulations. It is not for him a dead letter but a living power. It would seem to be called the law of liberty partly because it enables men to find their true freedom in the service of God's will, and partly because the believer accepts it without any compulsion. The Christian loves God's commandments and is eager to obey them."
Wiersbe: "The emphasis in this section is on the dangers of self-deception: 'deceiving your own selves' (James 1:22); 'deceiveth his own heart' (James 1:26)… Many people are deceiving themselves into thinking they are saved when they are not… But there are true believers who are fooling themselves concerning their Christian walk. they think they are spiritual when they are not… Spiritual reality results from the proper relationship to God through His Word. God's Word is truth (John 17:17), and if we are rightly related to God's truth, we cannot be dishonest or hypocritical.
(For more quotes see James - A Devotional Commentary)

WILLIAM BARCLAY
James Commentary

Hiebert - Barclay holds that our book of James is the substance of a sermon preached by James, the Lord's brother, taken down by someone else and translated into Greek with a few additions. Barclay's own translation is printed at the beginning of each of the paragraphs into which the epistle is divided. Most valuable for its word studies and background material.

See Critique of Barclay who is not always fully orthodox

ALBERT BARNES
Notes on the New Testament
James

James Rosscup writes that Barnes "includes 16 volumes on the Old Testament, 11 on the New Testament. The New Testament part of this old work was first published in 1832–1851. Various authors contributed. It is evangelical and amillennial...Often the explanations of verses are very worthwhile." (Commentaries for Biblical Expositors: An Annotated Bibliography of Selected Works)

C H Spurgeon "Albert Barnes is a learned and able divine, but his productions are unequal in value, the gospels are of comparatively little worth, but his other comments are extremely useful for Sunday-school teachers and persons with a narrow range of reading, endowed with enough good sense to discriminate between good and evil....Placed by the side of the great masters, Barnes is a lesser light, but taking his work for what it is and professes to be, no minister can afford to be without it, and this is no small praise for works which were only intended for Sunday-school teachers." (Spurgeon, C. H. Lectures to my Students, Vol. 4: Commenting and Commentaries; Lectures Addressed to the students of the Pastors' College, Metropolitan Tabernacle)

John Cereghin - Valuable commentary that had a wide sale when first published by this Presbyterian pastor.

BRIAN BELL
Calvary Chapel, Murrieta
Sermon Notes on James

James 1:1-11 Trials: not 'if' but 'when'
James 1:12-27 Real Religion
James 2:1-13 So Speak & So Do
James 2:14-26 Functioning Faith
James 3:1-12 The 2 Ounce Beast
James 3:13-18 Wisdom
James 4:1-10 The Pollution & The Solution
James 4:11-17 Games People Play
James 5:1-12 Money money money money, MONEY
James 5:13-20 Ol’ Camel Knees

Nice outline format with pithy sayings and practical application - here is a sample from James 1:1 -11

Intro:James is a very practical book that discusses “living the Faith”! It’s the N.T.’s book of Proverbs; you’ll hear bits of the Sermon on the Mount in it; & you’ll see many O.T. word pictures & references. James refers to: Abraham, Isaac, Rahab, Job, & Elijah, & alludes to 21 O.T. books! It’s main point – “True Faith is a Faith that Works!”If we truly practice our faith it will be seen in: How we face trials (ch.1); How we treat people (ch.2); What we say (ch.3); How we deal w/ sin in our lives (ch.4); How we Pray (ch.5). It deals w/the crucial relationship between faith & active works! It’s balancing right belief w/ right behavior. How will we study this book? “See Christianity must not only be believed, it must be lived!” The type of Christianity that has “no experience of a changed life”, is no Christianity at all! The proof of real faith is a changed life! Here is plenty of practical advice on Christian living! You could call it the “How-To” Book on Christian Living! (Christian Living for Dummies!) “The true seed of saving faith is verified by the tangible fruit of serving faith.” Will you take the challenge this morning (& each Sunday morn) to be a “doer” of James words? We will not be the same at the end of this book if we prayerfully ask the Spirit to apply what we learn. E. J. Goodspeed called James, “just a handful of pearls, dropped one by one into the hearers mind.”

CHRIS BENFIELD
SERMONS
JAMES

JOHANN BENGEL
James Commentary
The Critical English Testament

Note: Represents Combination of Bengel's Gnomon and Comments by more modern expositors (in brackets) to make this more usable for those who do not read Greek.

Spurgeon comments on the goal to make Bengel's Gnomon (listed above) more accessible -- "Such is the professed aim of this commentary, and the compilers have very fairly carried out their intentions. The whole of Bengel’s Gnomon is bodily transferred into the work, and as 120 years have elapsed since the first issue of that book, it may be supposed that much has since been added to the wealth of Scripture exposition; the substance of this has been incorporated in brackets, so as to bring it down to the present advanced state of knowledge. We strongly advise the purchase of this book, as it...will well repay an attentive perusal. Tischendorf and Alford have contributed largely...to make this one of the most lucid and concise commentaries on the text and teachings of the New Testament" (Spurgeon, C. H. Lectures to my Students, Vol. 4: Commenting and Commentaries; Lectures Addressed to the students of the Pastors' College, Metropolitan Tabernacle)

John Wesley said of Bengel "I know of no commentator on the Bible equal to Bengel" and referred to him as "The great light of the Christian world."

JOHANN BENGEL
James Commentary
Gnomon of the New Testament

Note: If not proficient in Greek, see related Critical English Testament below.

James Rosscup writes "This work (Gnomon), originally issued in 1742, has considerable comment on the Greek, flavoring the effort with judicious details about the spiritual life. It has much that helps, but has been surpassed by many other commentaries since its day." (Commentaries for Biblical Expositors: An Annotated Bibliography of Selected Works)

JOSEPH BENSON
COMMENTARY
JAMES

Spurgeon - Adopted by the Wesleyan Conference as a standard work, and characterized by that body as marked by “solid learning, soundness of theological opinion, and an edifying attention to experimental and practical religion. Necessary to Methodist Students.

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Resources that Reference James

WILLIAM BURKITT
COMMENTARY
JAMES

Spurgeon - We liked Burkitt better when we were younger. He is, however, a homely and spiritual writer, and his work is good reading for the many. Burkitt is somewhat pithy, and for a modern rather rich and racy, but he is far from deep, and is frequently common-place. I liked him well enough till I had read abler works and grown older. Some books grow upon us as we read and re-read them, but Burkitt does not. Yet so far from depreciating the good man, I should be sorry to have missed his acquaintance, and would bespeak for him your attentive perusal.

JOHN CALVIN
COMMENTARY
JAMES

Spurgeon on Calvin - Of priceless value....Calvin is a tree whose “leaf also shall not wither;” whatever he has written lives on, and is never out of date, because he expounded the word without bias or partiality.

CAMBRIDGE BIBLE FOR SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES
COMMENTARY
JAMES

By E H Plumptre

D Edmond Hiebert - A valuable commentary on these epistles for the lay student by a conservative British scholar of the past century. Important introductions and concise notes on the text. (An Introduction to the New Testament)

Logos - A concise book that is packed with practical application, the New Testament book of James is discussed in-depth by E. H. Plumptre. From the author of the epistle, to the date it was written, to the analysis of the book as a whole, Plumptre brings his readers a critical look at James. This engaging commentary expands on the doctrines found within this small epistle, and is infused with scriptural cross-references.

CAMBRIDGE GREEK TESTAMENT
COMMENTARY
JAMES

ADAM CLARKE
COMMENTARY
JAMES

Click critique of his theological persuasion.

James Rosscup - This old, conservative Wesleyan Methodist work is good devotionally and aggressive for righteous living. Laypeople can find it still valuable today. It is Arminian in viewpoint and thus helpful, for example, in showing the reader how this approach deals with texts involving the eternal security question. The work contains much background material from many sources on all books of the Bible.

Spurgeon - Adam Clarke is the great annotator of our Wesleyan friends; and they have no reason to be ashamed of him, for he takes rank among the chief of expositors. His mind was evidently fascinated by the singularities of learning, and hence his commentary is rather too much of an old curiosity shop, but it is filled with valuable rarities, such as none but a great man could have collected....If you have a copy of Adam Clarke, and exercise discretion in reading it, you will derive immense advantage from it, for frequently by a sort of side-light he brings out the meaning of the text in an astonishingly novel manner. I do not wonder that Adam Clarke still stands, notwithstanding his peculiarities, a prince among commentators. I do not find him so helpful as Gill, but still, from his side of the question, with which I have personally no sympathy, he is an important writer, and deserves to be studied by every reader of the Scriptures. He very judiciously says of Dr. Gill, “He was a very learned and good man, but has often lost sight of his better judgment in spiritualizing the text;” this is the very verdict which we pass upon himself, only altering the last sentence a word or two; “He has often lost sight of his better judgment in following learned singularities;” the monkey, instead of the serpent, tempting Eve, is a notable instance.

STEVEN COLE
Sermons on James

Highly Recommended. These sermons are the same material found in Pastor Cole's book if you prefer Kindle or Paperback format. Notice that his book has 8 customer reviews and all give it Five Stars! Click to read some of the reviews. Great tool if you are leading a Bible study, are preaching through the book of James or simply studying it on your own.

James 1:1-4 A Radical Approach to Trials

Excerpt - Many writers claim that there is no unifying theme to James, but that it is just a series of unrelated, random exhortations. But, as difficult as it may be to outline the book, I think that the contents may be arranged under this theme of true faith. James is giving a series of tests by which one may determine whether his faith is genuine or false (D. Edmond Hiebert makes this point, “The Unifying Theme of the Epistle of James,” Bibliotheca Sacra [135:539, July-September, 1978], pp. 221-231). I offer this outline:

Introduction: Author and recipients (1:1).

1. True faith responds with practical godliness under testing (1:2-27).

A. True faith responds with joy when it faces testing (1:2-4).

B. True faith seeks God for wisdom in times of testing (1:5-8).

C. True faith adopts God’s eternal perspective in both poverty and riches (1:9-11).

D. True faith perseveres under testing, not blaming God for temptations (1:12-18).

E. True faith obeys God’s word, even when provoked (1:19-27).

2. True faith shows itself in practical obedience (2:1-26).

A. True faith does not show partiality (2:1-7).

B. True faith practices biblical love (2:8-13).

C. True faith proves itself by its works (2:14-26).

3. True faith controls the tongue and acts with gentle wisdom (3:1-18).

A. True faith controls the tongue (3:1-12).

B. True faith acts with gentle wisdom (3:13-18).

4. True faith resists arrogance by humbling oneself before God (4:1-5:18).

A. True faith practices humility in relationships (4:1-12).

B. True faith practices humility with regard to the future (4:13-17).

C. True faith practices humility by waiting for God to judge the wicked who have wronged us (5:1-11).

D. True faith practices humility by speaking the truth apart from self-serving oaths (5:12).

E. True faith practices humility by depending upon God through prayer (5:13-18).

James 1:5-8 How to Obtain Wisdom from God

Excerpt - Joni Eareckson Tada, as most of you know, was paralyzed from the neck down in a diving accident when she was 17. She wrote this about her suffering (Joni [Zondervan], p. 154):

God engineered the circumstances. He used them to prove Himself as well as my loyalty. Not everyone had this privilege. I felt there were only a few people God cared for in such a special way that He would trust them with this kind of experience. This understanding left me relaxed and comfortable as I relied on His love, exercising newly learned trust. I saw that my injury was not a tragedy but a gift God was using to help me conform to the image of Christ, something that would mean my ultimate satisfaction, happiness—even joy.

That is God’s wisdom on how to endure a major trial with joy! She did not get that wisdom from the world. She did not make it up herself. It came from God, through His Word. If you need God’s wisdom for how to endure any major or minor trial with joy, ask Him in faith and He will give it.

James 1:9-12 Perspective for Perseverance

Excerpt - The famous evangelist, George Whitefield, once told of seeing some criminals riding in a cart on their way to the gallows. They were arguing about who should sit on the right hand of the cart, with no more concern than children arguing about who sits where in the car (in Elisabeth Dodds, Marriage to a Difficult Man [Westminster Press], p. 113). Here were men about to die that very day, arguing over who got the best seat! James would have us see that life is a vapor (4:14). We’re all going to die soon. To focus on accumulating wealth if we lack it or to expend ourselves in amassing more wealth than we already have, would be rather shortsighted. Rather, we should focus on the crown of life that the Lord has promised to those who love Him. That eternal focus will enable us to persevere in trials with joy.

James 1:13-15 The Source, Force and Course of Temptation

Excerpt - A man was on a diet and struggling. He had to go downtown and as he started out, he remembered that his route would take him by the doughnut shop. As he got closer, he thought that a cup of coffee would hit the spot. Then he remembered his diet. That’s when he prayed, “Lord, if You want me to stop for a doughnut and coffee, let there be a parking place in front of the shop.” He said, “Sure enough, I found a parking place right in front—on my seventh time around the block!” As Robert Orben said, “Most people want to be delivered from temptation but would like it to keep in touch” (Reader’s Digest [8/86], p. 35). Allow me to state the obvious: You will not make it as a Christian if you do not learn to overcome temptation.

Excerpt - A current popular myth in evangelical circles is that salvation is based on a personal decision for Christ and that such a decision may or may not result in a changed life. In this paradigm, a child from a Christian home may make a decision at summer camp “to invite Jesus into his heart.” He goes forward at the closing song after a meeting. He gets some follow-up, is given a Bible and told to read it every day. Perhaps when he gets back to his church, he is baptized. He attends church every Sunday, because that’s what his family does.

But as he gets older, he finds church to be boring and irrelevant. He prefers having fun with his worldly friends to hanging out with the church crowd. His friends introduce him to drinking, drugs, pornography, and sex. He drops out of church. He never reads his Bible. He has no desire to know Christ in a deeper way. And yet his parents will say, “But he’s saved, because he made a decision for Christ as a boy at church camp!”

But the important question in situations like this is, “Is there any evidence of a changed heart or new life in Christ?” As we saw in James 1:18, salvation is a matter of God imparting new life through His word of truth. Just as a newborn baby gives clear evidence that he is alive and well, so a new believer gives evidence of his new life in Christ. His desires change. He was a God-hater, alienated from God, hostile toward Him. Now he is a God-lover, reconciled to God, receptive to the truths of God’s word.

Jesus’ parable of the sower (Matt. 13:3-9, 18-23; Mark 4:3-20; Luke 8:4-15) shows that genuine faith in Christ is not just a flash in the pan. Faith in Christ endures and produces fruit.

James 1:22-27 Doers of the Word

Excerpt - Pastor Stuart Briscoe was teaching the principles of Bible study. He showed how to pick out the promises and the commands in Scripture, and what to do with them. Finally, he reviewed and asked, “Now, what do you do with the commands?” A little old lady raised her hand and said, “I underline them in blue.” Underlining the Bible’s commands in blue might make for a colorful Bible, but the point of the commands is that we obey them. Unfortunately, there are many people in evangelical churches who have their heads filled with information from the Bible, but they don’t obey what the Bible commands. That may sound harsh, but surveys commonly show that there is substantially no difference between evangelical Christians and the population at large on most moral and social beliefs and behavior. For example, pollster George Barna (in World [12/6/03], p. 33) found that one out of three “born-again Christians” (defined as “those who report having made a personal commitment to Christ and expect to get to heaven because they accepted Jesus”) accept same-sex unions. Thirty-nine percent believe it is morally acceptable for couples to live together before marriage. And, born-again Christians are more likely than non-Christians to have experienced divorce (27 to 24 %)! James would be aghast!

THOMAS CONSTABLE
Expository Notes
Book of James

W A CRISWELL
Sermons on James

KAY DAIGLE
Study on James

Blue Jean Faith: A Study of James for Wise Women

RON DANIEL
Study Notes on James

BOB DEFFINBAUGH
The Tests of True Religion:
A Study of the Book of James

DEVOTIONALS
JAMES

These make excellent sermon illustrations.

These devotionals are arranged by chapter - C H Spurgeon, G Campbell Morgan Our Daily Bread, F B Meyer

To show how one might use this devotional page, here are several examples of illustrations that can be found on the page of devotionals listed above...

Illustration of James 3:6 The Point of No Return - It wasn’t as simple as just crossing another river. By law, no Roman general could lead armed troops into Rome. So when Julius Caesar led his Thirteenth Legion across the Rubicon River and into Italy in 49 bc, it was an act of treason. The impact of Caesar’s decision was irreversible, generating years of civil war before Rome’s great general became absolute ruler. Still today, the phrase “crossing the Rubicon” is a metaphor for “passing the point of no return.”Sometimes we can cross a relational Rubicon with the words we say to others. Once spoken, words can’t be taken back. They can either offer help and comfort or do damage that feels just as irreversible as Caesar’s march on Rome. James gave us another word picture about words when he said, “The tongue also is a fire, a world of evil among the parts of the body. It corrupts the whole body, sets the whole course of one’s life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell” (James 3:6).
Illustration of James 1:2 - Fire can be one of the worst enemies of trees. But it can also be helpful. Experts say that small, frequent fires called “cool” fires clean the forest floor of dead leaves and branches but don’t destroy the trees. They leave behind ashes, which are perfect for seeds to grow in. Surprisingly, low-intensity fires are necessary for healthy growth of trees.Similarly, trials—pictured as fire in the Bible—are necessary for our spiritual health and growth (1 Peter 1:7; 4:12).
Illustration of James 1:2-4 - HIGHER MATH - Mathematical formulas work well with numbers, but not with people. That's why this equation in James 1 sounds unworkable: FAITH + TRIALS = PATIENCE One might better try to mix oil and water. But what makes this formula work is confidence in God's unfailing love, which allows for all the human emotions that come with life's trials.
Illustration of James 1:1-4 - A University of Michigan microbiologist tells his students that the human body is made up of ten trillion cells, which are home to some 100 trillion bacteria. He supports this claim by citing studies conducted by University of Pennsylvania researchers who once estimated that a dime-sized patch of skin may hold up to two million bacteria. The presence of all those little critters might seem to be an overwhelming threat to our health. But scientists who have come to understand and appreciate the role of bacteria say that we would actually be sicker without them than we are with them. They apparently help ward off other bacteria that cause diseases. This is not an argument for careless personal hygiene. But it is an interesting parallel to the setting in which Christians are called to live. Contrary to what we might think, we can actually benefit from a hostile environment.
Illustration of James 1:1-12 Trial By Fire - F. B. Meyer explained it this way: “A bar of iron worth $2.50, when wrought into horseshoes is worth $5. If made into needles it is worth $175. If into penknife blades it is worth $1,625. If made into springs for watches it is worth $125,000. What a ‘trial by fire’ that bar must undergo to be worth this! But the more it is manipulated, and the more it is hammered and passed through the heat, beaten, pounded, and polished, the greater its value.” Christian, are you wondering about the trials through which you are passing? With impatient heart are you saying, “How long, O Lord?” The heat of the flame and the blows of the hammer are necessary if you are to be more than an unpolished, rough bar of iron. God’s all-wise plan, though it calls for the fire, produces the valuable watch spring of maturity. His very best for your life has behind it His perfect timing

Below are links to a collection of devotionals from Moody Bible's "Today in the Word." The introduction to each devotional frequently begins with an illustration related to the specific passage.

Biblegateway devotionals - click for link to multiple devotionals on James. They are of variable quality to Be a Berean. Here are some examples...

John Piper - Is God’s Love Conditional?. (James 4:8)

This verse means that there is a precious experience of peace and assurance and harmony and intimacy that is not unconditional. It depends on our not grieving the Spirit.

It depends on our putting away bad habits. It depends on forsaking the petty inconsistencies of our Christian lives. It depends on our walking closely with God and aiming at the highest degree of holiness.

If this is true, I fear that the unguarded reassurances today that God’s love is unconditional may stop people from doing the very things the Bible says they need to do in order to have the peace that they so desperately crave. In trying to give peace through “unconditionality” we may be cutting people off from the very remedy the Bible prescribes.

Let us declare untiringly the good news that our justification is based on the worth of Christ’s obedience and sacrifice, not ours (Romans 5:19, “as through the one man’s disobedience the many were made sinners, even so through the obedience of the One the many will be made righteous”).

But let us also declare the biblical truth that the enjoyment of that justification in its effect on our joy and confidence and power to grow in likeness to Jesus is conditioned on our actively forsaking sins and forsaking bad habits and mortifying lusts and pursuing intimacy with Christ, and not grieving the Spirit.

Quest Bible - Is faith enough? James 2:14–24

Are we saved by grace through faith alone (see Eph 2:8–9) or do we also need good works?

James does not argue that good works are required for salvation. Nor does he say that deeds are more important than beliefs. Rather, he insists that there are two kinds of faith—one legitimate and the other illegitimate; “faith … made complete” (v. 22) and “faith without deeds” (v. 20). Both are “belief” in one sense of the word. But legitimate faith goes deeper than “right thinking” to “right living.”

Confusion may arise, however, when we recall that Paul writes that we cannot earn salvation. He uses Abraham as an example of one who received God’s promise, not through human effort, but through faith (see Gal 3:6–12).

James also uses Abraham as an example, but his focus and emphasis are different than Paul’s. He skips over the futility of human effort to discuss the futility of deficient faith—faith that stops at the intellectual level. Even demons have that kind of “faith,” James exclaims (v. 19)!

James’s point, then, is that Abraham exercised authentic faith—demonstrated by his actions. Abraham’s deeds earned him nothing, but they proved his faith was genuine: Right faith led to right actions. If he had not trusted God, Abraham could never have offered his son—the fulfillment of God’s promise—on the altar (vv. 21–22). Paul uses Abraham to show that people are justified on the basis of real faith; James shows that Abraham’s faith was proven to be real because it worked (compare Gal 5:6).

So then, we don’t need anything but faith—the right kind of faith—to be saved by God. And our behavior will show what our faith is made of, whether or not it is legitimate.

DAN DUNCAN
Believer's Chapel Dallas

150 pages of transcripts

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James 1:1-11 Christian Trials - 19 pages
James 1:12-18 Temptations - 19 pages
James 1:19-27 Pure Religion - 14 pages
James 2:1-13 The Royal Law - 14 pages
James 2:14-26 Faith That Works - 14 pages
James 3:1-18 The Tongue - 14 pages
James 4:1-10 Worldliness - 14 pages
James 4:11-17 Pride and Perspective - 13 pages
James 5:1-11 Patience - 15 pages
James 5:12-20 Oaths, Prayers and Wanderers - 14 pages

J LIGON DUNCAN
James Sermons

THEODORE EPP
Devotionals
Epistle of James

Click here for the devotionals below.

James 1:1-8 Getting
James 1:9-11 God Is Not Impressed
James 1:12-15 The Birth That Brings Death
James 1:16-18 God Enjoys Giving!
James 1:19-21 Open Ears - Closed Mouth
James 1:22-25 Have You Looked in the Mirror?
James 1:26,27 The Religion God Wants
James 2:1-13 God's Royal Law
James 2:14-26 Not Words but Works
James 3:1-6 A Matter of Life and Death!
James 3:7-12 The Secret of a Controlled Tongue
James 3:13-18 Wisdom From Heaven
James 4:1-3 The War Within
James 4:4-7 Don't Court the World
James 4:8-12 You Get Nearer by Getting Lower
James 4:13-17 God Will Guide You
James 5:1-6 Prices or Values?
James 5:7-12 He Is at the Door!
James 5:3-16 Sickness and Sin
James 5:17-20 Prayer That Works

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The Book of James

James: Responsible Faith

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EXPOSITOR'S BIBLE COMMENTARY
The Book of James
Alfred Plummer

James Rosscup writes - This is a good study in the Greek text.

Cyril Barber - Worth consulting, but does not deserve to be placed high on the preacher's priority list. (The Minister's Library, Vol 1)

Introduction
James 1 Commentary
James 1:1 The Author of the Epistle: James the Brother of the Lord
James 1:1 The Persons Addressed
James 1:2-4 The Relation of This Epistle to the Writing of St Paul
James 1:12-18 The Source of Temptations
James 1:22-25 The Delusion of Hearing Without Doing
James 2 Commentary
James 2:1-4 The Christology of St James
James 2:5-10 The Iniquity of Respecting the Rich and Despising the Poor
James 2:14-26 Faith and Works
James 2:19, 21, 25 The Faith of the Demons
James 3 Commentary
James 3:1-8: The Heavy Responsibilities of Teachers
James 3:9-12 The Moral Contradictions in the Reckless Talker
James 3:13-16 The Wisdom that is From Below
James 3:17, 18 7,18 The Wisdom that is From Above
James 4 Commentary
James 4:1-13 Lusts as the Causes of Strife
James 4:4-6 The Seductions of the World
James 4:7-10 The Power of Satan and Its Limits
James 4:11, 12 Self Assurance
James 4:13-17 Presuming Upon Our Future
James 5 Commentary
James 5:1-6 The Follies and Iniquities of the Rich - Their Miserable End
James 5:7-11 Patience in Waiting
James 5:7-11 The Prohibition of Swearing
James 5:13 Worship the Best Outlet
James 5:14-15 The Elders of the Church
James 5:16-18 Confession of Sins
James 5:19, 20 The Word of Converting Sinners

EXPOSITOR'S DICTIONARY OF TEXTS
Commentary on James

EXPOSITOR'S GREEK TESTAMENT
James Commentary
W E Oesterley

D Edmond Hiebert - Greek text. A technical commentary providing grammatical information and important word studies. Often cites rabbinic sources. Defends Petrine authorship and dates the letter at A.D. 64. (An Introduction to the New Testament)

JOHN GILL
COMMENTARY
JAMES

James Rosscup - Gill (1697–1771), a pastor of England, wrote these which are two-column pages, ca. 900–1,000 pages per volume, Originally they were 9 volumes, folio. He also wrote Body of Divinity, 3 volumes, and several other volumes. His commentary is evangelical, wrestles with texts, is often wordy and not to the point but with worthy things for the patient who follow the ponderous detail and fish out slowly what his interpretation of a text is. He feels the thousand years in Revelation 20 cannot begin until after the conversion of the Jews and the bringing in of the fullness of the Gentiles and destruction of all antiChristian powers (volume 6, p. 1063) but in an amillennial sense of new heavens and new earth coming right after Christ’s second advent (1064–65), and the literal thousand years of binding at the same time. He feels the group that gathers against the holy city at the end of the thousand years is the resurrected wicked dead from the four quarters of the earth (i.e. from all the earth, etc. (1067).

Spurgeon - Beyond all controversy, Gill was one of the most able Hebraists of his day, and in other matters no mean proficient...His ultraism is discarded, but his learning is respected: the world and the church take leave to question his dogmatism, but they both bow before his erudition. Probably no man since Gill’s days has at all equalled him in the matter of Rabbinical learning.

He preached in the same church as C. H. Spurgeon over one hundred years earlier. Yet most people today have never heard of John Gill. This is unfortunate, since his works contain priceless gems of information that are found nowhere except in the ancient writings of the Jews.

DAVID GUZIK
Commentary Notes on James

Conservative, modern commentary from Calvary Chapel pastor.

MATTHEW HENRY
COMMENTARY
JAMES

UNABRIDGED

Spurgeon - A Christian man wishing for the cream of expository writers could not make a better purchase. Ministers, as a rule, should not buy condensations, but get the works themselves.

James Rosscup - This evangelical work, devotional in character, has been in constant demand for about 280 years. Its insight into human problems is great, but it often does not deal adequately with problems in the text. The one-volume form eliminates the Biblical text and is thus less bulky. It has sold very well. The late Wilbur M. Smith, internationally noted Bible teacher, seminary professor and lover of books, tabbed this “The greatest devotional commentary ever written”. Henry was born in a Welch farmhouse, studied law, and became a Presbyterian minister near London. He wrote this commentary in the last 13 years before he died at 52 in 1714. The first of six volumes was published in 1708. He completed through Acts, and the rest of the New Testament was done by 14 clergymen. (Ed: Thus James are not the comments of Matthew Henry).

DAVID HOLWICK
Sermons on James

Frequent illustrations.

ILLUSTRATIONS RELATED
To Book of James

See also Our Daily Bread

INTERVARSITY PRESS COMMENTARY
Epistle of James
George M. Stulac

James Rosscup - A Presbyterian pastor provides a clear, refreshing survey that shows often how to apply truth. This is one of the top three or four popular expositions, though teachers, pastors and students can need more grappling with details to bolster discussions, as in R. Martin, J. B. Mayor, P. Davids, J. Adamson, R. C. H. Lenski, etc. At times, Stulac’s work gets fairly detailed on views and arguments, as in 4:5. In 5:14–16 physical illness may also involve sin.

Cyril Barber - Here’s a book for expository preachers. Stulac ably explains the tension between faith and works, and honestly faces the theological issues raised by James before providing a convincing explanation. The book is well-outlined and practical.

INTO THY WORD
STUDY NOTES ON JAMES
Richard J Krejcir

Informative notes.

JAMIESON, FAUSSET, BROWN
Commentary
Epistle of James

Published 1871 - Probably best older commentary on prophetic passages as it tends to interpret more literally.

James Rosscup - This is a helpful old set of 1863 for laypeople and pastors to have because it usually comments at least to some degree on problems. Though terse, it provides something good on almost any passage, phrase by phrase and is to some degree critical in nature. It is evangelical....Especially in its multi-volume form this is one of the old evangelical works that offers fairly solid though brief help on many verses. Spurgeon said, “It contains so great a variety of information that if a man had no other exposition he would find himself at no great loss if he possessed this and used it diligently” (Commenting and Commentaries, p. 3). Things have changed greatly since this assessment! It is primarily of help to pastors and lay people looking for quick, though usually somewhat knowledgeable treatments on verses.

Spurgeon - A really standard work. We consult it continually, and with growing interest. Mr. Fausset’s portion strikes us as being of the highest order.

John Cereghin - A conservative exposition. He defends Petrine authorship (xlixff); argues for the deity of Christ (619); holds that assurance in Scripture is doubly sure (622); identifies the elements as “the world’s component materials” (627); holds that Paul’s Epistles were already known as “Scripture” (628).

UNABRIDGED VERSION

ROBERT JOHNSTONE
Commentary
Epistle of James

433 page commentary

Cyril Barber - A classic in the field. Published originally in 1871. A must for the expository preacher. Buy it! (Ed: click it = it's free online) These concise studies faithfully expound the Greek text and provide a solide foundation for a series of message. Works of this nature are rare and should obtained and used by every Bible-teaching preacher. (Bolding added) (The Minister's Library. Volume 1 and 2)

Spurgeon comments - "A very useful, scholarly, and readable book."

LANGE'S COMMENTARY
JAMES
G F C FRONMULLER

D Edmond Hiebert on Fronmuller - Prints author's own translation. An exhaustive exposition by a conservative interpreter which has stood the test of time. Important for the expositor of 1 Peter. A careful interpretation of these epistles with a mass of material of a practical and homiletical nature.(An Introduction to the New Testament)

James Rosscup - The treatments of books within this evangelical set (Lange's Commentary) vary in importance. Generally, one finds a wealth of detailed commentary, background, and some critical and exegetical notes. Often, however, there is much excess verbiage that does not help particularly. On the other hand, it usually has something to assist the expositor on problems and is a good general set for pastors and serious lay people though it is old.

JOHN MACARTHUR
Expository Sermons on James

Functions Like a Verse by Verse Commentary

Link to search for all MacArthur's resources on James

JOHN MACARTHUR'S QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS ON JAMES

ALEXANDER MACLAREN
Sermons on James

James Rosscup - This evangelical work is both homiletical and expository and is often very good homiletically but weaker otherwise. Helpful in discussing Bible characters, it is weak in prophecy at times because of allegorization. It is not really as valuable today as many other sets for the serious Bible student. The expositions are in the form of sermons.

THOMAS MANTON
A Practical Exposition of James

In Depth Verse by Verse Comments (>150 pages on James 1!)

An Estimate of Manton by J. C. Ryle

Spurgeon's comment on Manton's work - In Manton’s best style. An exhaustive work, as far as the information of the period admitted. Few such books are written now.

Cyril Barber: First published in 1693, these exhaustive studies highlight the special relevance of this epistle to the situations facing the church. (The Minister's Library. Volume 1)

Joseph Mayor
The Epistle of James
The Greek Text with Introductory Notes and Comments

James Rosscup: First issued in 1892, this commentary of more than 600 pages gives the reader almost 300 pages in introductory explorations about the identity of the writer James, the date (he says near the end of the A. D. 40’s), the relations to other New Testament books, grammar and style, etc. It is a work of towering scholarship and exhaustive detail. From the standpoint of the Greek text it is the best older and one of the best at any time on James. (Commentaries for Biblical Expositors: An annotated bibliography)

Cyril Barber: An encyclopedic work on the Greek Text. Regarded by many as the most important critical commentary on this portion of God's Word. Technical. (The Minister's Library. Volume 1)

Cyril Barber: A work of massive scholarship that ranks among the most important exegetical works ever published on this epistle. (The Minister's Library. Volume 2)

F B Meyer
Our Daily Homily on James
One from Our Daily Walk (ODW)

Miscellaneous
Resources on James
Conservative, Evangelical

JOURNAL ARTICLES AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD FREE ONLINE

BEST COMMENTARIES - Epistle of James

James Rosscup comments on the James Commentary by Zane Hodges - He takes what has been called a “non-Lordship” view that those who have eternal life by grace may lose faith and not persevere in good works, but the eternal salvation remains intact; lack of works do not reflect on professing believers possibly not having genuinely received life as a gift...In James 2:14–26, only the saved are in view, so the faith that is dead without works is an “ineffectual, unproductive faith” of the saved (Ed: This is an amazing statement in light of James clear statement that "Even so faith, if it has no works, is dead, being by itself.")..

HENRY MORRIS - Defender's Study Bible - Excellent, conservative, literal study Bible notes from a leading Creationist.

James 1:1 James Jesus Christ scattered abroad greeting
James 1:2 temptations
James 1:5 lack wisdom
James 1:12 crown of life
James 1:13 God cannot be tempted
James 1:15 finished
James 1:17 Father of lights no variableness shadow of turning
James 1:18 word of truth firstfruits
James 1:21 superfluity of naughtiness engrafted
James 1:23 in a glass
James 1:26 seem to be religious
James 1:27 Pure religion
James 2:2 assembly
James 2:8 according to the scripture
James 2:10 offend in one point
James 2:12 law of liberty
James 2:14 can faith save him
James 2:18 faith by my works
James 2:19 there is one God
James 2:20 faith without works is dead
James 2:21 justified by works
James 2:23 fulfilled which saith Friend of God
James 2:25 Rahab the harlot
James 3:1 masters
James 3:5 great things
James 3:6 fire of hell
James 3:9 similitude of God
James 3:12 either a vine, figs
James 3:13 conversation
James 3:15 earthly, sensual, devilish
James 3:17 from above
James 4:3 receive not
James 4:4 enemy of God
James 4:5 scripture saith in vain
James 4:6 he saith
James 4:7 Resist the devil
James 4:10 Humble yourselves
James 4:14 vapour
James 4:15 If the Lord will
James 4:17 doeth it not
James 5:3 for the last days
James 5:4 Lord of sabaoth
James 5:5 day of slaughter
James 5:8 draweth nigh
James 5:11 patience of Job pitiful
James 5:14 sick oil
James 5:15 faith shall save sick if
James 5:16 Confess your faults fervent
James 5:17 on the earth
James 5:20 save a soul

BIBLE.ORG

NET Study Bible Excellent resource, includes NETBible notes and Thomas Constable's notes that synchronize with the Scriptures.

JEREMY ADLER - THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FAITH AND WORKS

A Comparison of James 2:24 and Ephesians 2:8-10

ANDREW BENNETT

JIM BOMKAMP

Click for links to following studies:

James 1:1-4 "Introduction
James 1:4-15 Ask God For Wisdom, Avoid Materialism, Persevere Through Trials
James 1:15-21 Source Of Temptations / Every Good Gift Is From God / Quick To Hear Slow To Speak
James 1:22-2:13 : Be Doers Of The Word And Not Merely Hearers / Bridle Your Tongue / Practice Pure And Undefiled Religion / Do Not Show Partiality
James 2:14-25 Justified By Works
James 3:1-12: Let Not Many Become Teachers / The Destructive And Life-Giving Power Of The Tongue
James 3:13-4:3 Discerning The Wisdom From Above And Below / The Source Of All Quarrels And Conflicts / Learning To Ask
James 4:4-17 Friendship With World Is Hostility Towards God / God Is Opposed To The Proud But Gives Grace To The Humble / Don't Speak Against Brothers
James 5:1-11 Sweeping Condemnations, Exhortations, And Warnings For The Rich / Be Patient For The Coming Of The Lord / Do Not Complain Against One Another
James 5:12-20 Don't Swear By Anything / If Suffering Pray / If Sick Ask the Elders To Come And Pray For Healing / Confess Your Sins One To Another

JOHN BURNS

James, The Wisdom of Jesus

GEORGE DAVIS

Preaching From the Book of James

J LIGON DUNCAN and Gabe Fluhrer

DAVID DOCKERY

MICHAEL FRONCZAK - each Pdf is from 40-50 pages

GENE GETZ - short videos emphasizing principles

James; Principle #1; James 1:1-4; Persecution and Trials: When we face various trials, we should ask God to help us view these painful experiences as opportunities to become more mature in our spiritual walk with Jesus Christ. Video
James; Principle #2; James 1:5-8; Wisdom from Above: To face trials with a proper perspective, we must seek God's wisdom through faith and prayer. Video
James; Principle #3; James 1:9-12; A Biblical Priority: Regardless of our earthly possessions, we are to remember that what ultimately matters is our eternal inheritance. Video
James; Principle #4; James 1:13-18; Temptation and Rationalization: We must take full responsibility for our sinful attitudes and actions. Video
James; Principle #5; James 1:19-27; Applying God's Word: To please God, we must not only listen to His Word but also put it into practice. Video
James; Principle #6; James 2:1-13 Avoiding Prejudice: We are to honor one another without showing favoritism. Video
James; Principle #7; James 2:14-26; Good Works: If our profession of faith does not eventuate in good works, we should evaluate the validity of our salvation experience. Video
James; Principle #8; James 3:1-12; Sinful Anger: To keep our words from becoming destructive, we must be able to control what we say. Video
James; Principle #9; James 3:13-18; Heavenly and Earthly Wisdom: To gain God's wisdom, we must walk by the Spirit and not in the flesh. Video
James; Principle #10; James 4:1-10; Humility versus Pride: To apply God's wisdom, we are to imitate Christ's example of humility. Video
James; Principle #11; James 4:13-17; Money and Humility: When we accumulate and use material possessions, we are to reflect Christlike humility. Video
James; Principle #12; James 5:1-6; Materialistic Idolatry: Spiritual leaders should warn people never to allow materialism to deprive them of eternal life. Video
James; Principle #13; James 5:7-12 Christ's Return: When we are frustrated and distracted by people who are evil and cruel, we are to focus on our eternal hope in Jesus Christ. Video
James; Principle #14; James 5:13-20; Prayers of the Righteous: When we are experiencing various illnesses, we should seek guidance and prayer from the leaders in our churches who are living godly and righteous lives. Video

BRUCE GOETTSCHE - sermons on James

GOSPELCOALITION - SERMONS ON JAMES - MOST MP3 MANY WELL-KNOWN SPEAKERS

Sermons on James - Over 200 sermons. Here are some examples

Consider It Pure Joy Kent Hughes James 1:1-18

The Brother in Harder Circumstances Kent Hughes James 1:9-12

The Source and Course of Temptation Kent Hughes James 1:13-15

Accepting the Word Kent Hughes James 1:16-18

Doing the Word Kent Hughes James 1:19-21

Acceptable Religion Kent Hughes James 1:22-25

The Folly of Favoritism Kent Hughes James 1:26-27

When Trials Come, Part One Alistair Begg James 1:1-3

When Trials Come, Part Two Alistair Begg James 1:2-4

Consider It Pure Joy Alistair Begg James 1:2-5

The Genuine Article Alistair Begg James 1:12

When Tempted Alistair Begg James 1:13-18

The Word of Truth Alistair Begg James 1:18-21

Don't Kid Yourselves! Alistair Begg James 1:22

Do What It Says! Alistair Begg James 1:22-25

Religion, Part One Alistair Begg James 1:26-27

Religion, Part Two Alistair Begg James 1:27

False Faith Alistair Begg James 2:14-17

Trials D. A. Carson James 1:1-18

The Person God Uses Daniel Akin James 1

The Son as Priest Mark Dever James 1:1-18

James Who? Sinclair Ferguson James 1:1

Introduction to James R.C. Sproul James 1

Why Me? Why Now? Paul Tripp James 1

GOTQUESTIONS - Sound Biblical answers to questions related to the Book of James

Book of James - Bible Survey
What can we learn from the life of James, the brother of Jesus?
James 1:2-4 - How can I find joy in the midst of trials? Why does God test us? Why does God allow us to go through trials and tribulations?
James 1:2 - Is there a difference between joy and happiness? How can I experience joy in my Christian life?
James 1:3-4 - What does the Bible say about patience?
James 1:5, 3:14-18 - How can I tap into the wisdom of God?
James 1:5-6 - How can I be sure I am praying according to the will of God?
James 1:14-15 - What does the Bible say about overcoming lust?
James 1:14-15 - Why is "the devil made me do it" not a valid excuse?
James 1:8 - What does it mean to be double-minded (James 4:8)?
James 1:12, 22-24 - What does the Bible say about perseverance?
James 1:12 - What are the five heavenly crowns that believers can receive in Heaven?
James 1:13 - Does God tempt us to sin?
James 1:25 - What is the law of liberty (also James 2:12)?
James 1:25 - Christian liberty – what does the Bible say?
James 1:25 - Do Christians have to obey the Old Testament law?
James 1:25 - Law vs. grace—why is there so much conflict among Christians on the issue?
James 1:27 - What is pure and undefiled religion?
What does the Bible say about suffering?
Why do so many people have to experience terrible suffering before death?
Is God cruel?
How can a Christian cope while suffering with a degenerative disease?
James 2:1 - What does the Bible say about favoritism? Does God have favorites?
James 2:24 - How can you believe in salvation by faith alone when the only occurrence of ‘faith alone’ in the Bible says that salvation is not by faith alone?
James 2 - Why is Sola fide important? What is the definition of faith?
James 2:19 - Can a person believe in some sense but not be saved?
James 2:20 - What is easy believism? What are some of the signs of genuine saving faith?
James 2:23 - What can we learn from the life of Abraham?
James 2:25 - What can we learn from the life of Rahab?
James 2 - What does it mean for salvation to be a gift from God?
James 2 - What does it mean that salvation is by grace through faith?
James 2 - What does it mean that good works are the result of salvation?
James 2 - Is salvation by grace plus works a false gospel?
James 2:20,26 - Why is faith without works dead?
James 2 - Why is salvation by works the predominantly held viewpoint?
James 2 - Is salvation by faith alone, or by faith plus works?
James 3:5-11 - Taming the tongue - why is it so difficult?
James 3 - Is it true that life and death is in the power of the tongue?
James 3:14-18 - How can I tap into the wisdom of God?
James 4:7 - How are we to submit to God?
James 4:7 - What does it mean to resist the devil, and why will resistance cause the devil to flee?
James 4 - What can I do when I am under spiritual attack?
James 4:1-3 - What does the Bible say about fighting?
James 4:3 - What does the Bible say about motives?
James 4:4 - What does the Bible say about worldliness?
James 4:4 - What is the definition of enmity?
James 4:4-5 - What is spiritual adultery?
James 4:8-9 - What is godly sorrow?
James 4:11-12 - How can I overcome having a critical spirit?
James 4:13-15 - What does the Bible say about setting goals?
James 4:14 - What does the Bible say about time management?
James 4:14 - What does the Bible say about a death bed conversion?
James 4:17 - What is a sin of omission? What is a sin of commission?
James 5:1-3 How should a Christian view wealth?
James 5:7 What is a husbandman in the Bible?
James 5:8 Can the return of Christ truly be said to be imminent?
James 5:10-11 The patience of Job—why is Job famous for being patient?
James 5:11 How long was Job's suffering?
James 5:15 - What is the prayer of faith?
James 5:16 - What is the key to effective prayer?
James 5:16 What is fervent prayer?
James 5:16 Why should we confess our sins to one another
James 5:16 Do we need to confess our sins to those we have sinned against?
James 5:16 What does the Bible say about confession of sin to a priest?
James 5:16 How can I be sure I am praying according to the will of God?
James 5:16 Why is praying for others important?
James 5:16 What should I look for in an accountability partner?
James 5:19–20 How does love cover all wrongs (Proverbs 10:12)?
James 5:20 When is it necessary to rebuke another believer?

D EDMOND HIEBERT

The Unifying Theme of James - Recommended - Excellent overview

ROBERT HILL

Prayer in the New Testament

LOWELL JOHNSON - SERMONS - Click here and scroll down for sermons listed below

James 1:1 Scoffer to Saint
James 1:2-4 Triumphant In Trials
James 1:12, The Crown of Life
James 1:13-16 Look For the Hook
James 1:19-20 Tune In, Tone Down, Sweeten Up
James 1:19-25 B-I-B-L-E
James 1:9-12 Rich Man Poor Man
James 1:26-27 Real Religion
James 2:1-13 Are You a Church Snob?
James 3:1-12 The Meanest Member in Our Church
James 3:13-18 Real Wisdom
James 4:1-6 Fussin', Feudin', Fightin'
James 4:7-10 A Call to Revival
James 4:13-17 Don't Forget God
James 4:17 An Examination of Sin
James 5:1-6 The Wallet Takes the Witness Stand!
James 5:7-1 How To Live Until the Lord Comes 2
James 5:13-18 A prescription For Every Condition
James 5:19-20 Operation Restoration

STEVE KRELOFF - Messianic Jewish Pastor

Sermons series on James - Mp3 only but very well done

Encounter With Troubles - James 1:2-12

Temptation - James 1:13-18 by Steve Kreloff

Our Relationship With The Word - James 1:19-27

Prejudice And Personal Favoritism - James 2:1-13

Abraham - Justified by Works -James 2:14-24

Faith And Works - James 2:14-26

The Power Of The Tongue - James 3:1-12

Wisdom: The True And The False (Part 1) - James 3:13-18

Wisdom: The True And The False (Part 3) -James 3:13-18

Wisdom: The True And The False (Part 2) - James 3:13-18

Quarrels And Conflicts - James 4:1-10

Playing God - James 4:11-17

Problems For A Materialist - James 5:1-6

Patient Enduring - James 5:7-11

Taking An Oath - James 5:12

The Ministry Of Restoration - James 5:13-18

Praying For The Sick -James 5:14-20

DAVID LEGGE - sermons

LIFEWAY - sermons

JOHN MACARTHUR

Analysis of James

BRYN MACPHAIL - sermons

James 1:2-4, 12-15 Experiencing The Blessings Of God In The Midst Of Hardship
James 1:13-15 Temptation: Its Origin & Consequences
James 1:19-27 Our Battle With Hypocrisy
James 2:14-26 What It Means To Believe: The Nature of Genuine Faith
James 3:1-12 The Power Of Words--To Build Or Destroy
James 4:1-10 When Christians Quarrel
James 4:13-17 Letting God Worry About Tomorrow
James 5:7-11 Be Patient With God
James 5:13-18 Doing Means Praying
James 5:13-19 What We Really Need: Forgiveness

MASTER'S BIBLE CHURCH Sermon Series on James

Quick overview suggests these are an excellent resource (they average 20 pages!)

MONERGISM - SERMONS. MP3'S

JIM NEWHEISER - each sermon has nice 2 page outline with lots of Scripture cross-references

PASTORLIFE - sermons from various pastors

Looking at the Greeting in James 1 James 1:1 James, Intro to David E. Owen
Triumphant Trials James 1:1-12 Trials; Troubles; Faith; Growth, Christian J. Mike Minnix
When The Going Gets Tough James 1:1-12 Author: Jackie Kay
Triumph In Times Of Trial James 1:1-12 Faith; Trials; Triumph in Trials Mark Adams
The Truth about Temptation James 1:1-15 Temptation Ron Hale
God's Audit James 1:5 Frank Page
Some Trials Christians Face James 1:9-18
Let's Stay in the Fight James 1:12 Temptation; Dedication; Commitment; Endurance Steve Wagers
The Prize for Passing the Test James 1:12 Terry Trivette
Triumph In Times Of Trial James 1:1-12 Mark Adams
How To Withstand Temptation James 1:13-18 Temptation; Faithfulness Mark Adams
Defeating The Deceiver James 1:13-20 Sin; Deception; Satan J. Mike Minnix
Triumphing Over Temptation James 1:13-18 Jackie Kay
The Truth about Temptation James 1:1-15 Ron Hale
A Life That Honors God James 1:16-27 Joy; Salvation; Obedience; Christian Living; Tongue; Speaking William R. Shively
The Gift and the Giver James 1:17 Blessings from God; God, The Give; Gifts from God David E. Owen
Wonderful Words of Life James 1:18 Salvation; Life, Words of David E. Owen
The Way To Wisdom James 1:1-8 Wisdom, Lack of; Wisdom J. Mike Minnix
Receiving The Word James 1:19-22 David E. Owen
How To Help The Preacher Preach James 1:19-25 Hearing; Commitment; Dedication; Preaching J. Gerald Harris
What Difference Does It Make? James 1:19-27 Bible; Word of God; Christian Living Jackie Kay
The Marks of a Christian James 1:19-27 Christian, Marks of; Christian Living Mark Adams
How Real Is Your Religion? James 1:19-27 Religion, Real; Authentic Christianity; Commitment; Christian Living Steve Wagers
Looking at the Grief in James 1 James 1:2-16 James; Patience; Wisdom; Temptation David E. Owen
When The Heat's On, Stay Cool James 1:2-4 Trials; Trouble Blake Carroll
Actions Speak Louder Than Words James 1:26-27 Service; Obedience; Christian Living Johnny Hunt
Joyful Testing James 1:2-8 Testing; Hardships; Trials Jim Drake
I Don't Know, But I Know Who To Ask James 1:5 Immaturity, Christian; Wisdom Terry Trivette
A Word to the Wise James 1 :5-12 Wisdom; Trials; Hardships. Decision Making Blake Carroll
The Danger of Doubting James 1:6-8 Doubt; James; Faith Terry Trivette
Dollars and Sense James 1:9-11 Money; Finances; Priorities; Wealth; Poverty; Poor Terry Trivette
The Richest Man On Earth James 1:9-11 Christian Living; Money; Possessions; Stewardship John C. Bryan
The Greatest Giver James 1:17-18 Steve Wagers
Look in the Book - The Mirror of the Word James 1:23-27 David E. Owen
The Facts About Favoritism James 2:1-13 Favoritism; Pride; Selfishness Steve Wagers
The Folly of Favoritism James 2:1-7 John C. Bryan
Partiality - A Sin Against the Lord James 2:1-7 David E. Owen
Determining the Worth of a Person James 2:1-13 Judgmentalism; Judging Others; People, The Worth of Mark Adams
A Faith Without Fruit James 2:14-16 Faith; Fruitlessness; Christian Living; Faith, Proof of Steve Wagers
What Are The Facts About Your Faith? James 2:23 Donnie L. Martin
Futile Faith James 2:14-26 Faith; Faith, Lack of; Faith, Believing; Works; Service; Christian Living J. Mike Minnix
The Award For The Most Dangerous Member In The Church James 3:1-12 Steve Wagers
Determining the Worth of a Person James 2:1-13 Mark Adams
The Facts About Favoritism James 2:1-13 Steve Wagers
You Can't Have One Without The Other James 2:14-19 Denis Lyle
The Biggest Little Troublemaker in the World James 3:1-12 Tongue; Speech; Words J. Mike Minnix
Related: Wisdom of Speech Johnny Sanders (9 page pdf)
Related: Giving God More of our Tongue Ecclesiastes 10 : 11-14 Steve Wagers
Related: The Power of Words Matthew 12 : 22-37 Franklin L. Kirksey
The Most Dangerous Member In The Church James 3:1-12 Tongue; Speech; Talking Steve Wagers
Wise and Otherwise James 3:13-18 Wisdom Mark Adams
The War Within James 4 Christian Living John C. Bryan
Playing God James 4:1-12 Denis Lyle
The Perils of Playing God James 4:11-17 Mark Adams
The Never of an Awakening James 4 Jerry N. Watts
Sins That Hinder Revival James 4:1-17 William R. Shively
Stepping On The Snake James 4 : 1-12 Frank Page
The Holy War James 4:1-10 Holiness; Purity; Christian Living; Spiritual Warfare Franklin L. Kirksey
How Fights are Stopped and Started James 4:1-10 Conflict; Church Fights; Arguments; Disagreements Mark Adams
How to Conquer Conflict in the Church James 4:1-12 Conflict, Church; Church, Peace in the Denis Lyle
If Tomorrow Never Comes James 4:13-17 New Year; Tomorrow; Death Steve Wagers
A New Year Revolution James 4:13-17 New Year Steve Wagers
What Is Your Life James 4:14 Graduation; Life J. Mike Minnix
The Power of Prayer (Mother's Day) James 5:13-16 Prayer; Mother's Day John C. Bryan
Right on the Money James 5:1-6 Money; Stewardship Mark Adams
How To Live In A Tough World James 5:7-12 J. Mike Minnix
Where are the Elijahs of God? James 5:16-18 Elijah; Spirit of God; Commitment; Willingness Franklin L. Kirksey
How To Have An Effective Prayer Life James 5:16-18 Prayer J. Gerald Harris
Prayers that Bless a Nation James 5:17-18 Memorial Day; Prayer; America John C. Bryan
Healing James 5:13-15 Michael A. Guido
Danger and Duty James 5 : 19-20 J. Mike Minnix

MATT POSTIFF - sermons on James - Fellowship Bible Church

James 1:1-8 (docx)
James 1:9-12 (docx)
James 1:13-18 (docx)
James 1:16-18 (docx)
James 1:19-21 (docx)
James 1:22-25 (docx)
James 1:26-27 (docx)
James 2:8-12 (pdf)
James 2:1-13 (doc)
James 2:5-13 (docx)
James 2:14-26 (docx)
James 2:14-26 - revised (docx)
James 3:1-5 (docx)
James 3:1-8 (docx)
James 3:9-12 (docx)
James 3:13-18 (docx)
James 3:17-18 (docx)
James 4:1-15 (docx)
James 4:6-10 (docx)
James 4:11-12 (docx)
James 4:13-17 (docx)
James 5:1-11 (docx)
James 5:12 (docx)
James 5:13-18 (doc)
James 5:19-20 (docx)

WIL POUNDS - sermon transcripts

REFORMATION STUDY BIBLE - study notes

RBC BOOKLET

10 Reasons To Believe In A God Who Allows Suffering
Why? Seeing God in our Pain
Why Would A Good God Allow Suffering? Finding goodness in trouble
Out of the Ashes - God's Presence in Job's Pain
James 1:2 When the Going Gets Rough - Booklet

RICK RENNER - devotional

KIM RIDDLEBARGER - SERMON TRANSCRIPTS

SERMON AUDIO - pdf transcripts - variable quality. Be a Berean.

NOTE: If you want to listen to the audio, click the sermon title.

ROBERT SLOAN

The Christology of James

JAMES SMITH - Handfuls of Purpose - click here for all the topics below on the same page

THE DEITY OF OUR LORD. James 1:1; 2:1
TEMPTATIONS. James 1:2,12-15
COUNTING. James 1:2
PATIENCE. James 1:3, 4; 5:7, 8, 11
WISDOM. James 1:5; 3:13,15,17
THE GIVING GOD. James 1:5
PRAYING. James 5:16-17
THE RICH AND THE POOR. James 2
ON BEING DECEIVED. James 1:16, 22, 26
THE TONGUE. James 1:19, 26; 3
THE ROYAL LAW. James 2:8
WHAT IS SIN? James 2:9; 4:17
SOLIDARITY OF THE LAW. James 2:10-12
JUDGMENT AND MERCY. James 2:13
FAITH AND WORKS. James 2:14-26
FRIEND OF GOD. James 2:23; 4:4
THE CRAZE FOR PLEASURE. James 3:18; 4:1-5
HUMBLED OR HUMILIATED—WHICH? James 4:6-10,13-17
OPPRESSING THE HIRELING. James 5:1-11
PURE SPEECH. James 5:12
AN ERRING BROTHER. James 5:19, 20

RAY STEDMAN

James: The Activity Of Faith

DANIEL B. WALLACE

RICHARD C WELLS

The Theology of Prayer in James

COMMENTARIES ON
THE BOOK OF JAMES

JOHN ADAM

James - Exposition of James - Contents

Spurgeon comments - "Good, plain discourses, for which the author acknowledges his indebtedness to various eminent writers who have discussed the Epistle. Our readers had better make similar discourses of their own—if they can."

PAUL APPLE

James - A Devotional Commentary - Nine Tests of Genuine Faith - Pdf (good quotes and illustrations)

UNKNOWN

James Commentary

J. N. DARBY

James Brief Exposition of the Epistle of James

J R DUMMELOW

James Commentary (shorter comments)

C J ELLICOTT Commentary for English Readers

James Rosscup - Though concise in its statements, this old commentary reveals a thorough knowledge of the Greek and is very helpful in matters of grammar and word meanings.

A C GAEBELEIN

James Rosscup - This dispensationally oriented work is not verse-by-verse, but deals with the exposition on a broader scale, treating blocks of thought within the chapters. Cf. also Arno C. Gaebelein, Gaebelein’s Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible (I Volume, Neptune, NJ: Loizeaux, 1985), the Annotated Bible revised. The author was a popular evangelical Bible teacher of the first part of the century, much like H. A. Ironside in his diligent but broad, practical expositions of Bible books. Gaebelein was premillennial and dispensational, and editor for many years of Our Hope Magazine.

F. B. HOLE

James Commentary (Plymouth Brethren)

H A IRONSIDE COMMENTARY

Cyril Barber - Continuously in print for 50 years, having made its debut in 1947. Ironside always has something good to say. He is easy to read, evangelical, and provides deft applications of the truth to life. One limitation of this revision is the use of the KJV when some other modern translation (e.g., NKJV) would have better served the needs of modern readers. Otherwise, this exposition is lucid and ideal for lay Bible study.

James Rosscup - He is staunchly evangelical, showing good broad surveys based on diligent study, practical turns, even choice illustrations. In prophecy he is premillennial dispensational....Many preachers have found that Ironside works, read along with heavier books on details of exegesis, help them see the sweep of the message and prime their spirits for practical relevance.

John Cereghin - Ironside, Harry A., Expository Notes on the Epistles of James and Peter, 1947, 41 pages. Brief devotional exposition. He attacks hyper-Calvinism (68); denounces the error of “soul sleep” (73); suggests that angels may refer to Genesis 6 (82-83); teaches the Premillennial coming of Christ (98). A practical and devotional exposition. Reprinted from the 1904 edition.

WILLIAM KELLY

RICHARD KNOWLING - The Epistle of James, Westminster Commentaries

Cyril Barber - One of the better works in this series. (The Minister's Library - Volume 1)

IAN MACKERVOY - EASY ENGLISH

James: What faith should do - Easy English

THOMAS MANTON

Thomas Manton’s commentary on James is a classic work that should not be ignored merely because it is older. There is a wealth of insight here. (Ligonier's #3 Rated Commentary on James)

A Practical Exposition of James - Click for Index

J VERNON MCGEE

JAMES MOFFATT

ALAN PERKINS

James (and Jude) - An Undivided Heart for God - Includes Questions for Small Group study - note that beginning on page 231 is a Special Study on the Doctrine of Justification by Faith

E G PUNCHARD - ELLICOTT'S COMMENTARY FOR ENGLISH READERS

JAMES ROPES

James Rosscup - In this liberal technical work, Ropes decides that the author was not James the Lord’s brother but a teacher in Palestine between A. D. 75 and 125 (49). He devotes pp. 1–115 to introduction. His work is one of the better older ones on details of the Greek text and at times has fairly good input on what a phrase means, such as “the crown of life” in 1:12 (150–52). But Ropes fails to explain how reward as a crown, eternal life, is consistent with eternal life being entirely God’s gift, not by works. At a number of points he is rather flat when he might be clearer. (Commentaries for Biblical Expositors: An annotated bibliography of selected works. The Woodlands, TX: Kress Christian Publications)

JOHN SCHULTZ - former missionary to Papua New Guinea

James Commentary - 74 pages, brief but well done notes (he quotes 54 times from Moo's work)

A B SIMPSON

HAMILTON SMITH

The Epistle of James

RUDOLF STIER - 520 pages, pages are somewhat water stained but very legible

Cyril Barber: First published in English in 1871. This work is of value to preachers as well as laypeople. The former, the method of exposition is at once informative and instructive. To the latter, the method of application is enriching and edifying. . (The Minister's Library. Volume 1)

Spurgeon on Stier - No one can be expected to receive all that Stier has to say, but he must be dull indeed who cannot learn much from him. Read with care, he is a great instructor.

JOHN B SUMNER 1840

BOB UTLEY

EDWIN WINKLER

JAMES 1

SERMONS BY VERSE - James 1

Click Sermons Below

GREG HERRICK

James 1:2 Consider It All Joy

RICH CATHERS

F H PALMER

James 1:18 The Offering of the First Fruits

DAVE GUZIK

James 1

LEHMAN STRAUSS

James 1:1-20 Comments - Excellent

TRACY HOWARD

Suffering in James 1:2-12

RADIO BIBLE CLASS

James 1:2 When the Going Gets Rough - Booklet

G CAMPBELL MORGAN

James 1:2-4 The Life of the Christian - Its Testing

F B MEYER

JOE STOWELL

Click here for the devotionals listed below
James 1 Final Exam
James 1:1-5 Wall-Bangers Anonymous
James 1:3 Under Pressure
James 1:4 The Perfecting Storm!
James 1:5 Hitting the Rapids
James 1:5 Load Limits
James 1:5 The Safety Zone
James 1:6 Protocol
James 1:12 When the Going Gets Tough
James 1:17 Hey, Where'd You Get That?
James 1:17 Joyful Living
James 1:17 Hey You in the Corner
James 1:17 Shattered Strength
James 1:22 The Truth for Jesus' Sake

DAVE ROPER

RAY PRITCHARD

JOHN MACARTHUR

LOWELL JOHNSON

James 1:2-4 Triumphant in Trials

C H SPURGEON

J C PHILPOT

ALEXANDER MACLAREN

OSWALD CHAMBERS

GIL RUGH

RICK RENNER - devotional

James 1:5 If You Lack Wisdom

ALAN CARR

James 1:12-18 The Greatest Philanthropist

DICK HIGH

James 1:1-12 When Troubles Pile Up

DAVID LEGGE

JAMES HASTINGS

James 1:17 The Good Gifts of the Father - in depth

ON SITE NOTES

BRIAN BILL

James 1:19,26 Taming the Tongue

F B MEYER

JAMES 2

SERMONS BY VERSE - James 2

See Multiple Sermons Below

DAVE GUZIK

James 2

RICH CATHERS

James 2-3 Sermon with Word Studies and Illustrations

ALEXANDER MACLAREN

JOHN MACARTHUR

GIL RUGH

DAVE ROPER

OSWALD CHAMBERS

JOHN F. HART

James 2:14-26: How To Energize Our Faith: Reconsidering The Meaning Of James 2:14-26

JOHN PIPER

James 2:14-16: Does James Contradict Paul?

ROBERT V RAKESTRAW

James 2:14-26: Does James Contradict the Pauline Soteriology

RICH CATHERS

James 2:14-26 - Sermon with illustrations

E P BARROWS

James 2 - The Alleged Disagreement Between Paul and James

ON SITE NOTES

C H SPURGEON

James 2:17: Fruitless Faith
James 2:19 The devils also believe (Devotional)

JONATHAN EDWARDS

James 2:19: How to Know if You are a Real Christian

JOHN F. HART

James 2:19 The Faith of Demons

BIBLE.ORG

RAY PRITCHARD

What is Saving Faith?

DANIEL B. WALLACE

Romans 3:28 and Jas 2:24: A Comparison

J C PHILPOT

James 2:24: And Not by Faith Only the Unanimity of Paul and James

F B MEYER

James 2:26 Practical Christianity

JAMES 3

SERMONS BY VERSE - James 3

See Multiple Sermons Below

DAVE GUZIK

James 3

RICH CATHERS

James 3 Sermon with Word Studies and Illustrations

GIL RUGH

DANIEL AKIN

James 3:1-12 The Power of the Tongue,

ALEXANDER MACLAREN

James 3:1-15: A Watch on the Door of the Lips

JOHN MACARTHUR

DAVE ROPER

James 3:1-12 The Tell Tale Tongue

DAVID LEGGE

James 3:1-12: Verbal Sins

JOE STOWELL

James 3:10 Back Seat Serenade

BIBLE.ORG

James 3:1-12 The Power of the Tongue - "Visual Scripture" Video

JAMES 4

SERMONS BY VERSE - James 4

See Multiple Sermons Below

DAVE GUZIK

James 4

RICH CATHERS

JOHN MACARTHUR

GIL RUGH

ALAN CARR

GABE FULLER - SERMONS

C H SPURGEON

DAVID LEGGE

ANDREW MURRAY

James 4:3 Ask and It Shall Be Given - from "With Christ in the School of Prayer"

JOE STOWELL

ON SITE

James 4:6 In Depth Commentary

OSWALD CHAMBERS

MIKE ANDRUS (et al) - for transcript click "Notes"

RICK RENNER - devotional

DAVE ROPER

JOSEPH PARKER - PEOPLE'S BIBLE

James 4:14 What is Your Life?

JOHN PIPER

JAMES FREEMAN

James 4:18 Traveling Merchants

JAMES 5

SERMONS BY VERSE - James 5

See Multiple Sermons Below

DAVE GUZIK

James 5

RICH CATHERS

James 5 Sermon with Word Studies and Illustrations

GIL RUGH

JOHN MACARTHUR

C H SPURGEON

James 5:7-8: A Visit to the Harvest Field (Sermon)
James 5:8: It Will Not Be Long (Devotional)
James 5:11: The Pearl of Patience (Sermon)
James 5:11 The Pity of the Lord-The Comfort of the Afflicted
James 5:16: Pray for One Another (Devotional)
James 5:19, 20 To Sabbath School Teachers & Other Soul Winners - Pdf
James 5:19-20: Conversion

BIBLE.ORG - Article by Hampton Keathley IV

A Review of Thurman Scrivner’s Teaching - Quote - "Thurman Scrivner is not claiming to have the gift of healing. Instead, he is teaching people that Christians do not have to be sick."

ALAN CARR

James 5:13-18 The Believer And His Prayer Life

RAY PRITCHARD

MARK SEIFRID

James 5:13-18 The Waiting Church and Its Duty

RBC BOOKLET

Does God Want Me Well? James 5:13-16: Questions on Healing

JAMES HASTINGS

James 5:16 The Prayer of a Righteous Man- in depth

BRIAN BILL

James 5:13-16 How to Pray for Healing

JOHN PIPER

James 5:16-20: Preserving the Covenant Community In Spite of Sickness and Sin

F B MEYER

James 5:17 Turning Passion into Prayer

Robert Morgan
Sermons on James

Net Bible Notes
on James

Phil Newton
Sermons on James
Well Done

James Nisbet
Church Pulpit Commentary
Book of James

OUR DAILY BREAD
Radio Bible Class
Devotionals on James

JAMES 1

JAMES 2

JAMES 3

JAMES 4

JAMES 5

Joseph Parker
Comments on James
from The People's Bible

John Piper
Sermons on James

Preacher's Homiletical Commentary
James

Interesting Resource - comments, homiletics, notes, sermon sketches

Pulpit Commentary
James
Expositional Comments, Homiletics, Homilies

Note: The titles below the expositions on each chapter represent homilies on that same page (scroll down).

James 1 Expositional Commentary
James 1:1-4 A Joyful Salutation for a Time of Adversity
James 1:1 The Writer and His Work
James 1:2-4 The Strange Paradox
James 1:2-4 Temptation As Cause for Joy
James 1:5-8 The Need for Wisdom
James 1:9-12 The Only True Ground of Boasting
James 1:9-11 The Glory of Manhood in Christ
James 1:9-11 The Poor and the Rich Brother
James 1:9-12 The Only True Ground of Boasting
James 1:12-15 The Natural History of Evil
James 1:12-18 Temptation and Its History
James 1:16, 17 All Good is From God
James 1:17 The Father of Lights: A Sermon to Children
James 1:18 The Chief Good is From God
James 1:19-27 Deeds, Not Words
James 1:19-27 The Law of New Life
James 1:19-21 The Reception of the Word
James 1:22-25 Hearers and Doers
James 1:26, 27 The True Ritualism
James 2 Expositional Commentary
James 2:1-13 Respect of Persons is Consistent With the First Principles of Christianity
James 2:1-13 Respect of Persons
James 2:1-7 Respect of Persons
James 2:5 Worldly Poverty is By No Means Inconsistent With True Riches
James 2:8-11 Stumbling in One Point
James 2:12, 13 Law and Judgment
James 2:13 The Character of Mercy
James 2:14-19 Works the Test of Faith
James 2:14-26 Faith and Works
James 2:14-26 Faith and Works
James 2:20-26 Justification by Faith and Works
James 3 Expositional Commentary
James 3:1-2 A Dissuasive from Ambition to Teach
James 3:1-12 Speech
James 3:1-12 The Ethics of Speech
James 3:2-6 The Power of the Tongue
James 3:7-12 The Tongue Ungovernable and Inconsistent
James 3:13-16 False Wisdom
James 3:13-18 Wisdom
James 3:13-18 Wisdom, True and False
James 3:17-18 True Wisdom
James 4 Expositional Commentary
James 4:1 The Origin of Strife and Conflict Sought in Selfish Lust
James 4:1-3 Wars and Fightings
James 4:1-10 War or Peace?
James 4:2,3 Ye Ask Amiss, That Ye May Spend it on Your Pleasures
James 4:4 The Friendship with the World is Enmity with God
James 4:4-6 Worldliness Enmity with God
James 4:7-10 Submission to God
James 4:8 Draw Night to God
James 4:10 Humble Yourselves in the Sight of God
James 4:11, 12 The Sin of Detraction
James 4:11, 12 Evil Speaking and Evil Judging
James 4:11, 12 Judgment, Human and Divine
James 4:13-17 The Uncertainty of Human Plans and Schemes
James 4:13-17 Man Proposes, but God Disposes
James 4:13-17 What is Your Life?
James 4:17 The Greatness of Sins of Omission
James 5 Expositional Commentary
James 5:1-6 The Judgment on Selfishness
James 5:1-6 The Doom of Misused Wealth
James 5:1-6 The Judgments Coming Upon the Wicked Rich
James 5:7,8 Long-suffering in View of Christ's Coming
James 5:7-11 Four Considerations Moving the Christian to Patience
James 5:7-11 The Coming of the Lord
James 5:9-11 Bear and Forbear
James 5:12 Warning Against the Sin of Swearing
James 5:12 Against Swearing
James 5:12 Simplicity of Speech
James 5:13 The Power of Divine Worship
James 5:13-15 Prayer and Praise As a Medicine
James 5:13-18 The Life in God
James 5:14-18 The power of Intercessory Prayer
James 5:16-18 Mutual Confession and Prayer
James 5:19,20 The Conversion of a Sinner
James 5:19,20 The Salvation of a Soul

A. T. Robertson
Word Pictures on James
Greek Word Studies

A T Robertson's
Practical and Social Aspects of Christianity
The Wisdom of James - A Commentary

Cyril Barber - The content of this volume grew out of lectures delivered at Northfield, et. al. Practical and unsophisticated. (The Minister's Library, Volume 3)

Don Robinson
Expository Messages
on James

Adrian Rogers
James
Devotionals and Short Messages

ADRIAN ROGERS
SERMONS ON JAMES

Click here to access the 50 titles listed below - the Pdf has 560 pages of sermons. Rogers is conservative, pithy and practical! He is one of the stellar expositors of the twentieth century. Highly recommended to aid your sermon and teaching preparation. Illustrations in green font.

The Power of Patience—James 1
How to Pass the Tests of Life—James 1:1–4
How to Pass the Tests of Life—James 1:1–4
Praying for Wisdom—James 1:1–8
Learning to Endure—James 1:2–8
Learning to Endure—James 1:2–8, 12
The Way of Wisdom—James 1:5–7
A Man and His Money—James 1:9–12
Flawed Appetites and Fatal Attractions—James 1:12–15
Flawed Appetites and Fatal Attractions—James 1:12–15
The Blame Game—James 1:12–15
The Anatomy of a Sin—James 1:13–15
Living in the Sunshine—James 1:17
How to Handle Conflicts—James 1:19
How to Handle Conflicts—James 1:19
Communication in the Home—James 1:19–20
Tune In, Tone Down, and Sweeten Up—James 1:19–20
Marriage: Duel or Duet?—James 1:19; 3:5–8
Four Ways to Understand the Bible—James 1:21
Welcoming the Word—James 1:21–25
Making the Bible Come Alive—James 1:21–25
Welcoming the Word—James 1:21–27
God’s Word as a Mirror—James 1:22–25
Superficial or Supernatural?—James 1:26–27
The Sad Case of the Snooty Usher—James 2:1–10
The Mercies of God—James 2:8–13
A Funeral for a Dead Faith—James 2:14–16
Autopsy of a Dead Faith—James 2:14–26
What the Bible Says About Faith That Saves—James 2:14–26
The Autopsy of a Dead Faith—James 2:17–26
The Awesome Power of the Spoken Word—James 3:1–12
The Meanest Member in our Church—James 3:1–12
Taming Your Tongue—James 3:1–18
Wisdom, Wise, or Otherwise—James 3:13–18
When God Says No—James 4:1–4
The Principles of Prayer—James 4:1–10
Victorious Prayer—James 4:1–10
How to Pray in the Spirit—James 4:5
Resist The Devil and He Will Flee—James 4:7
How to Face Your Future—James 4:13–17
Planning Your Future—James 4:13–17
The Sad Case of the Boastful Businessman—James 4:13–17
The Sin of Omission—James 4:17
Is Your Pocketbook Converted?—James 5:1–8
A Man and His Money—James 5:1–9
The Bible and Bodily Healing—James 5:10–15
Do It Now—James 4:13–14
How to Pray for Friends and Influence People—James 5:16–18
The Righteous Man and His Prayer Life—James 5:16–18
The Healing Power of Prayer—James 5:16–18

Dave Roper
Expository Messages
on James

If the Epistle is ‘of straw’ then there is within that straw a very hearty firm, nourishing, but as yet uninterpreted and unthreshed grain.—Johann Gottfried Herder

Gil Rugh
Sermons on James

SERMON AUDIO
Various Sources
Be a Berean!

Charles Simeon
Sermons on James

Over 100 pages of Sermon Material

NOTE: If you are not familiar with the great saint Charles Simeon see Dr John Piper's discussion of Simeon's life - you will want to read Simeon's sermons after meeting him! - click Brothers We Must Not Mind a Little Suffering (Mp3 even better)

Chuck Smith
Sermon Notes on James

Sermon Notes

James 1:2-4 Temptation Sermon Notes for James 1:2
James 1:2 Sermon Notes for James 1:2
James 1:4 Becoming Mature Sermon Notes for James 1:4
James 1:13-15 Powerful Forces and Pressures to Sin Sermon Notes for James 1:13-15
James 1:22-25 Doers of the Word Sermon Notes for James 1:22
James 1:22-25 Sermon Notes for James 1:22-25
James 1:22-27 Sermon Notes for James 1:22-27
James 3:15 Worldly Wisdom Sermon Notes for James 3:15
James 4:4 Enemies of God Sermon Notes for James 4:4
James 5:16 Effectual and Fervent Prayer Sermon Notes for James 5:16
James 5:17, 18 The Man God Uses Sermon Notes for James 5:17, 18

Commentary

R C SPROUL
DEVOTIONALS
JAMES

JAMES 1

JAMES 2

JAMES 3

JAMES 4

JAMES 5

C. H. Spurgeon
All of his Sermons on James

C H Spurgeon
Devotionals on James
Morning and Evening & Faith's Checkbook

CLAUDE STAUFFER
SERMONS
JAMES

JOHN STEVENSON
Studies in the Epistle of James

POWERPOINTS ON THE EPISTLE OF JAMES

THIRD MILLENNIUM
JAMES
STUDY NOTES

James 1

James 2

James 3

James 4

James 5

Geoff Thomas
Sermons on the Epistle of James
Well Done

James 1

James 2

James 3

James 4

James 5

DAVID E THOMPSON
Expository Sermons
James

About 160 pages of well done exposition on 20 PDF's.

Today's Word
Verse by Verse Commentary
on James
Grant Richison

Be a Berean with Richison's comments on James 2:14-26 - see my commentary beginning at James 2:14 Commentary

Valley Bible Church
Sermon Series on James

Sermons on James - find sermons on following. For Pdf select "Download" and then Transcript
James 1:2-12 Perseverance
James 1:2 Joyous Attitude
James 1:3-4 The fruit of endurance
James 1:3-4 The fruit of adversity
James 1:5-8 Strategic and Sincere Prayer Life
James 1:9-12 A Heart Set on Things Above
James 1:13-14 The nature of evil and man
James 1:15-16 The nature of lust
James 1:17 The nature of God
James 1:18 The cause of regeneration
James 1:18 The means and purpose of regeneration
James 1:19-20 Quick to hear
James 1:19-20 Slow to speak
James 1:19-20 Slow to anger
James 1:21 A pure heart
James 1:22-25 The demand for active obedience
James 1:22-25 The hearer and the doer
James 1:22-25 Blasphemous, filthy, lying speech
James 1:22-25 Complaining, boastful speech
James 1:22-25 Angry, careless speech
James 1:22-25 Adoration, appreciation speech
James 1:22-25 Confessing speech
James 1:22-25 Conciliatory speech
James 1:22-25 Direct thankful speech
James 1:22-25 Indirect thankful speech
James 1:22-25 Supplication speech
James 1:22-25 Saving speech
James 1:26-27 Genuine concern for the welfare of others
James 1:26-27 Separation from the world
James 2:1 The Principle of Partiality
James 2:2-4 The Example of Partiality
James 2:5-7 The inconsistency with God’s choice of the poor
James 2:5-7 The inconsistency with the conduct of the rich
James 2:8-11 The Violation in Partiality
James 2:12-13 The Appeal Against Partiality
James 2:14-20 Empty confession
James 2:14-20 False compassion
James 2:14-20 Shallow conviction
James 2:21-26 Illustrations of living faith
James 3:1 he potential to bring judgment
James 3:2-4 The potential to affect our entire life
James 3:5-6 What an evil report is
James 3:5-6 Things to consider about ourselves
James 3:5-6 Things to consider about what we say
James 3:7-8 The potential to become unruly (3:7-8)
James 3:13 The challenge to wisdom (3:13)
James 3:14 The motivation of false wisdom (3:14)
James 3:15-16 The characteristics of false wisdom (3:15-16)
James 3:17-18 The motivation of the wisdom from above
James 3:17-18 Peaceable and gentile
James 3:17-18 Reasonable
James 3:17-18 Full of mercy & good fruits, unwavering, without hypocrisy, results of the wisdom from above
James 4:1a Turmoil in our relationship with others
James 4:1b-3 Uncontrolled desire
James 4:1b-3 Unfulfilled desire
James 4:1b-3 Selfish desire
James 4:1b-3 Abiding in Christ
James 4:1b-3 Praying in Christ’s name
James 4:4-6 Hostility toward God
James 4:4-6 Disregard for the Scripture
James 4:4-6 A proud spirit
James 4:7-10 Humility
James 4:8 Drawing near to God
James 4:11-12 Avoiding destructive words
James 4:13-17 Presumptuous planning
James 5:1-6 Indictment for hoarding
James 5:1-6 Indictment for fraud, self-indulgence and murder
James 5:7-9 Be patient and positive
James 5:10-11 Persevere
James 5:12 Lying speech (5:12)
James 5:13 Comfort
James 5:13 Spiritual life and growth
James 5:14-15 The problem
James 5:14-15 Expectations
James 5:14-15 Miracles
James 5:16-18 What we are to do
James 5:16-18 What we can count on
James 5:19-20 The role of caring Christians
James 5:19-20 The restoration of professing believers
James 5:19-20 Applying the test of faith properly
James 5:19-20 Once saved, always saved

Marvin Vincent
Emphasis on Greek Word Study
on James

Steve Zeisler
James - Wisdom that Comes from Heaven

15 Feb 2015	The Priority of Prayer	James 5:13-20	Zeisler, Steve	Immortal. Invisible.
20 Feb 2011	Patience and Prayer	James 5:7-20	Zeisler, Steve	Wisdom That Comes From Heaven
13 Feb 2011	If the Lord Wills	James 4:11-17, 5:1-6	Zeisler, Steve	Wisdom That Comes From Heaven
06 Feb 2011	Interior Warfare	James 4:1-10	Zeisler, Steve	Wisdom That Comes From Heaven
30 Jan 2011	The Gentleness of Wisdom	James 3:13-18	Zeisler, Steve	Wisdom That Comes From Heaven
23 Jan 2011	Freed Speech	James 3:1-12	Zeisler, Steve	Wisdom That Comes From Heaven
16 Jan 2011	Faith in Action	James 2:14-26	Zeisler, Steve	Wisdom That Comes From Heaven
09 Jan 2011	The Law of Liberty	James 2:5-13	Zeisler, Steve	Wisdom That Comes From Heaven
02 Jan 2011	A New Year's Revolution	James 2:1-4	Zeisler, Steve	Wisdom That Comes From Heaven
21 Nov 2010	True Religion	James 1:26-27	Zeisler, Steve	Wisdom That Comes From Heaven
14 Nov 2010	The Face in the Mirror	James 1:19-25	Zeisler, Steve	Wisdom That Comes From Heaven
31 Oct 2010	Born of the Truth	James 1:12-18	Zeisler, Steve	Wisdom That Comes From Heaven
24 Oct 2010	Suffering Successfully	James 1:2-11	Zeisler, Steve	Wisdom That Comes From Heaven
17 Oct 2010	Old Family Recipes	James 1:1	Zeisler, Steve	Wisdom That Comes From Heaven
27 Jan 2001	The Real Thing	James 1:19-27	Hall, Danny	Looking at Life Through the Eyes of Faith
20 Jan 2001	Don't Blame Me	James 1:12-18	Hall, Danny	Looking at Life Through the Eyes of Faith
13 Jan 2001	Keeping Up With the Joneses	James 1:9-11	Hall, Danny	Looking at Life Through the Eyes of Faith
06 Jan 2001	How Do I Look?	James 1:1-8	Hall, Danny	Looking at Life Through the Eyes of Faith
23 Jan 1999	Seeing Suffering From God's Point Of View	James 1:2-11	Goins, Doug	Great Truths Reconsidered
09 Nov 1997	Thoughts on Peace	James	Wise, Ted	A Weekly Commentary
31 Dec 1967	James: The Activity of Faith	James	Stedman, Ray	Adventuring through the Bible
29 Apr 1956	The Christian and Worldliness	James 4:4	Stedman, Ray	Main Service

SERMONS BY VERSE

JAMES 1
A Servant	John Adam.	James 1:1
A Servant of God	F. T. Basett, M. A.	James 1:1
A Servant of God and of Christ	T. Manton.	James 1:1
An Argument for the Deity of Christ	S. Cox, D. D.	James 1:1
Fourth Sunday After Easter Second Sermon	Martin Luther	James 1:1
George Buchanan, Scholar	Charles Kingsley	James 1:1
God Regards the Afflicted	T. Manton.	James 1:1
Moral Relationship Better than Carnal	T. Manton.	James 1:1
On Charity	John Wesley	James 1:1
Peace Heightened into Joy	S. Cox, D. D.	James 1:1
Servants of God and Christ	R. Turnbull.	James 1:1
Service	T. Manton.	James 1:1
Service the True Idea of a Christian Life	Joseph S. Exell, M. A.	James 1:1
St. James and His Epistle	S. Cox, D. D.	James 1:1
The Dispersion	T. Manton.	James 1:1
The Dispersion	John Adam.	James 1:1
The Dispersion	C. Wordsworth.	James 1:1
The Ministry of James	U. R. Thomas.	James 1:1
The Writer and His Work	T.F. Lockyer	James 1:1
A Joyful Salutation for a Time of Adversity	C. Jerdan	James 1:1-4
A Deep Spring of Joy	S. Cox, D. D.	James 1:2-4
Advantage of Adversity	R. V. Lawrence.	James 1:2-4
All Joy in All Trials	C. H. Spurgeon.	James 1:2-4
Benefit of Temptations	E. B. Pusey, D. D.	James 1:2-4
Christian Pefection	F. Montague Miller.	James 1:2-4
Christ's School of Suffering	W. Hofacker.	James 1:2-4
God's School of Trial for the Good	U. R. Thomas.	James 1:2-4
Incentives to Patience	W. Jowett, M. A.	James 1:2-4
Joy Amidst Sorrow	A. Maclaren, D. D.	James 1:2-4
Joy Commendable in Trouble	Bp. Hall.	James 1:2-4
Joy in Serious Trial	A. Plummer, D. D.	James 1:2-4
Joy in Temptation	J. Ayre, M. A.	James 1:2-4
Joy in Trial		James 1:2-4
Joy in Tribulation	Sunday at Home.	James 1:2-4
Life a Perpetual Discipline	R. W. Dale, LL. D.	James 1:2-4
Manifold Temptations Needed	R. W. Dale, LL. D.	James 1:2-4
Mercies Travel Along Dark Way	J. W. Dally.	James 1:2-4
Patience and Fortitude	John Ruskin.	James 1:2-4
Patience Godlike	Canon Liddon.	James 1:2-4
Patience Makes the Burden Lighter		James 1:2-4
Patience Waiting Upon Providence	Jeremy Taylor, D. D.	James 1:2-4
Rules Whereby to Estimate Trials	T. Mounters.	James 1:2-4
Shaped by Sorrow	R. V. Lawrence.	James 1:2-4
Temptation a Benefaction	Prof. Hy. Drummond.	James 1:2-4
Temptation May be a Sign of Grace		James 1:2-4
Temptations Need not Discourage	T. Wilcocks.	James 1:2-4
The Advantage of Temptation	R. W. Dale, LL. D.	James 1:2-4
The Afflictions of the Saints Diverse	R. Turnbull.	James 1:2-4
The Benefit of Trial	A. S. Patterson, D. D.	James 1:2-4
The Christian's Duty in Times of Trial	J. A. Alexander, D. D.	James 1:2-4
The Function of Trial	S. Cox, D. D.	James 1:2-4
The Joyous End of Trial	W. G. Pascoe.	James 1:2-4
The Power of Trial	Joseph S. Exell, M. A.	James 1:2-4
The Record of a Dark Day		James 1:2-4
The Sphere of Patience	E. Bersier, D. D.	James 1:2-4
The Strange Paradox	T.F. Lockyer	James 1:2-4
The Use of Trial	T. Manton.	James 1:2-4
Trial a Blessing	John Adam.	James 1:2-4
Trial a Boon	A. R. Fausset, M. A.	James 1:2-4
Trial and Joy	Peter Rutherford.	James 1:2-4
Trial of Faith Works Patience	T. Manton.	James 1:2-4
Trials	W. Ormiston, D. D.	James 1:2-4
Trials the Law of Life	C. F. Deems, D. D.	James 1:2-4
On Patience	H. Belfrage, D. D.	James 1:4
On Patience	John Wesley	James 1:4
Patience	A. P. Peabody.	James 1:4
Patience	R. Collyer.	James 1:4
Patience	E. Warre, D. D.	James 1:4
Patience and Perfection	T. Manton.	James 1:4
Patience Needed by God's Workers	A. Watson, D. D.	James 1:4
Patience Under Afflictions	Bp. E. Hopkins.	James 1:4
The Completion of the Godly Character	F. T. Bassett, M. A.	James 1:4
The Fruits of Patience	H. W. Beecher.	James 1:4
The Lesson of Patience	R. Newton, D. D.	James 1:4
The Perfect Work of Patience	E. J. Hardy, M. A.	James 1:4
The Perfect Work of Patience	C. F. Deems, D. D.	James 1:4
Asking Wisdom from God	J. F. B. Tinling, B. A.	James 1:5
Asking Wisdom in Trial	E. Bayley, B.D.	James 1:5
Divine Liberality		James 1:5
Every Trite Prayer Answered	C. F. Deems, D. D.	James 1:5
God Gives Without Upbraiding	R. Wardlaw, D. D.	James 1:5
God Will Give Wisdom	S. Cox, D. D.	James 1:5
God's Giving	R. W. Dale, LL. D.	James 1:5
God's Manner of Giving	R. Johnstone, LL. B.	James 1:5
Humility of Wisdom	C. H. Spurgeon.	James 1:5
In Search of the Highest Wisdom		James 1:5
Liberal Answers to Prayer	Bp. Reynolds.	James 1:5
Liberal Gifts	C. H. Spurgeon.	James 1:5
Loving Advice for Anxious Seekers	C. H. Spurgeon.	James 1:5
Needed Wisdom	D. Young, B. A.	James 1:5
Prayer for Wisdom		James 1:5
Religion the Highest Wisdom	R. Johnstone, LL. B.	James 1:5
Religious Wisdom	J. Jortin, . D. D.	James 1:5
Right Judgment	W. E. Heygate M. A.	James 1:5
The Amazing Kindness of God	Homilist	James 1:5
The Characteristic of Real Wisdom	Bengel's Life	James 1:5
The Discipline of Need	T. Manton.	James 1:5
The Giving God	C. F. Deems, D. D.	James 1:5
The Liberality of God	T. Stephenson.	James 1:5
What is Wisdom	C. F. Deems, D. D.	James 1:5
Wisdom -- How to be Obtained	John Adam.	James 1:5
Wisdom and Prayer	Bengel's Life	James 1:5
Wisdom to be Asked of God	M. F. Sadler, M. A.	James 1:5
Wisdom to be Obtained from God Alone	J. Foote, M. A.	James 1:5
Wisdom to be Sought from God	R. Turnbull.	James 1:5
The Prayer of Faith	T.F. Lockyer	James 1:5-8
Wisdom for Those Who Ask it	C. Jerdan	James 1:5-8
A Royal Waverer		James 1:6
Doubts Neutralise	G. F. Deems, D. D.	James 1:6
Faith in Prayer	D. Clarkson, B. D.	James 1:6
Faith Necessary to Successful Prayer	New Cyclopaedia of Illustrations	James 1:6
How Must We Pray in Faith	Thos. White, LL. B.	James 1:6
Man Given to Doubting	T. Manton.	James 1:6
Unstable Men	W. H. Burton.	James 1:6
Want of Application	S. Smiles.	James 1:6
Wavering Prayer	R. Turnbull.	James 1:6
Wavering Prayers	B. Jacobi.	James 1:6
Unbelieving Prayer Useless	T. Manton.	James 1:7
A Double-Minded Man	T. Manton.	James 1:8
Double-Mindedness	J. Foster.	James 1:8
Instability of the Double-Souled	C. F. Deems, D. D.	James 1:8
The Double-Minded Man	P. Houghton.	James 1:8
The Double-Minded Man	Bp. Smalridge.	James 1:8
The Folly of Double-Mindedness	Bp. Smalridge.	James 1:8
The Instability of a Double-Minded	John Mason, M. A.	James 1:8
The Sinfulness of Double-Mindedness	Bp. Smalridge.	James 1:8
The Uneasiness of Double-Mindedness	Bp. Smalridge.	James 1:8
Chastening and Reward	The Christian World Pulpit	James 1:9-11
Christian Brotherhood	U. R. Thomas.	James 1:9-11
Delusive Nature of Riches		James 1:9-11
Discipline of Change	W. Fox.	James 1:9-11
Dying Rich		James 1:9-11
Exaltation and Humiliation	A. Plummer, D. D.	James 1:9-11
Fading Splendour	T. Manton.	James 1:9-11
Grave Reverses a Decisive Test of Character	S. Cox, D. D.	James 1:9-11
How to be Rich	Bp. Phillips Brooks.	James 1:9-11
Human Exaltation and Humiliation	J. Briggs.	James 1:9-11
Humiliation and Exaltation	R. Wardlaw, D. D.	James 1:9-11
Improved by Adversity		James 1:9-11
Poor and Rich Believers	John Adam.	James 1:9-11
Rejoicing in God	R. Turnbull.	James 1:9-11
Riches	T. Manton.	James 1:9-11
The Blade of Grass	S. Cox, D. D.	James 1:9-11
The Glory of Manhood in Christ	T.F. Lockyer	James 1:9-11
The Gospel Exalting the Humble Christian and Abasing the Rich	W. Hancock, B. D.	James 1:9-11
The Metaphors of St. James	A. Plummer, D. D.	James 1:9-11
The Poor and the Rich Brother	C. Jerdan	James 1:9-11
The Rich Brother	A. S. Patterson, D. D.	James 1:9-11
The True Christian Temper	T. Manrope.	James 1:9-11
Advantage of Temptation	S. Rutherford.	James 1:12
Benefit of Adversity		James 1:12
Blessing in Trial	C. F. Deems, D. D.	James 1:12
Christ Tried	J. W. Hardman, LL. D.	James 1:12
Divine Testing	H. J. Wilmot Buxton, M. A.	James 1:12
Enduring Temptation	A. C. Watson, B. D.	James 1:12
Enduring Temptation	John Adam.	James 1:12
Enduring Temptations	I. S. Spencer, D. D.	James 1:12
Sermon on a Martyr's Day	Susannah Winkworth	James 1:12
Strength Through Trial	J. W. Hardman, LL. D.	James 1:12
Temptation Does not Create Evil	W. W. Champneys, M. A.	James 1:12
Temptation: its Origin and End	H. Farley, B. A.	James 1:12
The Benefits of Affliction	R. Baxter.	James 1:12
The Blessedness of Enduring Temptation	J. Jowett, M. A.	James 1:12
The Crown of Life	B. Jacobi.	James 1:12
The Crowning of Patient Endurance	J. M. Sherwood, D. D.	James 1:12
The Discipline of Temptation	Bp. Temple.	James 1:12
The Flag Nailed to the Mast	J. W. Hardman, LL. D.	James 1:12
The Good Life Exposed to Temptation		James 1:12
The Need of Testing	F. M. Miller.	James 1:12
The Probation of Man	James Bromley.	James 1:12
The Rewards for Enduring Temptation	Evangelical Preacher	James 1:12
The Secret and the Reward of Constancy	S. Cox, D. D.	James 1:12
The Tempted Soul Crowned	J. Irons.	James 1:12
Trial a Source of Fruitfulness		James 1:12
Trial Increases Usefulness	J. W. Hardman, LL. D.	James 1:12
Trials Endured	T. Manton.	James 1:12
Tried Christians Useful	J. W. Hardman, LL. D.	James 1:12
True Blessedness Here and Hereafter	C. H. Spurgeon.	James 1:12
The Natural History of Evil	C. Jerdan	James 1:12-15
Temptation and its History	T.F. Lockyer	James 1:12-18
A Tremendous Genealogy	C. F. Deems, D. D.	James 1:13-15
Beginnings of Sin	T. Adams.	James 1:13-15
Death, the Result of Sin	R. Johnstone, LL. B.	James 1:13-15
Drawn and Dragged	W. Arnot.	James 1:13-15
Drawn Away and Enticed	J. Caldwell, D. D.	James 1:13-15
Evil Self-Originated	T. Manton.	James 1:13-15
Evil: its Issue	John Adam.	James 1:13-15
Evil: its Origin	John Adam.	James 1:13-15
God Tempts no Man	John Johnston.	James 1:13-15
Iniquity Finished	Daniel A. Clark.	James 1:13-15
Man not Tempted by God	W. W. Champneys.	James 1:13-15
Of the Nature of Temptations	S. Charke, D.D.	James 1:13-15
Sin	Dr. Schwarz.	James 1:13-15
Sin Destructive		James 1:13-15
Sin in the Heart	T. Brackenbury.	James 1:13-15
Sin is Fatal to the Soul	Dean Goulburn.	James 1:13-15
Sin Will Destroy the Sinner	W. Arnot, D. D.	James 1:13-15
Sin's Beginning, Progress, and End	A. Roberts, M. A.	James 1:13-15
Sin's Consummation		James 1:13-15
Temptation to Sin not from God	T. Somerville, D. D.	James 1:13-15
Temptations to Evil not from God	J. Abernethy, D. D.	James 1:13-15
The Allegory of Sin and Death	Dean Plumptre.	James 1:13-15
The Bitterness of Finished Sin		James 1:13-15
The Connection Between Disease and Sin	W. G. Herder.	James 1:13-15
The Consequences of Sin	James Vaughan, M. A.	James 1:13-15
The Depravity of the Will the Cause of Sin	R. South, D. D.	James 1:13-15
The Natural History of Sin	T. East.	James 1:13-15
The Origin of Evil	C. F. Deems, D. D.	James 1:13-15
The Progress and End of Sin	J. N. Pearson, M. A.	James 1:13-15
The Sinner's Progress	S. Cox, D. D.	James 1:13-15
The Sins of Men not Chargeable Upon God, But Upon Themselves	Abp. Tillotson.	James 1:13-15
The Temptation not from God	R. Wardlaw, D. D.	James 1:13-15
The Vigour of Lust	T. Manton.	James 1:13-15
The Workings of Sin	Essex Remembrancer	James 1:13-15
Transferring the Blame of Sin	T. Manton.	James 1:13-15
A Caution Against Error	Sketches of Sermons	James 1:16
Error	T. Manton.	James 1:16
Errors Concerning God to be Avoided	C. F. Deems, D. D.	James 1:16
On Self-Deception	E. Edwards.	James 1:16
All Good is from God	C. Jerdan	James 1:16, 17
The Days of the Week	Charles Kingsley	James 1:17
The Father of the Lights: a Sermon to Children	C. Jerdan	James 1:17
Temptation and its History	T.F. Lockyer	James 1:12-18
All Good is from God	C. Jerdan	James 1:16, 17
Again, Again, and Again!	J. H. Hitchens, D. D.	James 1:17-18
All Good Gifts are from God	R. Turnbull.	James 1:17-18
All Good Gifts from Above	John Adam.	James 1:17-18
Different Temperaments Given by God	W. R. Clark, M. A.	James 1:17-18
Divine Gifts	J. R. Thomson, M. A.	James 1:17-18
Divine Goodness in Human History	Homilist	James 1:17-18
Every Good and Perfect Gift	James Vaughan, M. A.	James 1:17-18
Every Good Gift is from God	C. F. Deems, D. D.	James 1:17-18
Gifts Front, Above	H. Macmillan, D. D.	James 1:17-18
God Cannot Change to Become a Tempter	A. Plummer, D. D.	James 1:17-18
God not the Author of Evil, But of Good	S. Cox, D. D.	James 1:17-18
God the Source of Gifts		James 1:17-18
God Unchangeable		James 1:17-18
God's Gifts to Man	W. H. Murray, D. D.	James 1:17-18
God's Good Gifts	W. L. Watkinson.	James 1:17-18
God's Inflexibility		James 1:17-18
God's Unchangeableness		James 1:17-18
Good Things from God	T. Manton.	James 1:17-18
Natural and Spiritual Good	T. Townson, D. D.	James 1:17-18
No Variableness in God	W. G. Humphry, B. D.	James 1:17-18
Prayer for Light	C. H. Spurgeon.	James 1:17-18
The Best Things are from Shore	H. Macmillan, D. D.	James 1:17-18
The Changeless Father	C. F. Deems, D. D.	James 1:17-18
The Divine Bounty	James Aspinall, M. A.	James 1:17-18
The Father of Lights	C. F. Deems, D. D.	James 1:17-18
The Father of Lights	Christian Age	James 1:17-18
The Father of Lights	H. W. Beecher.	James 1:17-18
The Unchangeableness of God	J. Jortin, D. D.	James 1:17-18
The Unchangeableness of God	Abp. Tillotson.	James 1:17-18
The Unchanging God	H. J. Wilmot Buxton, M. A.	James 1:17-18
The Work of God's Spirit	Canon Kingsley.	James 1:17-18
An Address to the Regenerate, Founded on the Preceding Discourses	Philip Doddridge	James 1:18
First-Fruits of His Creatures	A. Maclaren, D. D.	James 1:18
Necessity of The. New Birth	D. L. Moody.	James 1:18
Regeneration	T. Manton.	James 1:18
Regeneration More than Self-Improvement	J. F. B. Tinling, B. A.	James 1:18
Regeneration the Gift of God	C. F. Deems, D. D.	James 1:18
Spiritual Life: its Cause and its Grandeur	W. Magill, D. D.	James 1:18
The Chief Good is from God	C. Jerdan	James 1:18
The Gospel the Word of Truth	T. Manton.	James 1:18
The New Birth: its Nature, Means, and Object	John Budgen, M. A.	James 1:18
The Regenerating Word	R. Turnbull.	James 1:18
The Second Birth	A. Roberts, M. A.	James 1:18
The Word the Instrument of Regeneration	S. Charnock, B. D.	James 1:18
The Work of Grace	H. McNeile, D. D.	James 1:18
A Good Listener	Letters, May 19, 1735.	James 1:19-21
Advice to Talkers		James 1:19-21
Bad Temper	A. W. Momerie, M. A.	James 1:19-21
Divine Legislation for Man in a World of Evil	U. R. Thomas.	James 1:19-21
Features of God's Family	R. Paisley.	James 1:19-21
Needful to Learn Silence		James 1:19-21
Simple Duties	T. Manton.	James 1:19-21
Specifics Against Wrath	A. Whyte D. D.	James 1:19-21
Swift to Hear, and Slow to Speak	C. F. Deems, D. D.	James 1:19-21
Swift to Hear, Slow to Speak	On the Death of Mrs. Johnson.	James 1:19-21
The Anger of Man	T. Manton.	James 1:19-21
The Effect of Man's Wrath in the Agitation of Religious Controversies	T. Chalmers, D. D.	James 1:19-21
The Equable Temper	Scientific Illustrations and Symbols	James 1:19-21
The Great Talker Artificially Deaf	J. Taylor, D. D.	James 1:19-21
The Hearing of the Word	J. Adam.	James 1:19-21
The Judicial Temper	H. Jones, M. A.	James 1:19-21
The Pure Word in the Foul Plot	S. Cox, D. D.	James 1:19-21
The Reception of the Word	C. Jerdan	James 1:19-21
The Secret of Calmness	K. Arvine.	James 1:19-21
Wrath Works not the Righteousness of God	Bp. Mackenzie.	James 1:19-21
The Law of the New Life	T.F. Lockyer	James 1:19-27
The Law of the New Life	T.F. Lockyer	James 1:19-27
Before Sermon, At Sermon, and After Sermon	C. H. Spurgeon.	James 1:21-22
How We May Hear the Word with Profit	Thos. Senior, B. D.	James 1:21-22
Moral Hindrance to the Reception of the Truth	R. Wardlaw, D. D.	James 1:21-22
Of Preaching, Hearing, and Practising the Word of God	Joseph Trapp, D. D.	James 1:21-22
Preparation of Heart	C. Deems, D. D.	James 1:21-22
Receiving the Word	T. Manton.	James 1:21-22
Reception of the Gospel with Meekness	S. Estwick, B. D.	James 1:21-22
The Bible and Human Souls	Homilist	James 1:21-22
The Engrafted Word	Canon Liddon.	James 1:21-22
The Engrafted Word	Homilist	James 1:21-22
The Engrafted Word	G. Everard, M. A.	James 1:21-22
The Engrafted Word	W. M. H. Aitken, M. A.	James 1:21-22
The Gospel	Homilist	James 1:21-22
The Ingrafted Word	C. Deems, D. D.	James 1:21-22
The Reception of the Divine Word	John Adam.	James 1:21-22
Ways of Treating the Word	W. Arnot, D. D.	James 1:21-22
Doers and Non-Doers	W. D. Horwood.	James 1:22-25
Doers, not Hearers Only	John Adam.	James 1:22-25
Doing the Word	R. Turnbull.	James 1:22-25
Duty of Hearers	Joseph Marsh.	James 1:22-25
Hearers and Doers	C. Jerdan	James 1:22-25
Hearing and Doing	J. T. Whitley.	James 1:22-25
Hearing and Doing	S. Cox, D. D.	James 1:22-25
Hearing and Doing	A. Plummer, D. D.	James 1:22-25
Hearing and Doing	J. S. Macintosh, D. D.	James 1:22-25
Hearing and Doing	T. Manton.	James 1:22-25
Hearing and Doing	A. Raleigh, D. D.	James 1:22-25
Hearing with the Conscience	Isaac Walton.	James 1:22-25
Hearing Without Doing	E. Blencowe, M. A.	James 1:22-25
Hearing Without Mending		James 1:22-25
Knowledge and Duty	Canon Duckworth.	James 1:22-25
Living the Preaching		James 1:22-25
Man's Glass	H. Melvill, B. D.	James 1:22-25
Necessity of Adding Doing to Hearing	T. Hannam.	James 1:22-25
Profitless Hearing	J. T. Tucker.	James 1:22-25
Self-Deceit of Those Who are Hearers But not Doers of the Word	Bp. Mant.	James 1:22-25
Self-Deception of Hearers	M. F. Sadler, M. A.	James 1:22-25
Self-Realization	Prof. F. Paget.	James 1:22-25
Standing Before the Mirror	A. S. Patterson, D. D.	James 1:22-25
The Danger of Mistaking Knowledge for Obedience	Archdeacon Manning.	James 1:22-25
The Divine Mirror	Jas. Noble, M. A.	James 1:22-25
The Due Receiving of God's Word	Bp. Brownrig.	James 1:22-25
The Looking-Glass	C. H. Spurgeon.	James 1:22-25
The Word a Mirror and a Late	W. Pulsford, D. D.	James 1:22-25
The Word of Words	U. R. Thomas.	James 1:22-25
Two Sorts of Hearers	C. H. Spurgeon.	James 1:22-25
Christianity in Three Aspects	D. Thomas.	James 1:25
Continuance	A. Farindon, B. D.	James 1:25
Doctrine Rendered into Life	S. Martin.	James 1:25
Forgetful Hearers	W. H. M. H. Aitken, M. A.	James 1:25
Happiness Connected with Obedience to the Law of Christ	S. Wills, D. D.	James 1:25
Law and Liberty	James Vaughan, M. A.	James 1:25
Looking into the Perfect Law	James Barr, D. D.	James 1:25
Self-Forgetfulness	W. Page Robert. , M. A.	James 1:25
Slavery and Liberty	H. Melvill, B. D.	James 1:25
Spiritual Mnemonics; or Rules for Improving the Memory	J. Freeman Clarke.	James 1:25
The Blessedness of Doing	A. Maclaren, D. D.	James 1:25
The Eye Effects the Sight	A. Farindon, B. D. .	James 1:25
The Gospel Law		James 1:25
The Gospel the Perfect Law of Liberty		James 1:25
The Law of Liberty	Joseph Taylor.	James 1:25
The Nature Or the Gospel Law	A. Farindon, B. D.	James 1:25
The Perfect Law	T. Manton.	James 1:25
The Perfect Law and its Doers	A. Maclaren, D. D.	James 1:25
The Perfect Law of Liberty	W. M. Punshon, D. D.	James 1:25
The Perfect Law of Liberty	Systematic Bible Teacher.	James 1:25
The Perfect Law of Liberty	J. Lewis.	James 1:25
The Perfect Law of Liberty	R. Wardlaw, D. D.	James 1:25
The Perfect Law of Liberty	R. Treffry.	James 1:25
True Liberty		James 1:25
A False and a True Religious Ritual	U. R. Thomas.	James 1:26-27
A Mistake as to Religion	C. F. Deems, D. D.	James 1:26-27
A Sign of a Seeming Religion	M. S. Patterson, D. D	James 1:26-27
An Unbridled Tongue, a Sign of a Vain Religion	J. Hazlegrave, M. A.	James 1:26-27
Christianity a Life	A. Maclaren, D. D.	James 1:26-27
Government of the Tongue	T. Raffles, LL. D.	James 1:26-27
Religion	Canon Puckle.	James 1:26-27
Religion a Life	W. Cotton.	James 1:26-27
Sins of the Tongue	Homilist	James 1:26-27
The Government of the Tongue	R. H. McKim, D. D.	James 1:26-27
The Regulation of Speech	R. Turnbull.	James 1:26-27
The True Ritualism	C. Jerdan	James 1:26, 27
Tongue-Sins	D. Moore, M. A.	James 1:26-27
True Religion	C. F. Deems, D. D.	James 1:26-27
Vain Religion and True	John Adam.	James 1:26-27
A Scholar and a Sick Woman	K. Arvine.	James 1:27
Active Charity a Part of Pure Religion	Bp. Sumner.	James 1:27
Benevolence and Purity Essential to True Religion	J. Davies, B.D.	James 1:27
Benevolence and Self-Government Enforced	T. Sharpies, B. A.	James 1:27
Charity and Unworldliness	Almoni Peloni.	James 1:27
Charity Pure		James 1:27
Christianity Beneficent	H. P. Hughes, M. A.	James 1:27
God-Like to Live for Others	A. C. Price, B. A.	James 1:27
Philanthropy and Piety		James 1:27
Pure and Undefiled Religion	R. Wardlaw, D. D.	James 1:27
Pure and Undefiled Religion	A. Farindon, B. D.	James 1:27
Pure Religion	C. S. Robinson, D. D.	James 1:27
The Blessedness of Charity	M. G. Pearse.	James 1:27
The Egyptian Emblem of Charity	A. T. Pierson, D. D.	James 1:27
The Evidence of True Religion	J. M. Charlton, M. A.	James 1:27
The Ritual of the Gospel	F. T. Bassett, M. A.	James 1:27
The True Ideal of Religion	J. C. Lees, D. D.	James 1:27
The True Tests of Faith	S. Robins, M. A.	James 1:27
The Wisdom of Religion	W. Birch.	James 1:27
Traces of Jewish Habits of Thought	Almoni Peloni.	James 1:27
True Religion	T. Manton.	James 1:27
Unspotted from the World	Bp. Phillips Brooks.	James 1:27
Unspotted from the World	F. T. Bassett, M. A.	James 1:27
Unstained Purity Seen Best in Heaven	C. H. Spurgeon.	James 1:27
Visiting	Almoni Peloni.	James 1:27
Visiting the Fatherless and Widows	L. Butler, D. D.	James 1:27
Why Men Should Minister to the Necessity of Their Brethren	R. Turnbull.	James 1:27
Work for Orphans	Robert Koenig.	James 1:27
JAMES 2
Dr. Beardsley's Address	Various	James 2:1
A Comprehensive Admonition	W. Jay.	James 2:1-7
A Gold-Ringed Man	Dean Pumptre.	James 2:1-7
A Rogue in the Heart	M. Luther.	James 2:1-7
A Threefold Sin	J. Trapp.	James 2:1-7
Bowing to an Old Coat	H. O. Mackey.	James 2:1-7
Degrees of Honour in the Church	R. Turnbull.	James 2:1-7
Despising the Poor	Anon.	James 2:1-7
Dishonouring Whom God Honours	A. Plummer, D. D.	James 2:1-7
Evil Thoughts		James 2:1-7
God Honouring, Men Despising	Dean Plumptre.	James 2:1-7
Grateful for Poverty	K. Arvine.	James 2:1-7
Little Happiness with Rich Men	H. W. Beecher.	James 2:1-7
Men Who Despise the Poor	E. West.	James 2:1-7
Oppression	J. Trapp.	James 2:1-7
Our Judgments of Others	A. L. Moore, M. A.	James 2:1-7
Penury not the Deepest Poverty	J. O. Dykes, D. D.	James 2:1-7
Poor Yet Good	J. Trapp.	James 2:1-7
Poverty Gives Opportunity for Manifold Virtues	Jeremy Taylor, D. D.	James 2:1-7
Professors, Yet Persecutors	Dean Plumptre.	James 2:1-7
Respect of Persons	John Adam.	James 2:1-7
Respect of Persons	R. Turnbull.	James 2:1-7
Respect of Persons	C. Jerdan	James 2:1-7
Respect of Persons in Church	Autobiography of Bp. Gobat.	James 2:1-7
Respect of Persons in Religious Matters	T. Manton.	James 2:1-7
Showing Off Dress in Church	C. F. Deems, D. D.	James 2:1-7
Sins of the Rich Against the Poor	R. Turnbull.	James 2:1-7
Taking Undue Advantage of Poverty	J. Trapp.	James 2:1-7
The Poor Chosen by God	T. Manton.	James 2:1-7
The Poor to be Treated Equitably	Jeremy Taylor, D. D.	James 2:1-7
The Rich and the Poor	A. Plummer, D. D.	James 2:1-7
The Sin of Neglecting the Poor	W. Cadman, M. A.	James 2:1-7
To the Poor	G. Brooks.	James 2:1-7
Tyranny of Money	J. Ruskin.	James 2:1-7
Virtue the Way to Honour	T. Watson.	James 2:1-7
Without Respect of Persons		James 2:1-7
Wrong Social Distinctions	B. Jacobi.	James 2:1-7
Your Synagogue	F. T. Bassett, M. A.	James 2:1-7
Respect of Persons	T.F. Lockyer	James 2:1-13
I am as Good as You V. You are as Good as I		James 2:8-9
Love of Neighbour	Archdeacon Farrar.	James 2:8-9
Love of Our Neighbour		James 2:8-9
Love of Our Neighbour not to be Limited by Desert	Bishop Wilson.	James 2:8-9
Love the Law of the Kingdom		James 2:8-9
Love to the Neighbour	D. Jackson.	James 2:8-9
My Neighbour	Bp. S. S. Harris.	James 2:8-9
Neighbourly Consideration		James 2:8-9
The Royal Law	R. Turnbull.	James 2:8-9
The Royal Law	Dean Plumptre.	James 2:8-9
The Suffering of Injustice	K. Arvine.	James 2:8-9
Stumbling in One Point	C. Jerdan	James 2:8-11
All Sin has One Root	A. Maclaren, D. D.	James 2:10-13
Convicted as Transgressors	J. Trapp.	James 2:10-13
Danger of a Single		James 2:10-13
Every Command to be Observed	T. Manton.	James 2:10-13
Guilty of All	B. Beddome, M. A.	James 2:10-13
Guilty of All	H. Usher, D. D.	James 2:10-13
Merciful Severity	Family Treasury	James 2:10-13
No Little Sins	C. S. Robinson, D. D.	James 2:10-13
Not Worse than Others		James 2:10-13
Offending in One Point	John Adam.	James 2:10-13
Offending in One Point	Tirinus.	James 2:10-13
On Keeping God's Law	Edward Fowler, D. D.	James 2:10-13
One Omission Injurious		James 2:10-13
One Transgression of the Law		James 2:10-13
Potential Transgression	E. H. Plumptre, D. D.	James 2:10-13
Real Obedience in All Things	E. B. Pusey, D. D.	James 2:10-13
Rejected for One Flaw	A. B. Grosart, LL. D.	James 2:10-13
The Broken Bridge		James 2:10-13
The Condemning Power of God's Law	H. Smith, M. A.	James 2:10-13
The Defectiveness of Human Righteousness	W. H. Cooper.	James 2:10-13
The Duty of an Uniform and Unreserved Obedience	J. Seed, M. A.	James 2:10-13
The Entirety of God's Law	A. B. Grosart, LL. D.	James 2:10-13
The Inviolability of the Whole Law	G. F. Deems, D. D.	James 2:10-13
The Law of Philanthropy	U. R. Thomas.	James 2:10-13
The Necessity of Universal Obedience	J. Rogers, D. D.	James 2:10-13
The Necessity of Universal Obedience	J. Saurin.	James 2:10-13
The Necessity of Unreserved Obedience	T. Gisborne, M. A.	James 2:10-13
The Prejudices of Professing Christians	D. Welsh, D. D.	James 2:10-13
Universal Obedience	J. B. Sumner, D. D.	James 2:10-13
Amenable to the Law of Liberty	A. S. Patterson, D. D.	James 2:12
Law and Liberty	G. H. Fowler.	James 2:12
The Gospel a Law of Liberty	J. Abernethy, M. A.	James 2:12
The Law of Liberty	R. A. Hallam, D. D.	James 2:12
The Law of Liberty	Bp. Phillips Brooks.	James 2:12
The Law of Liberty	Dean Gregory.	James 2:12
Law and Judgment	C. Jerdan	James 2:12, 13
Judged Without Mercy	F. T. Bussett, M. A.	James 2:13
Judgment Without Mercy	John Adam.	James 2:13
Mercy Finds Mercy	T. Manton.	James 2:13
Mercy Rejoiceth Against Judgment	L. F. Dimmick, D. D.	James 2:13
Mercy's Triumphs	J. Vaughan, M. A.	James 2:13
Works the Test of Faith	C. Jerdan	James 2:14-19
A Barren Faith	M. Luther.	James 2:14-26
A Child of God Cannot Live an Ungodly Life	Sword and Trowel.	James 2:14-26
A Dead Faith	J. H. Hambleton.	James 2:14-26
A Living Faith	Abp. Sumner.	James 2:14-26
A Working Faith Necessary	R. Erskine.	James 2:14-26
Abraham the Friend of God	Essex Remembrancer	James 2:14-26
Abraham the Friend of God	Thos. Coleman.	James 2:14-26
Abraham the Friend of God	T. Kidd.	James 2:14-26
Abraham the Friend of God		James 2:14-26
Abraham's Faith and Privileges	T. Manton, D. D.	James 2:14-26
Believing and Doing	S. Rutherford.	James 2:14-26
Believing and Working		James 2:14-26
Cheap Benevolence		James 2:14-26
Conviction not Conversion		James 2:14-26
Creed and Conduct	T. Bagley.	James 2:14-26
Doctrine and Practice	Life of Archbishop Whately.	James 2:14-26
Doing Better than Talking		James 2:14-26
Empty-Headed	A. Plummer, . D. D.	James 2:14-26
Faith	J. Parker, D. D.	James 2:14-26
Faith a Nerve-Centre	Robt. Whyte, D. D.	James 2:14-26
Faith and Emotion	J. Parker, D. D.	James 2:14-26
Faith and its Manifestation	A. Maclaren, D. D.	James 2:14-26
Faith and Works	T. Guthrie, D D.	James 2:14-26
Faith and Works	Archbishop Whately.	James 2:14-26
Faith and Works	Jeremy Taylor, D. D.	James 2:14-26
Faith and Works	J. Trapp.	James 2:14-26
Faith and Works	Bp. Beveridge.	James 2:14-26
Faith and Works	A. Macdonald.	James 2:14-26
Faith and Works	T.F. Lockyer	James 2:14-26
Faith in Germ and Manifested	A. R. Fausset, M. A.	James 2:14-26
Faith More than Creed	Dean Plumptre.	James 2:14-26
Faith Perfected by Works	J. A. Bengel.	James 2:14-26
Faith Shown by Works	The Church	James 2:14-26
Faith Without Works is Dead	M. O'Sullivan, M. A.	James 2:14-26
Friendship with God	S. Palmer.	James 2:14-26
Friendship with God	D. Thomas.	James 2:14-26
Friendship with God	C. P. Eyre, M. A.	James 2:14-26
Good Works	J. Donne.	James 2:14-26
Good Works	R. W. Lowrie.	James 2:14-26
Good Works	D. Swing.	James 2:14-26
Inconsideration and Ignorance	T. Manton.	James 2:14-26
Justification	R. W. Evans, B. D.	James 2:14-26
Justification	William Marsh, D. D.	James 2:14-26
Justification by Works, and not by Faith Only	James Stark.	James 2:14-26
Justification, According to St. Paul and St. James	W. Weldon. Champneys, M. A.	James 2:14-26
Living .Faith a Working Faith	W. Arnot.	James 2:14-26
Luther's View of Faith	Proctor's Gems of Thought	James 2:14-26
Mouth Mercy	J. Trapp.	James 2:14-26
On the Existence of a Deity	G. Clayton, M. A.	James 2:14-26
One Faithful	F. Jackson.	James 2:14-26
Opposite Foes	W. Arnot, D. D.	James 2:14-26
Pretence of Liberalit	R. Turnbull.	James 2:14-26
Productive Faith	G. Fisk, LL. B.	James 2:14-26
Rahab	C. H. Spurgeon.	James 2:14-26
Religion More than Intellectual Assent	A. Maclaren, D. D.	James 2:14-26
Saving Faith	T. L. Cuyler, D. D.	James 2:14-26
Scriptural Evidence of Saving Faith	C. Yale.	James 2:14-26
St. James and St. Paul	A. R. Fausset, M. A.	James 2:14-26
St. Paul and St. James on Faith	W. H. M. Aitken, M. A.	James 2:14-26
The Connection Between Faith and Works	B. Beddome, M. A.	James 2:14-26
The Faith of Christians Contrasted in its Results with the Faith of Fallen Spirits	D. Thomas.	James 2:14-26
The Faith of Rahab	T. Manton.	James 2:14-26
The Friend of God	G. Brooks.	James 2:14-26
The Friend of God	C. H. Spurgeon.	James 2:14-26
The Friendship of God	Homilist	James 2:14-26
The Highest Friendship	Homilist	James 2:14-26
The Test of Faith	J. Eyre, M. A.	James 2:14-26
The Vital Efficacy of Faith	Theological Sketch-book	James 2:14-26
Two Kinds of Faith -- the Spurious and the Genuine	John King, M. A.	James 2:14-26
Vain Man	Dean Plumptre.	James 2:14-26
What Doth it Profit	A. Plummer, D. D.	James 2:14-26
Words and Deeds	J. Trapp.	James 2:14-26
Words Useless	J. Trapp.	James 2:14-26
Works the True Test of Faith	T. Hammond.	James 2:14-26
Works Through Faith	H. A. James, B. D.	James 2:14-26
Fruitless Faith	Charles Haddon Spurgeon	James 2:17
Justification by Faith and Works	C. Jerdan	James 2:20-26
JAMES 3
Dissuasives from Proud Censure	T. Manton.	James 3:1
Inconsistent Teachers	Huther.	James 3:1
Introduction into the Office of Religious Teachers	R. Wardlaw, D. D.	James 3:1
Masters -- I.E	Calvin.	James 3:1
Respect for Authority	E. J. Hardy, M. A.	James 3:1
Self-Assertion	H. O. Mackey.	James 3:1
Self-Glorification, a Disqualification for God's Work	C. H. Spurgeon.	James 3:1
Shrinking from the Ministerial Office	John Adam.	James 3:1
Teachers to Love Their Work	Pirke Aboth. 1:10.	James 3:1
The Itch of Teaching	Calvin.	James 3:1
The Qualifications Necessary for Teachers of Christianity	J. Erskine, D. D.	James 3:1
The Teaching Gift	A. Plummer, D. D.	James 3:1
A Dissuasive from Ambition to Teach	C. Jerdan	James 3:1, 2
The Ethics of Speech	T.F. Lockyer	James 3:1-12

All are Deficient When Tried by Divine Law		James 3:2
Christian Imperfection	J. Buries. D. D.	James 3:2
Command of the Tongue	R. Fuller.	James 3:2
Control of the Tongue		James 3:2
Curbing the Tongue, a Difficult Art	C. H. Spurgeon.	James 3:2
Faults	Johnson.	James 3:2
Government of Tongue		James 3:2
Helpful and Unhelpful Speech	Reuen Thomas, D. D.	James 3:2
No Perfection in This Life	T. Whitty.	James 3:2
Not to Offend in Word, an Evidence of a High Pitch of Virtue	I. Barrow, D. D.	James 3:2
Offences of Speech	I. Barrow, D. D.	James 3:2
Offences of the Tongue	W. B. O. Peabody, D. D.	James 3:2
On the Evils of Speech	John Mackenzie, D. D.	James 3:2
Restraint of the Tongue		James 3:2
Temper Nine-Tenths of Religion	A. Plummer, D. D.	James 3:2
The Government of the Tongue	G. Fisk, LL. B.	James 3:2
The Government of the Tongue	Essex Remembrancer	James 3:2
The Sins of Good Men	T. Manton.	James 3:2
The Tongue	T. H. Pritchard, D. D.	James 3:2
The Use of the Tongue	A. S. Patterson, D. D.	James 3:2
There are None Blameless		James 3:2
Unserviceable Because Rash	C. H. Spurgeon.	James 3:2
We All have Faults	C. H. Spurgeon.	James 3:2
The Tower of the Tongue	C. Jerdan	James 3:2-6
Christian Ability	H. Bushnell, D.D.	James 3:3-4
Similitudes	T. Manton.	James 3:3-4
The Tongue	Frederick W. Robertson	James 3:5
A Fiery Tongue	Baxendale's Anecdotes	James 3:5-6
A World of Iniquity	J. Trapp.	James 3:5-6
Act and Habit	M. G. Pearse.	James 3:5-6
Boastful Speech	T. Manton.	James 3:5-6
Fire a Dangerous Plaything		James 3:5-6
From Little to Great		James 3:5-6
From Little to Great	Philo.	James 3:5-6
Importance of Little Things	Son of Sirach.	James 3:5-6
Influence of Little Things	C. Stanford, D. D.	James 3:5-6
Mischief of the Tongue	Quarles.	James 3:5-6
Misuse of the Tongue	James Bolton.	James 3:5-6
Setting on .Fire the Wheel of Life	J. T. Mombert, D. D.	James 3:5-6
Sins of the Tongue	Bp. Stevens.	James 3:5-6
Sins of the Tongue	T. Watson.	James 3:5-6
Small in Origin, Widespread in Issue	J. F. B. Tinling, B. A.	James 3:5-6
Talk the Devil's Ammunition		James 3:5-6
The Evil Tongue Destructive	A. Plummer, D. D.	James 3:5-6
The Government of the Tongue	T. Boston, D. D.	James 3:5-6
The Gradual Progress of Evil	J. Venn, M. A.	James 3:5-6
The Great Effects of the Tongue	R. Wardlaw, D. D.	James 3:5-6
The Injury Which May be Wrought by an Insignificant Thing	H. O. Mackey.	James 3:5-6
The Lawless Tongue	J. B. Shaw, D. D.	James 3:5-6
The Power of the Tongue	Monday Club Sermons	James 3:5-6
The Tiny Mother of Mischief		James 3:5-6
The Tongue	F. W. Robertsort, M. A.	James 3:5-6
The Tongue a .Fire	T. Manton.	James 3:5-6
The Tongue a World of Wickedness	R. Turnbull.	James 3:5-6
The Tongue Afire		James 3:5-6
The Tongue Captured, All Else May Follow	J. H. A. Ebrard, D. D.	James 3:5-6
The Tongue Defiles	J. Trapp.	James 3:5-6
The Tongue Hell Ignited	John Adam.	James 3:5-6
The Use of the Tongue		James 3:5-6
A Not-Under-Control Signal	Quiver.	James 3:7-8
All Kinds of Creatures Tamed by Man	Dean Plumptre.	James 3:7-8
An Unruly Evil	Cambridge Bible for Schools	James 3:7-8
Scandal a Poison	Christian Age	James 3:7-8
Taming the Tongue	T. Manton.	James 3:7-8
The Malignant Propensity of the Tongue	A. Plummer, D. D.	James 3:7-8
The Taming of the Tongue	W. Gladden, D. D.	James 3:7-8
The Taming of the Tongue	T. Adams.	James 3:7-8
The Tongue Hardly Tamed	T. Manton.	James 3:7-8
The Tongue Untamable	B. Jacobi.	James 3:7-8
The Tongue Ungovernable and Inconsistent	C. Jerdan	James 3:7-12
Man Made After God's Image	T. Manton.	James 3:9-12
The Evil Tongue	J. M. Chaunter, M. A.	James 3:9-12
The Moral Contradictions in the Reckless Talker	A. Plummer, D. D.	James 3:9-12
The Tongue -- its Blessing and Cursing	John Adam.	James 3:9-12
A Sham Religion Useless	A. Plummer, D. D.	James 3:13
Divine Wisdom	James Brewster.	James 3:13
How to Prove One's Possession of Wisdom	C. F. Deems, D. D.	James 3:13
Knowledge and Goodness	H. P. Liddon, D. D.	James 3:13
Knowledge and Practice	T. Watson.	James 3:13
Knowledge and Practice	John Newton.	James 3:13
Life -- Explains Religion	C. H. Spurgeon.	James 3:13
Practical Wisdom	A. S. Patterson, D. D.	James 3:13
The Chief Thing to Learn	Dr. Johnson.	James 3:13
True Wisdom	T. Manton.	James 3:13
Wisdom and Knowledge	C. F. Deems, D. D.	James 3:13
Wisdom and Meekness	H. Wardlaw, D. D.	James 3:13
False Wisdom	C. Jerdan	James 3:13-16
Wisdom, True and False	T.F. Lockyer	James 3:13-18
Boasting in Evil Principles	Lord Clarendon.	James 3:14
Envy is a Pure Soul-Sin		James 3:14
Envy the Worst of Sins		James 3:14
Envying and Strife	T. Manton.	James 3:14
Lying Against the Truth	R. Wardlaw, D. D.	James 3:14
The Nature, Causes, and Consequences of Envy	R. South, D. D.	James 3:14
Envy and Strife Lead to Confusion	John Taylor, LL. D.	James 3:15-16
The Wisdom that is from Below	A. Plummer, D. D.	James 3:15-16
The Wisdom Which is not from Above	John Adam.	James 3:15-16
Two Kinds of Wisdom Distinguished	R. Turnball.	James 3:15-16
Characteristics of Heavenly Wisdom	C. F. Deems, D. D.	James 3:17-18
Christianity -- The Wisdom that is .From Above	Wm. Craig.	James 3:17-18
Divine Wisdom	Bp. Boyd Carpenter.	James 3:17-18
Divine Wisdom	H. Stowell, M. A.	James 3:17-18
Divine Wisdom, as Seen in the Effects of the Gospel	W. Arnot.	James 3:17-18
Divine Wisdom, as Seen in the Nature of the Gospel	W. Arnot.	James 3:17-18
Fruit of Righteousness Sown in Peace	F. Carmichael.	James 3:17-18
Full of Mercy and of Good Fruits	F. Carmichael.	James 3:17-18
Gentleness		James 3:17-18
Peaceable	Win. Thorold, M. A.	James 3:17-18
Power of Gentleness	A. Maclaren, D. D.	James 3:17-18
Sowing Seeds of .Peace	James Vaughan, M. A.	James 3:17-18
Superior to a Narrow Spirit	Wm. Thorold, M. A. .	James 3:17-18
The Heavenly Origin of Wisdom	F. Carmichael.	James 3:17-18
The Heavenly Wisdom	A. S. Patterson, D. D.	James 3:17-18
The Heavenly Wisdom	Z. Mather.	James 3:17-18
The Sequence	Dean Plumptre.	James 3:17-18
The Seven Qualities of Wisdom	Lange's Commentary	James 3:17-18
The Wisdom that is from Above	W. Lupton.	James 3:17-18
The Wisdom that is from Above	Wm. Beet.	James 3:17-18
The Wisdom that is from Above	A. Plummer, D. D.	James 3:17-18
The Wisdom Which is from Above	John Adam.	James 3:17-18
True Wisdom	C. Jerdan	James 3:17, 18
Wisdom Front Above	J. Burns, D. D.	James 3:17-18
Wisdom or Prudence	T. Hannam.	James 3:17-18
JAMES 4
Aimless Praying	H. W. Beecher.	James 4:1-3
Ask and Have	C. H. Spurgeon.	James 4:1-3
Conditions of Prayer	W. H. Hutchings, M. A.	James 4:1-3
Contention in a Community	T. Manton.	James 4:1-3
Desire	Dr. Johnson,.	James 4:1-3
Disappointed Lust	T. Manton.	James 4:1-3
Foolish Prayers Unanswered		James 4:1-3
Hindrances to the Efficacy of Social Prayer	C. Stanford, D. D.	James 4:1-3
How Prayer May be Rendered Unavailing	J. A. M. Chapman, D. D.	James 4:1-3
Little Sins	Theodore Monod.	James 4:1-3
Lusting and Murder	Dean Plumptre.	James 4:1-3
Lusting, Yet Lacking	J. Trapp.	James 4:1-3
Lusts the Causes of Strife	A. Plummer, D. D.	James 4:1-3
Men's Love of Stride	Justin McCarthy.	James 4:1-3
Peace	Viedebandt.	James 4:1-3
Petitionless Prayers	J. Hamilton, D. D.	James 4:1-3
Prayer	W. R. Inglis.	James 4:1-3
Praying Amiss	T. Manton.	James 4:1-3
Propriety of Prayer		James 4:1-3
Requisites of Prayer	G. Carr.	James 4:1-3
Serious Reflections on War	S. Davies, M. A.	James 4:1-3
The Causes of Spiritual Destitution	D. Thomas.	James 4:1-3
The Causes of Unsuccessful Prayer	C. Stanford, D. D.	James 4:1-3
The Dead-Prayer Office		James 4:1-3
The Missing Prayer	J. Harries.	James 4:1-3
Thoughtful Prayer	Baxendale's Anecdotes	James 4:1-3
War	J. A. Hamilton.	James 4:1-3
Warrior Lusts	C. F. Deems, D. D.	James 4:1-3
Wars and Fighting -- Whence They Proceed	John Adam.	James 4:1-3
Wars and Fightings	C. Jerdan	James 4:1-3
Was the Picture True? -- There	Dean Plumptre.	James 4:1-3
Wrong Praying	J. Themore	James 4:1-3
Ye Ask, and Receive Not	Dean Plumptre.	James 4:1-3
War or Peace?	T.F. Lockyer	James 4:1-10
Dark Heavenward	Archbishop Leighton.	James 4:4
Drawn to the World	New Cyclopaedia of Illustrations	James 4:4
Friendship with the World	R. Watson.	James 4:4
The Contrariety Betwixt the World and God	R. Turnbull.	James 4:4
The Friendship of the World -- Enmity with God	John Adam.	James 4:4
The Friendship of the World Enmity with God	Wm. Dawes, D. D.	James 4:4
The World	J. Ryland.	James 4:4
The World or God	S. S. Roche.	James 4:4
The World's Friends, and the Friends of God	J. F. Fenn, M. A.	James 4:4
Worldliness	T. Manton.	James 4:4
Worldly Friendship Enmity to God	R. Treffry.	James 4:4
War or Peace?	T.F. Lockyer	James 4:1-10
Worldliness Enmity with God	C. Jerdan	James 4:4-6
The Spirit's Jealousy	J. C. Coghlan, D. D.	James 4:5
The Yearning of the Divine Spirit Over Us	Dean Plumptre.	James 4:5
Continual Grace	Samuel Rutherford.	James 4:6
Divine Grace	T. Brooks.	James 4:6
God's Abhorrence and Defiance of the Proud	T. Manton.	James 4:6
How God Resisteth the Proud	R. Turnbull.	James 4:6
Humiliation		James 4:6
Humility		James 4:6
Humility a Means of Contentment	G. J. Zollikofer.	James 4:6
More and More	C. H. Spurgeon.	James 4:6
More Grace Wanted		James 4:6
Need of More Grace	William Jay.	James 4:6
The Abundance of Grace	Abp. Trench.	James 4:6
The Cure of Pride; Or, the Lesson of Humility	R. Newton, D. D.	James 4:6
The Gift of Grace	C. A. Jeary.	James 4:6
The Greatness of the Divine Gifts a Source of Christian Encouragement	A. Raleigh, D. D.	James 4:6
The Humble are the Fittest Recipients of Grace	T. Manton.	James 4:6
Submit Yourselves Therefore to God	Charles G. Finney	James 4:7
Answer to the Devil	New Cycle. of Illustrations	James 4:7-10
Christian Submission	Paley.	James 4:7-10
Fighting the Devil	R. South.	James 4:7-10
Humble Submission to God	R. Turnbull.	James 4:7-10
On Submission to God	H. Hunter.	James 4:7-10
Resist	J. C. Lees, D. D.	James 4:7-10
Resist the Devil	R. A. Griffin.	James 4:7-10
Resist the Devil	R. Wardlaw, D. D.	James 4:7-10
Resistance of Evil	W. H. H. Murray.	James 4:7-10
Submission to God	A. S. Patterson, D. D.	James 4:7-10
Submission to God	Sketches of Sermons	James 4:7-10
Submission to God	T. Manton.	James 4:7-10
Submission to God	Bp. Huntington.	James 4:7-10
Submission to God		James 4:7-10
Submission to God	C. Jerdan	James 4:7-10
Submission to God's Will		James 4:7-10
Submitting Ourselves to God	John Adam.	James 4:7-10
Temptation Sometimes Subtle	Jeremy Taylor, D. D.	James 4:7-10
The Christian Champion	A. W. Shape, M. A.	James 4:7-10
The Devil Put to Flight		James 4:7-10
The Devil to be Resisted		James 4:7-10
The Duty and Advantages of Submission to God	B. Scott, M. A.	James 4:7-10
The Reason Why Many Cannot Find Peace	C. H. Spurgeon.	James 4:7-10
The Right Warfare	Homilist	James 4:7-10
Unconditional Surrender	C. H. Spurgeon.	James 4:7-10
Yielding Ourselves Up to God		James 4:7-10
Approaches to God	Bp. Reynolds.	James 4:8
Carnal Joy Exchanged for Godly Sorrow	T. Mouton.	James 4:8
Christian Humility the Way of an Exaltation	H. W. Beecher.	James 4:8
Communion with God	Alex. Hislop.	James 4:8
Communion with God		James 4:8
Deep Root, Tall Growth		James 4:8
Draw Nigh to God	John Grose, M. A.	James 4:8
Draw Nigh to God	T. Townson, D. D.	James 4:8
Drawing Near to God	R. Turnbull.	James 4:8
Humility Explained, and its Necessity Enforced	A. Thomson, D. D.	James 4:8
Humility in God's Sight	J. G. Merrill.	James 4:8
Laughter Turned to Mourning	J. Trapp.	James 4:8
Lividly as in God's Sight	H. Crosby, D. D.	James 4:8
Mourning for Sin	J. Trapp.	James 4:8
The Approach of a Devout Mind to the Almighty	O. A. Jeary.	James 4:8
The Reasonableness and Blessedness of Prayer	F. Snyder.	James 4:8
Be Merciful in Your Judgment of Others		James 4:11-12
Conscience Subject to God Alone	Emperor Maximilian.	James 4:11-12
Detraction	I. Barrow, D. D.	James 4:11-12
Evil Speaking	R. Wardlaw, . D. D.	James 4:11-12
Evil Speaking	The Christian Magazine	James 4:11-12
Evil Speaking	Chas. Hope.	James 4:11-12
Evil Speaking	A. Warwick.	James 4:11-12
Evil Speaking Rebuked		James 4:11-12
Evil-Speaking	R. Turnbull.	James 4:11-12
Evil-Speaking and Evil-Judging	C. Jerdan	James 4:11, 12
Habit of Censure	J. Spencer.	James 4:11-12
Judging Our Brethren	John Adam.	James 4:11-12
Judgment, Human and Divine	T.F. Lockyer	James 4:11, 12
Look for Good in Others		James 4:11-12
Of Judging Our Neighbour	Chas. Peters, M. A.	James 4:11-12
On Evil Speaking	J. Seed, M. A.	James 4:11-12
Rights of Conscience	H. C. Fish, D. D.	James 4:11-12
The Lawgiver	D. Thomas.	James 4:11-12
The Love of Censuring Others	A. Plummer, D. D.	James 4:11-12
The Supreme Lawgiver	T. Manton.	James 4:11-12
Uncharitable Speech in the Light of Death	Advocate and Guardian.	James 4:11-12
A Holy .Frame of Mind	J. J. Van Oosterzee.	James 4:13-17
A Jewish Story	Debarim Rabba.	James 4:13-17
A Principle, not a Rule	A. Plummer, D. D.	James 4:13-17
A True Estimate of Life	J. F. Whitty.	James 4:13-17
Boastful Glorying	C. H. Spurgeon.	James 4:13-17
Boasting	A. J. Macleane, M. A.	James 4:13-17
Boastings	Dean Plumptre.	James 4:13-17
Changes in Life	Bp. Jeremy Taylor.	James 4:13-17
Earnest Living	T. L. Cuyler, D. D.	James 4:13-17
Estimates of Life		James 4:13-17
Evil Boasting	Old . English Author.	James 4:13-17
Godless Merchants	U. R. Thomas.	James 4:13-17
God's Will About the Future	C. H. Spurgeon.	James 4:13-17
God's Will About the Future	C. H. Spurgeon.	James 4:13-17
Holy Forms of Speech	T. Manton.	James 4:13-17
Human Life Transitory	E. N. Kirk, D. D.	James 4:13-17
If	R. R. Shippen.	James 4:13-17
If the Lord Will	A. Raleigh, D. D.	James 4:13-17
Ignorance of the Future	R. Wardlaw, D. D.	James 4:13-17
Impossible to Forecast Events		James 4:13-17
Life	J. H. Evans, M. A.	James 4:13-17
Life a Divine Gift and Discipline	J. A. Anderson.	James 4:13-17
Life Precious Because Brief		James 4:13-17
Man Proposes, But God Disposes	C. Jerdan	James 4:13-17
Man's Ignorance of the Future	R. C. Dillon, D. D.	James 4:13-17
Man's Life and God's Providence	T. E. Thoresby.	James 4:13-17
Presumptuous Language Respecting Futurity	R. Walker.	James 4:13-17
Recognition of God's Will	R. Turnbull.	James 4:13-17
Religion and Business	J. G. Rogers, B. A.	James 4:13-17
Shortness of Life	Dr. Wise.	James 4:13-17
Sin Against Knowledge	J. Trapp.	James 4:13-17
Sinful Confidence Regarding the Future	John Adam.	James 4:13-17
Sinful Neglect of Duty	R. Walker.	James 4:13-17
Sins of Emission	Bp. Stillingfleet.	James 4:13-17
The Absorbing Interest of Worldly Business to be Guarded Against	A. S. Patterson, D. D.	James 4:13-17
The Brevity of Life	James Bolton, B. A.	James 4:13-17
The Christian Business	S. Pearson, M. A.	James 4:13-17
The Danger of the Boaster	J. Gilmour, M. A.	James 4:13-17
The Duty of Reference to the Divine Will	G. T. Shedd, D. D.	James 4:13-17
The Future	Archdeacon Farrar.	James 4:13-17
The Jews and Trade	Starke	James 4:13-17
The Possibilities of Life	W. L. Watkinson.	James 4:13-17
The Providence of God and the Providence of Man	Homilist	James 4:13-17
The Responsibility of Knowledge	F. H. Roberts.	James 4:13-17
The Wisdom of the Divine Will		James 4:13-17
What is Life	T. De Witt Talmage.	James 4:13-17
What is Life	J. Parker, D. D.	James 4:13-17
What is Life	J. G. Hall, D. D.	James 4:13-17
What is Your Life	C. H. Spurgeon.	James 4:13-17
What is Your Life	James Vaughan, M. A.	James 4:13-17
What is Your Life?	Bp. Harvey Goodwin.	James 4:13-17
What is Your Life?	G. Huntington.	James 4:13-17
What is Your Life?	J. Parker, D. D.	James 4:13-17
What is Your Life?	T.F. Lockyer	James 4:13-17
JAMES 5
A Warning to the Rich		James 5:1-6
Aggravations of Luxury	F. T. Bassett, M. A.	James 5:1-6
Avaricious Rich Men	R. Wardlaw, D. D.	James 5:1-6
End of Gaiety		James 5:1-6
Excessive Wealth Ruinous	New Cyclo. of Illustrations	James 5:1-6
God Help the Rich		James 5:1-6
Gold Bought Too Dearly		James 5:1-6
Insatiable Greed	P. H. Gosse, in "Good Words."	James 5:1-6
Living in Pleasure	T. Manton, D. D.	James 5:1-6
Living in Pleasure	J. Trapp.	James 5:1-6
Luxury	H. P. Hughes, M. A.	James 5:1-6
Money		James 5:1-6
Money an Opportunity		James 5:1-6
Moth-Eaten Garments	H. W. Beecher.	James 5:1-6
Nourished Hearts	T. Manton.	James 5:1-6
Pleasures	Quarles, Henry.	James 5:1-6
Poison in Pleasures	New Cyclopoedia of Illustration	James 5:1-6
Profane Rich Men	R. Turnbull.	James 5:1-6
Riches Eating the Flesh	J. Trapp.	James 5:1-6
Ruined by Riches	Old Humphrey.	James 5:1-6
Running to Death	S. Rutherford.	James 5:1-6
Sins of the Wealthy	C. F. Deems, D. D.	James 5:1-6
Sodden with Pleasure	J. C. Lees, D. D.	James 5:1-6
Sordid Sparing	T. Manton.	James 5:1-6
Take Care of Pleasure	C. H. Spurgeon.	James 5:1-6
Taking Advantage of Meekness	J. Trapp.	James 5:1-6
The Curse of Wealth	Bunyan.	James 5:1-6
The Doom of Misused Wealth	T.F. Lockyear	James 5:1-6
The Folly of Avarice	A. Plummer, D. D.	James 5:1-6
The Gold Poison	Shakespeare.	James 5:1-6
The Greedy Disposition	Scientific Illustrations and Symbols	James 5:1-6
The Ingenuousness of Fraud	C. Colton.	James 5:1-6
The Judgments Coming Upon the Wicked Rich	C. Jerdan	James 5:1-6
The Just	Dean Plumptre.	James 5:1-6
The Miseries Coming Upon the Rich	John Adam.	James 5:1-6
The Moral Evils of Wealth	Orville Dowry.	James 5:1-6
The Pleasures of Sense and of Religion		James 5:1-6
The Troubles of the Rich		James 5:1-6
The Unscrupulous Money-Getter	Scientific Illustrations and Symbols	James 5:1-6
The Wounds of Evil Wealth	St. Francis de Sales	James 5:1-6
Too Much and Too Little	Owen Feltham.	James 5:1-6
Unsatisfactory Riches	J. Venning.	James 5:1-6
Various Ways of Oppressing the Poor	T. Manton.	James 5:1-6
Wealth Destructive	T. Secker.	James 5:1-6
Wealth Disappointing	H. W. Beecher.	James 5:1-6
Wealth Exposed to Danger		James 5:1-6
Wealth Seasoned by Alms		James 5:1-6
Wealth Too Dearly Bought	W. Armlet, D.D.	James 5:1-6
A Visit to the Harvest Field	C. H. Spurgeon.	James 5:7-8
An Established Heart	R. Turnbull.	James 5:7-8
Are Missions a Failure	Canon Liddon.	James 5:7-8
Christian Patience	T. Manton.	James 5:7-8
Christian Patience Advocated	J. Trapp.	James 5:7-8
Christian Persistence	H. W. Beecher.	James 5:7-8
Christian Waiting	E. H. Palmer.	James 5:7-8
Importance of the End	Sunday at Home.	James 5:7-8
Long-Suffering in View of Christ's Coming	C. Jerdan	James 5:7, 8
Patience a Strength	Canon Liddon.	James 5:7-8
Persuasives to Patience	U. R. Thomas.	James 5:7-8
Quieting Thoughts About Life	D. Thomas.	James 5:7-8
The Approaching of Christ in the Revolution of Time	D. Thomas.	James 5:7-8
The Duty of Expectation	E. Bersier, D. D.	James 5:7-8
The Great Court of Appeal	Dean Plumptre.	James 5:7-8
The Impending Hour	T. De Witt Talmage.	James 5:7-8
Waiting	W. Clayton.	James 5:7-8
Waiting Upon God	H. W. Beecher.	James 5:7-8
The Coming of the Lord	T.F. Lockyear	James 5:7-11
Discontent and Envy	B. Beddome, M. A.	James 5:9
Grudge Not	A. Plummer, D. D.	James 5:9
Grudging	R. Turnbull.	James 5:9
The Carping Spirit		James 5:9
The Judge Before the Door	J. M. Ludlow, D. D.	James 5:9
The Magistrate Present	J. Trapp.	James 5:9
The Sin of Grumbling	C. F. Deems, D. D.	James 5:9
Bear and Forbear	C. Jerdan	James 5:9-11
Good Examples	B. C. Sowden.	James 5:10
Patience Aids Every Virtue		James 5:10
Patience Reduces Pain	Henry Smith.	James 5:10
The Uses of Affliction	The Study	James 5:10
What is Affliction		James 5:10
Affliction Profitable	Tinling's Illustrations	James 5:11
Afflictions are Blessings in Disguise		James 5:11
Benefit of Adversity		James 5:11
Benefit of Afflictions		James 5:11
Christian Patience		James 5:11
Endurance	James Lonsdale, M. A.	James 5:11
Give God Time	S. H. Langston, M. A.	James 5:11
God's Purpose in Troubles	H. W. Beecher.	James 5:11
Impatience Under Affliction	Bp. Hopkins.	James 5:11
Learning Patience	H. W. Beecher.	James 5:11
Secret of Silent Endurance	Baxendale's Anecdotes	James 5:11
Suffering	S. R. Fuller.	James 5:11
Suffering, the Common Lot	Longfellow.	James 5:11
The Gladness of the Gardener	C. S. Robinson, D. D.	James 5:11
The Goodly Discipline	J. B. Brown, B. A.	James 5:11
The Honour of Endurance	H. W. Beecher.	James 5:11
The Inward Glory of Affliction	H. Macmillan.	James 5:11
The Mercy of God	J. M. Whiton, Ph. D.	James 5:11
The Patience of Job	J. Trapp.	James 5:11
The Pearl Patience	C. H. Spurgeon.	James 5:11
The Pitifulness of the Lord the Comfort of the Afflicted	C. H. Spurgeon.	James 5:11
The Secret of Patience	W. Denton.	James 5:11
Trial Beneficent	S. H. Langston, M. A.	James 5:11
Wisdom of Trials	S. Coley.	James 5:11
A Warning Against Oaths	C. F. Deems, D. D.	James 5:12
Against Rash and Vain Swearing	L Barrow, D. D.	James 5:12
Against Swearing	C. Jerdan	James 5:12
Evil of Swearing		James 5:12
Judicial Oaths	Dean Plumptre.	James 5:12
Profane Swearing	A. Plummer, D. D.	James 5:12
Simplicity of Speech	T.F. Lockyear	James 5:12
The Practice of the Essenes	Dean Plumptre.	James 5:12
The Prohibition of Swearing	A. Plummer, D. D.	James 5:12
A Poor Voice for Psalm Singing		James 5:13
A Spirit Religiously Cheerful		James 5:13
Aflliction's Resource	Adam Forman.	James 5:13
Christian Varieties	B. D. Johns.	James 5:13
Discipline of Affliction	Dean Scott.	James 5:13
Piety in Unequal Temporal Conditions	T. Manton.	James 5:13
Prayer and Praise V. Oaths	A. Plummer, D. D.	James 5:13
Prayer in Affliction	A. K. H. Boyd, D. D.	James 5:13
Prosper in Affliction	John Knox.	James 5:13
Religious Worship a Remedy for Excitements	J. H. Newman, D. D.	James 5:13
True Merriment	J. Trapp.	James 5:13
Use of Sickness		James 5:13
Prayer and Praise as a Medicine	C. Jerdan	James 5:13-15
The Life in God	T.F. Lockyear	James 5:13-18
Anointing the Sick	The Weekly Pulpit	James 5:14-15
Prayer Extending Life	New Cyclopedia of Illustrations	James 5:14-15
Prayer for the Sick	Bengel's Life	James 5:14-15
Prayer Saving the Sick	C. J. Vaughan, D. D.	James 5:14-15
Praying for the Sick	J. N. Norton, D. D.	James 5:14-15
The Elders of the Church	A. Plummer, D. D.	James 5:14-15
The Sick Sending for the Elder's of the Church	T. Manton.	James 5:14-15
Be Ye Therefore Sober, and Watch unto Prayer	Hugh Binning	James 5:16
Confessing of Faults	Bp. Temple.	James 5:16-18
Confession	T. Manton.	James 5:16-18
Confession Difficult		James 5:16-18
Confession of Faults	C. F. Deems, D. D.	James 5:16-18
Effectual Prayer	Christian Age	James 5:16-18
Effectual Prayer	E. N. Kirk, D. D.	James 5:16-18
Effectual Prayer		James 5:16-18
Faults	H. W. Beecher.	James 5:16-18
God's Good Men	Bp. Phillips Brooks.	James 5:16-18
Good Men of Like Passions with the Frail	T. Manton.	James 5:16-18
Intercession		James 5:16-18
Intercessory Prayer	A. K. H. Boyd, D. D.	James 5:16-18
Intercessory Prayer	S. Baring Gould, M. A.	James 5:16-18
Intercessory Prayer Needed		James 5:16-18
Inwrought Energetic Prayer	James Vaughan, M. A.	James 5:16-18
Is Prayer Efficacious	E. Bersier, D. D.	James 5:16-18
Litany Day		James 5:16-18
Mutual Confession and Prayer	C. Jerdan	James 5:16-18
Mutual Prayer	Congregational Pulpit	James 5:16-18
Prayer a Good Remedy in Desperate Cases	T. Manton.	James 5:16-18
Prayer and Natural Law	James Davis.	James 5:16-18
Prayer for Change of Weather	A. Plummer, D. D.	James 5:16-18
Prayer the Secret of Strength		James 5:16-18
Premier for Rain	Dean Plumptre.	James 5:16-18
Strong Crying	J. Rendel Harria.	James 5:16-18
The Necessity and Efficacy of Prayer	S. Morell.	James 5:16-18
The Prayer of Faith	R. B. Thurston, D. D.	James 5:16-18
Value of the Intercessions of the Good	Sword and Trowel.	James 5:16-18
The Blessing of God on Filial Piety	Andrew Lee et al	James 5:19
Who Will Rise Up with Me Against the Wicked?	John Wesley	James 5:19
Abrupt Ending	Dean Plumptre.	James 5:19-20
Be Slow to Despair		James 5:19-20
Caring for the Salvation of Others	T. Manton.	James 5:19-20
Conversion	C. H. Spurgeon.	James 5:19-20
Conversion of Others	C. F. Deems, D. D.	James 5:19-20
Conversion of the Erring a Christian Duty	Win. Forsyth.	James 5:19-20
Converting a Sinner	Dr. J. P. Thompson.	James 5:19-20
Converting a Soul	D. Thomas.	James 5:19-20
Converting Sinners a Christian Duty	C. G. Finney.	James 5:19-20
Difficulty of the Work	Edward Smith.	James 5:19-20
Heresy: an Exposition and an Appeal	J. Parker, D. D.	James 5:19-20
How to Do It	G. F. Pentecost, D. D.	James 5:19-20
Human Agency in the Sinner's Conversion to God	Hugh McGatrie.	James 5:19-20
Jewel Gatherers .For the Redeemer's Crown	W. M. Punshon, D. D.	James 5:19-20
Motives to Christian Zeal	Essex Remembrancer	James 5:19-20
On Restoring Backsliders	A. F. Barfield.	James 5:19-20
One Soul Worth a Great Effort		James 5:19-20
Saved Alone		James 5:19-20
Sin Hidden		James 5:19-20
Soul-Saving		James 5:19-20
Successful Endeavour	Sword and Trowel.	James 5:19-20
The Conversion of a Sinner	C. Jerdan	James 5:19, 20
The Conversion of a Sinner	A. R. McEwen, D. D.	James 5:19-20
The Conversion of Sinners	T. Finch.	James 5:19-20
The Conversion of Sinners	J. Caughey	James 5:19-20
The Erring to be Reclaimed	Dean Scott.	James 5:19-20
The Greatness of Being Instrumental to Another's Conversion	H. Melvill, B. D.	James 5:19-20
The Joy of Converting a Soul		James 5:19-20
The Lord's Converts and Man's		James 5:19-20
The Mission of a Tract	The Fireside.	James 5:19-20
The Preciousness of the Soul	Joseph Cummings, D. D.	James 5:19-20
The Salvation of a Soul	T.F. Lockyear	James 5:19, 20
The Wide Blessedness of Love	Dean Plumptre.	James 5:19-20
Tholuck's Personal Effort for Individual Souls		James 5:19-20
To Sabbath-School Teachers and Other Soul-Winners	C. H. Spurgeon.	James 5:19-20
Wandering from the Truth	C. F. Deems, D. D.	James 5:19-20

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