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A Brother’s Wisdom 66
By
Scot McKnight
The following words, however clear they might be in an English translation like the TNIV, are much disputed: Or do you think Scripture says without reason that the spirit he caused to live in us envies intensely? But he gives us more grace. That is why Scripture says: “God opposes the proud but gives grace…
A Brother’s Wisdom 65
By
Scot McKnight
James finds evidence of a problem in the messianic community, especially among the teachers, and he finds the source of the problem to be the yearning, desiring, and craving for power. He must tell them so (James 4:1-3). Next he connects the self-originating issues in a connection with the world (4:4-6): You adulterous people, don’t…
A Brother’s Wisdom 64
By
Scot McKnight
I don’t think prayer is mechanical. That is, I don’t think if we “do” things right — as the right way, use the right formulae, etc — that we will get what we want. But James makes a mechanical point about prayer that we need to think about. Notice these words from James 4:1-3: What…
A Brother’s Wisdom 63
By
Scot McKnight
What is it that leads Christians — those who say they are following Jesus — to go at one another, to being at one another’s throats, to schism and division? Here are the words of James: What causes fights and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from your desires that battle within you? You want…
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