Please read James 2 for today. Click the following link, or read from your own bible as you wish.
James 2 (New International Version)
Contemplate the following questions and ideas during and after you read the chapter. Feel free to write your thoughts in a follow up to this post (keep in mind your posts will be available to the public).
Do you know anyone who practices faith but not good works? How about someone who practices good works but not faith? What would you say to that person?
New Testament Bible Study
- A new approach to learning and interacting while we develop our faith...
- Welcome to the online study of the New Testament, sponsored by Faith United Methodist Church in Champaign, Illinois, but open to anyone to participate. The guideline for this is simple - there are 260 chapters in the New Testament, one for every weekday in a calendar year. This page lists a bible chapter to read, and questions to ponder, for each weekday. The books aren't studied in the order they appear in the Bible. You can share your answers or thoughts by commenting to each day's post. To start from the beginning, look for "Mark 1 - August 18" in the Blog Archive below.
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- Mark 12 - September 2
- Mark 13 - September 3
- Mark 14 - September 4
- Mark 15 - September 5
- Mark 16 - September 8
- James 1 - September 9
- James 2 - September 10
- James 3 - September 11
- James 4 - September 12
- James 5 - September 15
- 1 Peter 1 - September 16
- 1 Peter 2 - September 17
- 1 Peter 3 - September 18
- 1 Peter 4 - September 19
- 1 Peter 5 - September 22
- 2 Peter 1 - September 23
- 2 Peter 2 - September 24
- 2 Peter 3 - September 25
- 1 John 1 - September 26
- 1 John 2 - September 29
- 1 John 3 - September 30
- 1 John 4 - October 1
- 1 John 5 - October 2
- 2 John 1 - October 3
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1 comment:
This is one of those questions that I could easily get on a stump about, but then I think, isn't it more instructive to me so think of how this applies to me, not to "them." Is my faith evident by the works that it leads to? Can someone see my faith by what I do? Can I approach others who profess to be Christians, but who look different than me, have different political beliefs than me, or in whatever way challenge my view of what a Christian "should" look like with judgment-free love? Can my acceptance of other Christians who differ from me be a witness of my faith to other Christians and non-Christians alike? I don't think I would say anything to the person addressed in the question, unless I was very close to them and could speak with them about it in a loving way. I hope my actions would speak louder than my words. My words would probably make a mess of it anyway.
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