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James:Wisdom for the CommunityB Dale Ellenburg, Christopher Morgan
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The epistle of James is one of the most controversial included in the canon of the New Testament. Why the controversy?
James (almost certainly Jesus’ brother) sets out in his letter to deal with the problem of a church that does church – yet really does nothing! James is forthright in spelling out some home truths to his readers.
“James’s letter addressed real-life churches with real-life problems. The church that James addressed had a tendency to substitute the performance of religion for a life devoted to Jesus and obedience to His commands… This church had people whose words were so vicious that James points to hell as their source, so vindictive that James equates their words with murder, and so slanderous that he reminds them of the future judgment that will take into account their actions and their speech.” Chris Morgan
This devotional commentary has three sections:
Associate pastor at Kirby Woods Baptist Church and Vice-President of Academics at Mid-America Baptist Seminary and is now pastor of Dotson Memorial Baptist Church in Maryville TN.
Professor of Theology at California Baptist University and Senior Pastor of First Baptist Church of Barstow CA.
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I recommend Chris Morgan’s and Dale Ellenburg’s James: Wisdom for the Community to serious students of the Word of God, especially pastors, for five reasons. First, the commentary is closely tied to the text of Scripture. It majors on what a commentary ought to major on—the exposition of Holy Scripture. Second, the writing is clear and accessible. Readers will not be put off by technical nomenclature. Third, unlike many biblical commentaries, this one is theological. It does not skirt the hard issues. It reverberates with the themes of wisdom for the community and the necessity of consistency in the lives of God’s people, themes needed to be heard today, as much as by James’s original audience. Fourth, it is full of illustrations from Scripture and life that help readers grasp the truth. Fifth, the biblical exposition is applied to life, in a way that James would have approved. All in all, this is a solid and useful commentary written by two pastor-scholars to help the church be the church as God intended.
Robert A. Peterson, PhD, Professor of Systematic Theology, Covenant Theological Seminary, St Louis, Missouri
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