Proper 18 • James 2:1–10, 14–18
For faith alone can justify; Works serve our neighbor and supply The proof that faith is living
Matthew 9:18-26
Chapel Sermon by Victor Belton from James 2:1-10, 14-18 on Monday, October 26, 2015
Proper 18 • James 2:1–10, 14–18 • September 6, 2015
Editor’s note: The following homiletical help is adapted from Concordia Journal, July 2006. By Joel P. Fritsche In chapter two of his epistle James warns these Christians about the danger of “head faith.” He doesn’t specifically label it as head faith, but that seems to be what he is referring to. Note what James says ..
Epiphany 5 • Isaiah 58:3–9a • February 9, 2014
Who is Really Deceived by our Apparent Goodness? Isaiah makes the case that it is not through empty externals that we please God, but with the sacrifice of our priorities for the needs of others. Here we must frame the text in terms of the question of sanctification for the believer. It is not that ..
Acts 15:10-17a, James 2:14ff.
Chapel Sermon by Matthew Harrison from Acts 15:10-17a, James 2:14ff. on Tuesday, October 23, 2012
James 2:1-10, 14-18
James 2:1-10, 14-18 Reformation Sunday, love your neighbor as yourself
Easter 6 • Acts 10:34–48 • May 13, 2012
By James W. Voelz Introduction Perhaps the most critical issue for the early church was the matter of Jews and non-Jews/Gentiles. First and foremost: Did non-Jews have full access to the salvation of God in Jesus Christ? Second and more practically important: If non-Jews are full heirs of the promise to Abraham in Christ, how ..
Dr. C. F. W. Walther as Theologian (Part 2)
In honor of the 200th anniversary of the birth of C. F. W. Walther, founder of The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod and first president of Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, we reprint here the landmark study of Dr. Walther by one of his brightest students, FRANCIS PIEPER. Part 2 of 2
Luther’s Writing Against Emerging Sabbatarianism
Dr. Lowell Zuck presents a historical and theological study of Luther’s writings against the seventh-day Sabbatarians, which are significant in marking a transition in his emerging attitudes toward Judaism
James 2:1-10, 14-18
Chapel Sermon by David Peter from James 2:1-10, 14-18 on Wednesday, September 9, 2009
James 2:1-7
Chapel Sermon by Norman Nagel from James 2:1-7 on Wednesday, October 11, 2000