James 4:7-17
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- Historical References, Commentary and
Comparative Texts:
- From the Geneva Notes.
- From Matthew Henry's Commentary.
- From Wesley's Notes.
- From the Commentary on the Whole Bible (Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
- From The People's New Testament, B.W. Johnson, 1891.
- Contemporary Commentary, Studies, and Exegesis:
- "The Wisdom of James," Robert W. Wall, Baylor University Christian Ethics, 2009. Section on this text, "The Wise Community Slows Anger," begins on p. 34.
- Articles & Background:
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"Purity of
Heart: To Will One Thing," Soren Kierkegaard. Bruderhof Communities.
- "As the Good itself is only one thing, so it alone wishes to be what helps us along. But the Good is not something external to us, like a slave who comes against his will when the master uses the whip. The place and the path are within each of us."
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"Purity of
Heart: To Will One Thing," Soren Kierkegaard. Bruderhof Communities.
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Recommended articles
from ATLAS, an online collection of religion and theology journals, are
linked below.
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selected theological schools, and clergy/church offices.
- Biermann, Joel, "Homiletical Helps on LW
Series B," Concordia Journal, 2006. (Section on this text begins on
p. 330)
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Gaskins, Mark E.,
"Looking to the Future: James 4:13-5:11," Review and Expositor,
2000.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Porter, Virgil V., Jr.,
"The Sermon on the Mount in the Book of James, Part 1," Bibliotheca
Sacra, 2005.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Porter, Virgil V., Jr.,
"The Sermon on the Mount in the Book of James, Part 2," Bibliotheca
Sacra, 2005.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Talbert, Charles H.,
"James: Teaching Outlines and Selected Sermon Seeds," Review and
Expositor, 2000. (See especially, "On the Danger of Influence," (p.
176.))
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Warden,
"The Rich and the Poor in James: Implications for Institutionalized
Partiality," Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society,
2000.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
- Biermann, Joel, "Homiletical Helps on LW
Series B," Concordia Journal, 2006. (Section on this text begins on
p. 330)
- Sermons:
- With Children:
- Drama:
- "Extreme Makeover," Melinda Cousins, dramatix.
- Graphics & Bulletin Materials:
- Hymns and Music:
- Hymnary.org, hymns, scores, media, information.
- At Digital Hymnal (midi files, guitar chords, karaoke files, projection text):
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- Study Links and Resources for the Book of James
