Typical among the positive evaluations is that of R.

35: Word and Sacrament (Philadelphia: Muhlenberg Press, 1960), 362.įew other Christians have followed Luther’s excessively negative emphasis. James epistle is really an epistle of straw, compared to these others, for it has nothing of the nature of the gospel about it.” Martin Luther, Luther’s Works, ed. After commending the books of John, 1 John, Romans, Galatians, Ephesians, and 1 Peter which showed Christ, Luther said, “Therefore St. Not many will remember Luther’s negative opinion about the book of James.

Most Christians remember Martin Luther as the man whose courage and conviction brought the Reformation into existence. The Reclamation of Straying Christians (5:19-20) The Demonstration of Economic Justice (5:1-6) The display of the correct attitude (4:15) The Defeat of Godless Self-confidence (4:13-17)Ģ. The Practice of Personal Discipline (3:1-18) The demonstration of saving faith (2:21-26)ĭ. The emptiness of an unproductive faith (2:14-20)Ģ. The Production of Works of Mercy (2:14-26)ġ. An appeal to avoid partiality (2:12-13)Ĭ. The specific evidences of response (1:26-27)Ģ. A Correct Response to God’s Word (1:19-27)ģ. The Words of a Prophet-The Evidence of Genuine Faith (1:19-5:20)Ī. Explanation of divine involvement (1:17-18) Identification of the human source (1:14-15)Ĥ.

Repudiation of the divine source (1:13)Ģ. The Source of Human Temptation (1:13-18)ġ. The Correct Attitude in Trial and Temptation (1:2-4)Ĭ. The Words of a Pastor-How to Face Trial (1:2-18)Ī.

Introduction to the book of james