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Dawn Wilson Crosswalk.com Contributing Writer 2021 2 Mar The epistle of James was written to encourage readers to live consistently in light of what they say they believe. The text focuses on maturity, character, and the hallmarks of true faith; but this short book has invited considerable controversy through the years. The dispute centers around James 2:14-26, and especially verse 26 that reads, “ faith without deeds (works) is dead.” What Did James Mean by “Faith without Works Is Dead”? In James 2, James...

Heather L. Hart Out of Place: Christian community in 1 Peter and James The green outline of his face was a caricature, the name inaccurate. Yet, we didn’t think twice about our school mascot, we were the “Indians.” We cheered his image at games and emblazoned his likeness on yearbooks. It was years later before I heard an Indigenous American Christian speak about her heartbreak at this type of appropriation of tribal culture. I was left reconsidering my perspective and my assumptions. How does our Christian community live as God’s people when we are often either blind to appropriation...

Professor, Westminster Theological Seminary ABSTRACT: The theologians gathered in 1643 for the Westminster Assembly did not intend to write a new confession of faith. But due to war, politics, and the internal workings of the assembly, those gathered eventually produced a document, divided into 33 chapters, that joined the classical doctrines of the Christian faith with the full harvest of Reformed theology. The Westminster Confession of Faith would soon become the most famous and influential confession produced in the English language. Today, its doctrines still shape churches throughout the...

The NBA season is quickly approaching the halfway point and with it comes the annual All-Star break. Because of the ongoing pandemic, the NBA season began on...

For one lab worker, the threat to change mineral export certificates was very real.