The issue of single-minded devotion to a jealous God has kept cropping up in James, and here James gives a final instruction to his readers: pray! He tells them to pray in all situations: in suffering, in joy, and when…

What is our survival strategy in the Christian life? From James’ letter so far we remember God’s jealousy, we remember his promises of grace, and we humbly recognise our place under him, but in this passage James adds another key…

If the problem in James 4:1-10 was the combination of a jealous God with an adulterous people, and the wonderful solution was God’s grace for those who humble themselves before him, then in 4:11-17 James fleshes this out with two…