Faith that works — plain talk on trials, tongues, and doing the Word.
"But be ye ______ of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves."
James was most likely the half-brother of Jesus — who didn't believe during Jesus' ministry, saw the risen Lord, and became the anchor of the Jerusalem church.
James is the Proverbs of the New Testament — over fifty commands in five chapters, on everything from bragging about tomorrow to paying your workers.
Tradition nicknamed James 'Old Camel Knees' — his knees allegedly calloused like a camel's from constant kneeling in prayer.
His verdict on the tongue still stings: 'a little member' that 'boasteth great things' — a fire, a world of iniquity, and untameable by man.