Several key contributions:ġ. James reminds us that one can offer extended moral exhortations without being a “moralist.” In an effort to avoid the charge of “moralism,” many modern preachers hesitate to offer extended moral/ethical exhortations to their congregations. Despite its detractors, the book of James provides essential theological balance for the key doctrinal debates in the church today. However, we should be immensely grateful that God has preserved this book for us. We have few references to it in the earliest stages it was doubted by some church fathers, and, of course later, Martin Luther himself referred to it as “an epistle of straw.” In many ways, the book of James has not had an easy journey into the New Testament canon.
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