Notice how every line of today's very gospel-intense passage is either an allusion to or a direct quote

Notice the language the catechism uses to summarize scripture: the bread and cup nourish and refreshes

Do the Corinthians perhaps believe that sins of the body do not affect the soul and spirit of a supposedly First, Paul writes that unaddressed sin doesn’t just affect the particular sinner.

But notice here that James, like Paul in Romans 6 , puts you under a new law, which James here deems

You'll notice lots of people who aren't Christians who seem to be doing really good things; bad trees

Notice that they didn't just miss out on fulfilling the reason they were created for - to give praise

Second, notice the qualifiers in v28: This promise is only for those who are called by God and who love

Notice in this chapter how the bride of Christ - that is, the Church - is set against the harlot of Babylon

Dig Deeper As we've noticed several times this past year, the Bible presents so much of its theological

more outwardly visible gifts are very much dependent on the solid, well grounded but slightly less noticeable