Today's Devotion: James 2:26 (New International Version) - As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead.

James was not talking about being saved through works. We are saved through grace. But that grace brings good works, because we are changed by our faith, and our faith bears fruit.

Today's Comments: Why is it that sometimes, then, we try to hurt those to whom we are closest? My girlfriend and I go to two different churches. At dinner, she will tell me what her pastor said in church and then will ask what mine said. That invariably leads to an argument. I feel like she is trying to show me that her church is better. On the other hand, she accuses me of being over sensitive. Now I understand why Luther wanted to ignore James. James and Paul; they seem to create too much conflict. But maybe that is what faith is all about. If we have faith, we must get up and move. Faith does not allow us to sit still, does it?