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James in the Suburbs: A Disorderly Parable of the Epistle of James
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Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781630874148 |
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Publisher: | Wipf & Stock Publishers |
Publication date: | 08/04/2014 |
Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
Format: | NOOK Book |
Pages: | 224 |
File size: | 637 KB |
About the Author
April Love-Fordham, with a BEE and MSEE from Georgia Institute of Technology, spent twenty years in the corporate world including several in Washington DC as a technology advisor. Having worked her way to the executive suite, she retired from the corporate world in her early forties to earn an MDiv from Columbia Theological Seminary, which named her as a 2014 Guthrie Scholar. She also received a DMin from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary while pastoring two churches. She lives with her husband and their Great Dane in the suburbs of Atlanta where she is writing a series of Disorderly Parable Bible Studies.
Table of Contents
Foreword ix
Preface xiii
Acknowledgments xv
1 You've Been Warned 1
Part 1 The Journey to Servanthood 5
2 The Church in the Suburbs 7
3 Dream Catcher 11
4 The Group Forms 19
5 Mystery and Controversy 26
6 God's Slaves-James 1:1a 33
7 A Kingdom of Slaves-James 1:1b 40
8 The Problem of Having Problems-James 1:2-4 45
9 James's Strategy-James 1:2-5 51
10 Applying James's Strategy 60
11 Asking for Wisdom-James 1:5 65
12 Doubting-James 1:6-7 73
13 Two Common Problems-James 1:9-12 80
14 The Potential of Problems-James 1:13-18 88
15 Turning Point-James 1:19-25 95
Part 2 Servanthood: A Life of Pure and Undefiled Worship 103
16 Pure and Undefiled Worship Defined-James 1:26-27 105
17 A Life of Worship Is Impartial-James 2:1-13 111
18 A Life of Worship Has Faith That Produces Good Works-James 2:14-26 119
19 A Life of Worship Speaks Words That Bless Others-James 3:1-12 128
20 A Life of Worship Sows Seeds of Peace-James 3:13-4:10 136
21 A Life of Worship Does Not Judge Others-James 4:11-12 143
22 A Life of Worship Knows God Is in Control-James 4:13-17 150
23 The Meeting That Never Happened 156
24 A Life of Worship Gives Resources to Others-James 5:1-6 161
25 A Life of Worship Endures until Christ Returns-James 5:7-11 170
26 A Life of Worship Speaks Truth-James 5:12 175
27 A Life of Worship Prays-James 5:13-20 182
28 Goodbyes 189
Part 3 Putting Servanthood into Action 193
29 Study Guide 195
Bibliography 205