God is after doers of the word.  He is after us applying the principles of

the Christian life in our day-to-day life.  James is the field manual God

has given us for what it looks like to live out an authentic faith.  We

begin our five-month journey in the book of James by looking at James 1:1

and letting that orient us to the book as a whole.  Who wrote it?  Who was

he writing to? And what is this letter's purpose?  We set the course this

week for a study in a book that will deeply transform our everyday walk

with Jesus.