As we celebrate Christ's birth this month, let's learn from Paul's letter to the Colossians about the child who is King.

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This conversation speaks to James 1:19-21.

In our fictional conversation with James, the Lord's half-brother, and some guests (various Bible translations), we see God's goodness in James 1:16-18.

Today's fictional conversation with the Lord's half-brother looks at James 1:14-15.

James and Me is a fictional conversation with the Lord's half-brother knitting together various Bible translations. This episode includes James (King James Version), Bill (William Barclay Translation), and Zoe (Life Application Study Bible, New International Version), as I look to be a doer of the Word and not a hearer only through my interactions. 

The Scripture reference for this conversation is James 1:12-14. 

Today's fictional conversation looks a James 1:12. 

James and Me is a fictional conversation that shares biblical truth with various Bible translations, word studies, and an occasional special guest commentator. In Poor and Rich, we discuss James 1:9-11.

The fictional conversation continues as we discuss James 1:5-8. 

The scene for James and Me is a hypothetical conversation, where James, me, and various Bible translations “sit” together, discussing his New Testament letter as if we were all assembled. James, in turn, is reading it to us, with the different translations chiming in. And then, after each conversation, I check the mirror to respond in the privacy of my prayer closet. 

The Introduction looks at James 1:1-4.