Slow Enough to Hear: The Responsibility in the Room

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A single Sunday from James 1:19-27 for a church that can quote the text in an elders' retreat and still leave the climate of the house in the hallway after the amen. James tells beloved brothers to be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger, because the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God. The implanted word, received with humility, is able to save souls. Hearers who walk away from the mirror delude themselves. Pure religion visits the fatherless and widows in their affliction and keeps a people unstained by the world. James 3:1-2 names the heavier judgment on teachers. Titus 1:7 names an overseer who is not easily angered. Manuscript, outline, and midweek discussion.