St Faith’s have just begun a series on the book of James. Our small group looked at James 1:19-27 tonight. Verse 22 says, “Do no merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.” I showed this 2 minute clip of Francis Chan to illustrate the point:
I don’t think Chan (or James) is saying that it’s not worthwhile studying scripture – the problem is when we study scripture without actually putting it into practise.