Yesterday, we took a look at an old post from James that has our Lord’s half-brother describing what real, good, God-honoring religion should look like. What that first part of this two-part reflection established is that even people who profess to have no religion at all are a whole lot more religious than they think. This second part has us diving further into what James describes as the right kind of religion. The bottom line is this: real religion should accomplish kingdom good. If it’s not, then it’s bad religion. And there are few things worse than bad religion. Let’s take a closer look together at just what makes the kind of religion that is worth having.
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Summer Reruns: Real Religion
It never fails. Anytime a movie or TV series presents religious people these days, they are always the bad guys. Always. And, the more religious someone is in the script, the worse of a bad guy they are. The only solution here – as far as our culture sees it – is to become less religious. Well, while bad religion and people who claim religion but don’t actually live up to their religion’s moral expectations are certainly a problem, religion itself isn’t necessarily the problem. The antidote for bad religion is not less religion, but good religion. James here tells about a couple of things that make religion good religion. Let’s take a look.
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