Sunday, May 25, 2014 in the Sanctuary Dr. Stephen D. McConnell HD Live Stream at 9:00 a.m. on our website churchofthepalms.sermon.tv/ COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS So it stands to reason why the early church fathers made sure to bring forward in the canon of scripture the teaching of the great shepherd – the first pastor – James the Just. Let us, they said, make sure to include for the generations to come the wise teaching of the One to whom we gave the impossible task – of leading the mother church. Oh yes, Martin Luther was not fond of the Letter of James – he thought it a straw gospel that spoke too much about works and not enough about grace. But it could be that he was missing the point. The words of James are words of a man who had been chiseled by life. He had borne the death of his brother and he witnessed the appearance of his brother. He was a changed man whose life was a calling to serve as did once his brother. Wisdom had come from suffering. Calling from tragedy. What better gift could be given the Church than the compiled counsel of this wise and chiseled and martyred leader? Do you want to know what’s most important about this new life in Christ? Do you want to know what it looks like to really be church in a culture that could care less about the church? Listen my friends to Brother James.
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