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• James (Brother of Jesus)

  [People]

  James is recorded as a brother of Jesus and became the leader of the church in Jerusalem after Jesus' resurrection. Church tradition identifies him as the author of the Epistle of James.

• James 3

  [Bible]

  James 3 warns of the responsibility borne by those who teach and of the difficulty of controlling the tongue (speech), and it contrasts earthly wisdom with the wisdom that is from above.

• James 2

  [Bible]

  James 2 urges believers not to show partiality based on outward appearance and declares that faith without works is dead, citing Abraham and Rahab as examples.

• James 4

  [Bible]

  James 4 traces the root of quarrels to lusts and to friendship with the world, and it urges readers to submit to God and humble themselves. It goes on to warn against speaking evil of a brother and against boasting about tomorrow without regard for the will of God.

• James 1

  [Bible]

  James 1 opens with James's greeting to the twelve tribes scattered abroad. It then addresses, in turn, endurance under trials, asking God for wisdom in faith, the relationship between desire and sin, being doers of the word and not hearers only, and true religion.

• James 5

  [Bible]

  James 5 is the final chapter of the Epistle of James. It warns the rich and urges believers to be patient until the coming of the Lord. It then addresses the prohibition of oaths, prayer for the sick, and the restoration of a brother who has wandered from the truth.

• William James Hall

  [People]

  William James Hall (1860–1894) was a Canadian-born physician and medical missionary sent by the Methodist Episcopal Church (the American Northern Methodists). He pioneered the Methodist mission in Pyongyang and died of illness contracted while treating the wounded during the First Sino-Japanese War. He was the husband of Rosetta Hall.

• King James Version

  [Bible]

  The King James Version (KJV) is an English translation of the Bible produced at the command of King James I of England and published in 1611. For centuries it served as the standard Bible of English-speaking Protestantism.

• King James Onlyism

  [Doctrine & Theology]

  King James Onlyism is the position that the only correct Bible is the King James Bible, produced in England in 1611, or a translation that follows its underlying text, the Textus Receptus.

• Protoevangelium of James

  [History]

  The Protoevangelium of James is a New Testament apocryphal work that appears to have been written in Greek around the second century. It recounts the birth and upbringing of Mary and the birth of Jesus. Although it was not included in the canon, it had a major influence on Marian tradition and on depictions of the Nativity.

• Mary the Mother of James

  [People]

  One of the women who followed Jesus from Galilee and ministered to him, she witnessed his crucifixion and burial and went to the empty tomb on the morning of the resurrection.

• Protevangelium of James

  [Bible]

  The Protevangelium of James is a Greek apocryphal work from around the second century that recounts the birth and upbringing of Mary, the mother of Jesus, and the birth of Jesus. It is not included in the canonical Bible.

• J. I. Packer

  [People]

  J. I. Packer (1926–2020) was an English-born evangelical Anglican theologian in the Reformed tradition who spent the latter part of his career in Canada. He was the author of Knowing God and served as general editor of the English Standard Version (ESV) of the Bible.

• Thaddaeus

  [People]

  Thaddaeus was one of the twelve disciples of Jesus. The Gospels of Matthew and Mark call him "Thaddaeus," while the Gospel of Luke and the Book of Acts record him as "Judas the son of James." The two names are commonly understood to refer to the same person.

• Tim Keller

  [People]

  Tim Keller (Timothy Keller, 1950–2023) was an American Presbyterian pastor and author of Christian apologetics. In 1989 he founded Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Manhattan, New York, and he became widely known among Korean churches through books such as The Reason for God.

• Zebedee

  [People]

  Zebedee was a Galilean fisherman and the father of James and John, two of the twelve disciples of Jesus. In the Gospels his name appears mostly in the phrase "the sons of Zebedee."

• Jacobus Arminius

  [People]

  Jacobus Arminius (1560–1609) was a minister of the Dutch Reformed Church and a professor of theology at Leiden University. His dissent from the Calvinist doctrine of predestination made him the namesake of "Arminianism."

• Hudson Taylor

  [People]

  Hudson Taylor (1832–1905) was a British Protestant missionary who founded the China Inland Mission (CIM) in 1865 and led missionary work in inland China. He is often called the "Father of China Missions."

• Jim Elliot

  [People]

  Jim Elliot (1927–1956) was an American Protestant missionary. In 1956 he was killed in Ecuador, along with four fellow missionaries, while attempting to bring the gospel to the Waorani people (formerly called the "Auca").

• Lesslie Newbigin

  [People]

  Lesslie Newbigin (1909–1998) was a British missionary, theologian, and leader in the ecumenical movement. He served as a missionary in India and as a bishop of the Church of South India. By regarding Western society as a mission field in need of re-evangelization, he laid the foundation for missional ecclesiology.