Be Ye Doers of the Word, and Not Hearers Only

“If Any of You Lack Wisdom”: James’s Imperative to Israel

Craig K. Manscill

Go Ye into All the World: Messages of the New Testament Apostles, Sidney B. Sperry Symposium 39 (2002)

Agency and Self-Deception in the Writings of James and 1 John

Terrance D. Olson

Go Ye into All the World: Messages of the New Testament Apostles, Sidney B. Sperry Symposium 44 (2002)

In 1 John, “a contrast is established immediately between walking in light and walking in darkness. Walking in darkness is characterized by our doing not the truth; by the truth not being in us. . . . it is in our response to the gospel—how we act upon it, and not how it acts upon us—that reveals who and what we see; who and what we are, in any given moment. Our disobedience changes our world—what we see and what we understand, and how we relate to others. Being blind to the truth is the condition of those who refuse to live by the truth they have been offered.

Lacking Wisdom: Insights from the First Verses of James

John Gee

BYU New Testament Commentary Conference (2023)

Seek Learning by Faith

David A. Bednar

Religious Educator 7, no. 3 (2006)

“We find a powerful example of the interaction among assurance, action, and evidence as the children of Israel transported the ark of the covenant under the leadership of Joshua (see Joshua 3:7–17). Recall how the Israelites came to the river Jordan and were promised the waters would part, or “stand upon an heap” (Joshua 3:13), and they would be able to cross over on dry ground. Interestingly, the waters did not part as the children of Israel stood on the banks of the river waiting for something to happen; rather, the soles of their feet were wet before the water parted. The faith of the Israelites was manifested in the fact that they walked into the water before it parted.”

“If Any of You Lack Wisdom”: James’s Imperative to Israel

Craig K. Manscill

Go Ye into All the World: Messages of the New Testament Apostles, Sidney B. Sperry Symposium 39 (2002)

“If Any of You Lack Wisdom”: James’s Imperative to Israel

Craig K. Manscill

Go Ye into All the World: Messages of the New Testament Apostles, Sidney B. Sperry Symposium 39 (2002)

Agency and Self-Deception in the Writings of James and 1 John

Terrance D. Olson

Go Ye into All the World: Messages of the New Testament Apostles, Sidney B. Sperry Symposium 44 (2002)

In 1 John, “a contrast is established immediately between walking in light and walking in darkness. Walking in darkness is characterized by our doing not the truth; by the truth not being in us. . . . it is in our response to the gospel—how we act upon it, and not how it acts upon us—that reveals who and what we see; who and what we are, in any given moment. Our disobedience changes our world—what we see and what we understand, and how we relate to others. Being blind to the truth is the condition of those who refuse to live by the truth they have been offered.

“Hast Thou Considered My Servant Job?”

John S. Tanner

Sperry Symposium Classics: The Old Testament (2005)

Job is a unique book: uniquely disturbing and uniquely empowered to deepen our faith. Both its answers and its questions about the problem of suffering help clarify gospel truths and are themselves illuminated by the Restoration’s light. (This article is different from the Ensign article but has some points in common.)

Job: The Man and His Message

L. La Mar Adams

Ensign 12, no. 3 (Mar. 1982)

We accept that Job was an actual person, and the book is not merely a message. The book of Job asks why the righteous suffer and how that suffering can be reconciled with a just God. One answer is that enduring afflictions well is a step that leads to exaltation, as the Lord said to Joseph Smith.