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Lebron James has weighed in on WNBA player Brittney Griner who is currently in a Moscow jail for allegedly carrying vape pen cartridges containing hashish oil through customs. James was critical of the United States saying in part, " Now, how can she feel like America has her back? I would be feeling like, do I even want to go back to America". Yesterday James tweeted this: "My comments on "The Shop" regarding Brittney Griner wasn't knocking our beautiful country", blah blah, blah. Last week Griner's coach made comments that were even more absurd than Lebron's! Give my rant a listen! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It seems like Almost Yesterday that the University of Missouri football team achieved one of its greatest victories. The date was Saturday, November 18, 1978 and the Missouri Tigers were in Lincoln, Nebraska to play the second-ranked Cornhuskers. Nebraska had won nines in a row, upset number-one ranked Oklahoma, and had their sights set on a national championship. Missouri entered the game with a record of six and four, and had lost two of their previous three games. Nebraska led by three points at the half, 31 to 28 at the beginning of the fourth quarter, and appeared on their way to victory. But with four minutes and forty-two seconds to go, running back James Wilder, “The Sikeston Train,” powered his way into the end zone, scoring his fourth touchdown of the day, and gave Missouri a thrilling 35 to 31 victory. It remains one of the greatest moments in Missouri sports history. Wilder was born on May 12, 1958 on a farm outside of Sikeston. Always with a love for football, Wilder led

EXODUS 9-10:The two chapters of Exodus we read yesterday included the story of Aaron's staff becoming a serpent, and the plagues of blood, frogs, gnats, and flies. Note verse that in our reading today: 9:19 GNT Now give orders for your livestock and everything else you have in the open to be put under shelter. Hail will fall on the people and animals left outside unprotected, and they will all die.’ ” Evidently, enough time had passed between the plague against the livestock so that the Egyptians were able to again purchase livestock, and I am sure the people of Israel profited in many of those transactions! JOB 35:Chapter 35 of Job is Elihu's 4th chapter preaching to Job. JAMES 4:Yesterday James preached about controlling the tongue, then he taught about the qualities of wisdom from God.

EXODUS 9-10:The two chapters we read yesterday included the story of Aaron's staff becoming a serpent, and the plagues of blood, frogs, gnats, and flies. Note verse that in our reading today: 9:19 Now give orders for your livestock and everything else you have in the open to be put under shelter. Hail will fall on the people and animals left outside unprotected, and they will all die.’ ” Evidently enough time had passed between the plague against the livestock so that the Egyptians were able to buy livestock, and I am sure the people of Israel profited in that! JOB 35:This is Elihu's 4th chapter preaching to Job. JAMES 4:Yesterday James preached about controlling the tongue, then he taught about the qualities of wisdom from God. GBT Translation notes:4 Unfaithful people!* Don't you know that to be the world's friend means to be God's enemy? People who want to be the world's friends make themselves God's enemies.*4:4 Greek You adulteresses![This is about faithfulness to God, using human adultery as a picture of it. That is exactly how God views it— as we will see again in many passages of the Old Testament.]5 Don't think that there is no truth in the scripture that says, “The spirit that God placed in us is filled with fierce [jealous] desires.”16 But now [in your talking/planning//0] you are proud, and you boast; all such boasting is wrong. NLT Translation notes:4 You adulterers!* Don’t you realize that friendship with the world makes you an enemy of God? I say it again: If you want to be a friend of the world, you make yourself an enemy of God.* 4:4 Greek You adulteresses![And this is about faithfulness to God, using human adultery as a picture of it. That is exactly how God views it.]

EXODUS 7-8:In yesterday’s reading in Exodus, we heard of Moses and Aaron's first disastrous meeting with Pharaoh, and Pharaoh's retaliation against the Israelite people. God spoke with Moses again, reaffirming his promises and his covenant with the people of Israel. JOB 34:Today in chapter 34 of Job, we hear the third chapter of Elihu's six-chapter monologue. JAMES 3:Yesterday James warned that showing favoritism breaks the Law of Love that our King Jesus taught. And he talked about dead religion, which consists of easy believism with no acting out of what we believe. There is no contradiction between what Paul and James wrote. Here is a famous statement that sums up the complementary nature of Paul and James on this topic: “We are saved by faith alone (= fully believing), but saving faith will never be ‘alone’.” In other words, saving faith will always produce some proof. I have mentioned before that the Greek words for ‘faith’ and ‘believe’ share the same root. Faith is simply the noun form of the verb believe. I mentioned how cohesion in the discourse is damaged for us English speakers when in close proximity the two dissimilar looking words are used for the same concept. This happens in James 2, verses 19-24. To show you what I mean, I will list the two words in the order of their occurrence in the NLT: have faith, believe, believe, faith, faith, faith, believed, faith. The reader may be tempted to look for some deep shade-of-meaning reason for this variation, but no such reason exists. Now listen to that passage when I read it using various forms of the verb ‘believe’ in a consistent manner:

EXODUS 7-8:Yesterday we heard of Moses and Aaron's first disastrous meeting with Pharaoh, and Pharaoh's retaliation against the Israelite people. God spoke with Moses again reaffirming his promises and his covenant with the people of Israel. JOB 34:This is the third chapter of Elihu's six-chapter monologue. JAMES 3:Yesterday James warned that showing favoritism breaks the Law of Love that our King Jesus taught. And he talked about dead religion, which consists of easy believism with no acting out of what we believe. Here is a famous statement that sums up Biblical teaching nicely on this topic: “We are saved by faith alone (= fully believing), but saving faith will never be ‘alone’.” NLT Translation Notes: James 3:17 But the wisdom from above is first of all pure. It is also peace loving, gentle at all times, and willing to yield to others. It is full of mercy and [GNT produces a harvest//the fruit] of good deeds. It shows no favoritism and is always sincere.

EXODUS 5-6:In Exodus so far we have heard that Moses accepted God's call, returned to Egypt with Aaron, and had a successful meeting with the leaders of the Israelite people. JOB 33:Today’s chapter in Job is Elihu's second chapter of six in his speech. JAMES 2:Yesterday James told us to consider it a great joy when troubles come our way. Don't miss the reasoning he gives for this seeming contradiction. Then he spoke very strongly about not just being people who merely listen to God's Word. We must do it. I would like to remind you of some of those frequently quoted verses from chapter 1 which express the theme of this letter, verses 22-24. I also share my slight tweak to James 1:22-25 NLT 22 But don’t just listen to God’s word. You must do what it says. Otherwise, you are only fooling yourselves. 23 For if you listen to the word and don’t obey, it is like glancing at your face in a mirror.24 You see [that you have dirt on your face, and then just//yourself,] walk away, and forget what you [looked/look] like.25 But if you look carefully into the perfect law that sets you free, and if you do what it says and don’t forget what you heard, then God will bless you for doing it.

EXODUS 5-6:Moses has responded to God's call, returned to Egypt with Aaron, and has had a successful meeting with the leaders of the Israelite people. JOB 33:This is Elihu's second chapter of six in his speech. JAMES 2:Yesterday James told us to consider it a great joy when troubles come our way. Don't miss James’ reasoning for this seeming contradiction. Then he spoke very strongly about not just being people who merely listen to God's Word. We must do it. GNT Translation notes:Jam. 2:14 My brothers and sisters, what good is it for people to say that they [believe in Christ//have faith] if their actions do not prove it? Can that [kind of believing//faith] save them?17 So it is with [belief//faith]: if it is alone and includes no actions, then it is dead.18 But someone will say, “One person has [strong belief//faith], another has actions.” My answer is, “Show me how anyone can [believe in Christ//have faith] without [displaying any] actions. I will show you [that I believe//my faith] by my actions.” 19 Do you believe that there is only one God? Good! The demons also believe [that] — and tremble with fear. 20 You fool! Do you want to be shown that [believing//faith] without actions is useless? 21 How was our ancestor Abraham put right with God? It was through his actions, when he offered his son Isaac on the altar. 22 Can't you see? His [belief//faith] and his actions worked together; his [belief//faith] was made perfect through his actions. 23 And the scripture came true that said, “Abraham believed God, and because of his [believing//faith] God accepted him as righteous.” And so Abraham was called God's friend. 24 You see, then, that it is by people's actions that they are put right with God, and not by their [belief//faith] alone.26 So then, as the body without the spirit is dead, so also [believing//faith] without actions is dead.[I hope you remember why I use ‘believe’ instead of ‘faith’. In most of our English Bibles, ‘faith’ and ‘believe’ translate the same Greek root word (pistis/pisteuw). 1. Faith is fuzzy because the word has taken on all sorts of new meanings in English-speaking culture. 2. If you tell someone to have faith, they will likely ask, “But how?” Faith is not a volitional action. But ‘believing’ is! 3. And finally, I make the changes above for maintaining cohesion. In a verse like 23, it is important that the two phrases use the same word: ‘Abraham believed God’, and … ‘because of his believing’ he was counted as righteous. Such believing is not some fuzzy thing that Hollywood and our culture calls ‘faith’.] NLT Translation notes:Jam. 2:1 My dear brothers and sisters, a how can you claim to [fully believe//have faith] in our glorious Lord [Christ Jesus//Jesus Christ] if you favor some people over others?5 Listen to me, dear brothers and sisters. Hasn’t God chosen the poor in this world to be rich in [the area of fully believing in Christ//faith]? Aren’t they the ones who will inherit the Kingdom he promised to those who love him?6 But you dishonor the poor! Isn’t it the rich who oppress you and drag you into court? 7 Aren’t they the ones who slander [Christ Jesus//Jesus Christ], whose noble nameyou bear?10 For the person who keeps all of the laws except one is as guilty [of being a law breaker as the//as a] person who has broken all of God’s laws. 11 For the same God who said, “You must not commit adultery.”HEADING: [Believing without Good Deeds Is Dead Religion//Faith without Good Deeds Is Dead]14 What good is it, dear brothers and sisters, if you say you [believe/have faith] but don’t show it by your actions? Can that kind of [believing/faith] save anyone?17 So you see, [believing/faith] by itself isn’t enough. Unless it produces good deeds, it is dead [religion/0] and useless.18 Now [I can just hear someone arguing//someone may argue], “Some people [are good at believing//have faith]; others have good deeds.” But I say, “How can you show me [that you believe//your faith] if you don’t have good deeds? I will show you [that I fully believe through//my faith] by my good deeds.”19 You say you [believe//have faith], [because/for] you believe that there is one God. Good for you! Even the demons believe [that/this], and they tremble in terror. 20 How foolish! Can’t you see that [believing/faith] without good deeds is useless?22 You see, [believing/faith] and his actions worked together. His actions made his [believing/faith] complete [in God's sight]. 23 And so it happened just as the Scriptures say: “Abraham believed God, and God counted him as righteous because of his [fully believing//faith].” He was even called the friend of God. 24 So you see, we are shown to be right with God by what we do, not by [believing/faith] alone.[I hope you remember why I use ‘believe’ instead of ‘faith’. ‘Faith’ and ‘believe’ translate the same root word (pistin/pisteuw) in Greek. 1. Faith is fuzzy because the word has taken on all sorts of meanings. 2. If you tell someone to have faith, they will likely ask, “But how?” Faith is not a volitional action. But believing is. 3. And finally I make the changes above for maintaining cohesion. In a verse like 23, it is important that the two phrases use the same word: ‘Abraham believed God’, and … ‘because of his believing’— that believing just mentioned, not some fuzzy thing Hollywood and our culture calls ‘faith’.]26 Just as the body is dead without breath, so also [merely believing is just dead religion//faith is dead] without good works.

On the 92nd episode of Piecing It Together, James Anderson joins me to talk about the Danny Boyle film Yesterday, about a world in which everyone forgets The Beatles existed. Everyone except one man, who just so happens to know how to play their tunes and pretends they're his. Puzzle pieces include Big, Across The Universe, Forrest Gump and Bohemian Rhapsody. The post Yesterday (Featuring James Anderson) appeared first on Piecing It Together Podcast.