So, is faith without works dead? (Dan McClellan and Dan Beecher; Data Over Dogma podcast on YouTube)

The Epistle of James might be the most quietly radical book in the New Testament — it insists that faith without works is dead, that mercy triumphs over judgment, and it may be pushing back directly on Paul.

This episode, we dig into who actually wrote it (probably not Jesus's brother), why nobody quoted it until the third century, why "James" is really "Jacob," and why Martin Luther wanted to demote it to an "epistle of straw."

Chapters: 

• 0:00 Cold Open
• 0:44 The Epistle of James
• 2:17 It's Actually "Jacob"
• 4:01 Which James Wrote This?
• 6:07 Nobody Quotes It for 200 Years
• 7:45 Was James Really the Author?
• 10:20 James vs. Paul on Faith
• 12:06 Chapter 1: Wisdom Literature
• 13:45 The Rich, the Poor, and the Law
• 17:12 Mercy Triumphs Over Judgment
• 20:06 What "Chesed" Really Means
• 22:36 Faith Without Works Is Dead
• 28:49 Abraham, Isaac, and Works
• 31:16 Luther's "Epistle of Straw"
• 32:56 Pure Religion: Orphans and Widows

Interview: 

https://youtu.be/lCM1pO-SpyQ?si=oOWEWujonmPCPK1p