‘Strictly come preaching?’

Lizzy Smallwood  |  Features  |  the ENd word
Date posted:  22 Dec 2024
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‘Strictly come preaching?’

Hosts from BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing, Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman

In my bimonthly slot in the newspaper, we have been looking at how the apostle James uncovers some rather unpleasant ‘respectable sins’ in us Christians.

Last time we saw that, in order to root out our deep-seated adulterous pride, we need to become enslaved to God’s law of love by listening and receiving the word of truth with meekness, humbling ourselves, remembering and acting on what it says – not just listening but doing…

So here is the test: Do you show your faith by what you do, not just by what you say?

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