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James 4:11-17 Planning? Discussion Questions

Experiential Activity Discussion Questions

  • How is planning similar or different to storing ample goods?
  • How much of our personal planning is about procuring and saving money? Church planning?
  • Is it OK for Christians to save money for the future? Why or why not?

Study the Text Small Group Discussion Questions James 4:13-17

  • Who would be the equivalent of the wealthy merchants today?
  • Are wealth and planning necessarily the same thing? Do you think James means to condemn one or both?
  • How is boasting connected to the wealth and planning?
  • What does it mean to us today if the early church was mostly made up of the poor and oppressed?

Large Group Discussion Questions James 4:11-12

  • What is James trying to tell Christians in these verses?
  • What does it mean to Christians today if James letter is a commentary on the Law as described in Leviticus?
  • Why do you think these two verses are placed here in the middle of chapter four? How are these verses related to either James 4:1-10 or James 4:13-17?

 

This article is written by Elizabeth M. Magill ©Women's Division,United Methodist Church, 2002.