"Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world." James 1:27
A lot of people want to define religion as spiritual bigotry and dismiss the term altogether. Religion, as God sees it, is a good thing. You just have to be religious in God's way.
In simple terms godly religion is focused on others, specifically those less fortunate who struggle caring for themselves and being in the world but not of it.
One of the underlying themes of James is real Christianity. He has a real ability to cut to the chase. He's one of those people who after saying something that sort of jars you would say, "Just keeping it real."
It's ok to be religious, if your religious God's way. God way is serving others and serving him.
Father, help us to keep things real and live truly for you. Praise be to you in us today.
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