Barry looks at how James places the spotlight on our responsibility particularly to Christians who have wandered away from the truth, as well as to non-Christians.

Barry speaks about how we should respond to the Sovereignty of God and the transitory nature of life.

Barry explains that we are at spiritual warfare with the desire for illicit pleasures and that we should seek the good things that come from God.

Barry talks from James on the taming of the tongue and discusses the power that our words can have to hurt as well as to build up, and to express praise and repentance.

Barry preaches the first of his series on James, explaining how we should consider it joy when we face trials and that God will bring us through negative experiences to a positive conclusion.

Barry speaks about miraculous healing by the laying on of hands. He explains how this corresponds with medical healing and looks at its place in the contemporary western world.

Barry couldn't resist the urge to preach on prayer on the Sunday before prayer week, so he holds up James' practical approach to prayer as an example.