1. Using your text Letters to the Churches, summarize the various views about who the author of the Book of James is. Again, using your textbook, summarize the significant characteristics of the recipients to whom the Book of James wrote.
2. Using your text Letters to the Churches, put down the various views on the genre of the Book of James. Using the Book of James 1:2-18 (you will consider this one sermon), note and record the significant features and methods the Book of James used in preaching (illustrations, figures of speech, imperative statements).
3. Using your text Letters to the Churches and the Book of James, list the various topics that are addressed by the sermons in the Book of James. You will not need to know chapter/verse references, but be familiar with the topics the Book of James covers.
4. Using your text Letters to the Churches, list the important ethical guidelines the Book of James uses to address problems. Look for such guidelines as the royal law, wisdom, and others. Give a brief description of each of the guidelines.
5. Using the Book of James, list the various kinds of hardships, trials, and persecution that the recipients of the letter went through. In the Book of James 1:2-18, what was the advice on dealing with hardships?