Peter Drucker has conducted management seminars for both businesses and churches. He says, "Leadership is not magnetic personality. That can just as well be a glib tongue. It is not making friends and influencing people; that is flattery. Leadership is lifting a person's vision to higher sights, the raising of a person's performance to a higher standard, the building of a personality beyond its normal limitations."

James is delivering a similar message. A person may profess to be a devout believer and may be able to quote many verses of scripture, but unless his words are accompanied by action, his faith is dead.

What happens in the parking lot after church more accurately expresses the essence and validity of faith than what happens in the worship service.

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