Leon Morris, a New Testament scholar, once said: “There is no point in accepting Christian teaching if we refuse to let it shape our lives.”   The writer of the book of James is more direct.  He says, “Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves.  Do what it says (James 1:22).  And yet believers around the world have turned their backs on doing the word.  Instead of letting God’s word shape our lives, we have allowed the influences of our world to shape us.